Biological responses to contrasting hydrology in backwaters of upper Mississippi river navigation pool 25

Environmental Management

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 468-486

  Flinn, Michael B ^a,b   Adams, S Reid ^a,c   Whiles, Matt R ^a   Garvey, James E ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic macroinvertebrates; Fishes; Floodplain; Hydrology; Off channel habitat; Organic matter; Water level management; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC MACROINVERTEBRATES; OFF-CHANNEL HABITAT; WATER LEVEL MANAGEMENT;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; FISH; RIVERS; VEGETATION; WATER LEVELS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

HYDROLOGY;

BACKWATER; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CYPRINID; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; ORGANIC MATTER; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; CYPRINIFORMES; FISH; HABITAT; HYDROLOGY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; RIVER; SOIL; UNITED STATES; VEGETATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; INVERTEBRATES; POPULATION DENSITY; RIVERS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

MISSISSIPPI RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CYPRINIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; PISCES;

EID: 41549143692     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-008-9078-6     Document Type: Article

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