A comparison of fish and aquatic plant assemblages to assess ecological health of small wisconsin lakes

Lake and Reservoir Management

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 211-218

  Hatzenbeler, Gene R ^a   Kampa, Jeffrey M ^a   Jennings, Martin J ^a   Emmons, Edward E ^a  

^a WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic plants; Development; Fish; FQI; IBI; Lakes; Land cover; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

CENTRARCHIDAE;

EID: 5044234215     PISSN: 07438141     EISSN: 10402381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07438140409354245     Document Type: Article

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