A river valley segment classification of Michigan streams based on fish and physical attributes

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 137, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1621-1636

  Brenden, Travis O ^a   Wang, Lizhu ^b   Seelbach, Paul W ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT TYPE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STREAMWATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58149214119     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T07-166.1     Document Type: Article

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