Bioassessments to detect changes in pacific northwest river fish assemblages: A Malheur River case study

Northwest Science

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 251-258

  LaVigne, Henry R ^a,b   Hughes, Robert M ^a   Herlihy, Alan T ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Bureau of Land Management   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN MANAGEMENT; BIOASSAY; ELECTROFISHING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN ACTIVITY; RANGE EXPANSION; RIVER BASIN;

MALHEUR RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

CATOSTOMUS PLATYRHYNCHUS; FELIDAE; GAMBUSIA AFFINIS; LEPOMIS GIBBOSUS; MICROPTERUS; MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES; NOTURUS GYRINUS; PERCA; PERCA FLAVESCENS; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; PROSOPIUM WILLIAMSONI; PYLODICTIS; PYLODICTIS OLIVARIS; RHINICHTHYS FALCATUS;

EID: 58149379789     PISSN: 0029344X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3955/0029-344X-82.4.251     Document Type: Article

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