Mixed stream channel morphologies: Implications for fish community diversity

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 147-156

  Cianfrani, Christina M ^a   Sullivan, S Mažeika P ^b   Hession, W Cully ^c   Watzin, Mary C ^d  

^a HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c State University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Fish community diversity; Mixed morphologies; Pool riffle; Rivers streams; Stream classification

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; FISH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VERMONT;

IBIS;

EID: 65249132615     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.946     Document Type: Article

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