Hydrological variation and fish assemblage structure in the middle Wabash River

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 525, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 203-213

  Pyron, Mark ^a   Lauer, Thomas E ^a  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

fish assemblage; fish morphology; functional group; hydrology; Wabash River

Indexed keywords

FISH ASSEMBLAGES; HYDROLOGICAL VARIATIONS; MULTIVARIATE METHODS;

BIODIVERSITY; FISHERIES; MORPHOLOGY; RIVERS; SILT;

HYDROLOGY;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FISH; HABITAT SELECTION; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

INDIANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WABASH RIVER; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 6944223245     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:HYDR.0000038867.28271.45     Document Type: Article

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