Effects of environment on fish species distributions in the Mackenzie River drainage basin of northeastern British Columbia, Canada

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 183-196

  Murray, S ^a   Innes, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Environmental effects; Fish distributions; Fish inventory; Northern development

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350342823     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2008.00336.x     Document Type: Article

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