Management implications of the relationships between water chemistry and fishes within channelized headwater streams in the midwestern United States

Ecohydrology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 294-302

  Smiley Jr , Peter C ^a   Gillespie, Robert B ^b   King, Kevin W ^a   Huang, Chi hua ^c  

^a SOIL DRAINAGE RESEARCH UNIT   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL SOIL EROSION RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation practices; Fish communities; Headwater streams; Hydrology; Indiana; Ohio; Water chemistry

Indexed keywords

FISH COMMUNITIES; HEADWATER STREAM; HEADWATER STREAMS; INDIANA; OHIO; WATER CHEMISTRY;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DEGRADATION; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ECOLOGY; FISH; HERBICIDES; HYDROLOGY; MEATS; NUTRIENTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WATER; WEED CONTROL;

RIVERS;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ECOHYDROLOGY; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FISH; HEADWATER; HYDROLOGY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PH; STREAM; WATER CHEMISTRY;

BIG WALNUT CREEK; CEDAR CREEK [INDIANA]; INDIANA; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

JUGLANS; PISCES;

EID: 71149089250     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.51     Document Type: Article

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