Spatiotemporal variation in functional and taxonomic organization of stream-fish assemblages in central Texas

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1133-1141

  Higgins, Christopher L ^a,b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Functional organization; Stream fish; Taxonomic organization

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FISH; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STREAMFLOW; TAXONOMY;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 72149105039     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10452-009-9233-z     Document Type: Article

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