Hydrologic habitat preferences of select southeastern USA fishes resilient to river ecosystem fragmentation

Ecohydrology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 419-427

  Rypel, Andrew L ^a   Bayne, David R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Dams; Flow; Food web; Predation; Production; Species requirements; Water reallocation

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL CATFISH; ECOLOGICAL EFFECT; FLOW; FOOD WEBS; HABITAT PREFERENCES; HABITAT TYPE; LARGEMOUTH BASS; LIPID CONTENT; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; TIME SPAN; WATER REALLOCATION;

DAMS; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEMS; FISH; OCEAN HABITATS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RIVERS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FOOD WEB; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT TYPE; PERCIFORM; PREDATION; TRIBUTARY;

UNITED STATES;

APLODINOTUS; CYPRINELLA VENUSTA; ICTALURUS PUNCTATUS; LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS; MICROPTERUS; PISCES; POMOXIS NIGROMACULATUS;

EID: 77949765719     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.66     Document Type: Article

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