Lateral distribution of fishes in the main-channel trough of a large floodplain river: Implications for restoration

River Research and Applications

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 619-635

  Gutreuter, Steve ^a   Vallazza, Jonathan M ^a   Knights, Brent C ^a  

^a UPPER MIDWEST ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Flow; Habitat; Mississippi river; Models

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CHANNEL FLOW; HABITAT RESTORATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERCIFORM; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIVER CHANNEL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

MISSISSIPPI RIVER; UNITED STATES;

INVERTEBRATA; LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS; PISCES; SCAPHIRHYNCHUS; SCAPHIRHYNCHUS PLATORYNCHUS;

EID: 77953369378     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: 15351467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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