Retrospective analysis of fish community change during a half-century of landuse and streamflow changes

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 970-987

  Gido, Keith B ^a   Dodds, Walter K ^a   Eberle, Mark E ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

biotic homogenization; hydrology; invasive species; presenceabsence data; retrospective analysis; streamflow modification

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DAM CONSTRUCTION; DIVERGENCE; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FISH; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT RESTORATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAND USE CHANGE; LENTIC ENVIRONMENT; LOTIC ENVIRONMENT; RIVER BASIN; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STREAMFLOW; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER FLOW;

ARKANSAS BASIN; GREAT PLAINS; KANSAS; KANSAS BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954874236     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/09-116.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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