Fish community structure in natural and engineered habitats in the Kansas river

River Research and Applications

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 797-805

  White, Katherine ^a,c   Gerken, Joseph ^a   Paukert, Craig ^a   Makinster, Andrew ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^c Research Branch ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; Habitat; Rip rap; River; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOTIC FACTOR; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FISH; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MUDBANK; RIPRAP; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

KANSAS; KANSAS RIVER; UNITED STATES;

PISCES;

EID: 77957162083     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: 15351467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.1287     Document Type: Article

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