Evaluation of the aquatic habitat and fish assemblage in an urban reach of the historic Rideau Canal, Ottawa, Canada: Implications for management in an engineered system

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 563-582

  Walker, Robyn P ^a   O'Toole, Amanda C ^a   Whynot, Zach ^a   Hanson, Kyle C ^a   Cooke, Steven J ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aquatic macrophytes; Biodiversity; Canal; Environmental management; Fish habitat; Natural heritage; Urban ecology

Indexed keywords

ACHILLEA; CENTRARCHIDAE; ESOX MASQUINONGY; LEPOMIS GIBBOSUS; LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS; MICROPTERUS; MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES; MYRIOPHYLLUM SPICATUM;

EID: 77957799172     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-010-0135-6     Document Type: Article

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