Fish community and bioassessment responses to stream network position

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 296-309

  Hitt, Nathaniel P ^a   Angermeier, Paul L ^b  

^a LEETOWN SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bioassessment; dispersal; Fish community; metacommunity; stream network; zoogeography

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; CYPRINID; ECOREGION; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; RIVER BASIN; SAMPLING; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAM CHANNEL; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

UNITED STATES; WEST VIRGINIA;

CYPRINIDAE; PISCES;

EID: 79952273894     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/09-155.1     Document Type: Article

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