Bluehead chub nesting activity: A potential mechanism of population persistence in degraded stream habitats

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 379-391

  Peoples, Brandon K ^a,b   Tainer, Molly B ^a   Frimpong, Emmanuel A ^a  

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

^b Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality   (United States)

Author keywords

Bluehead chub; Path analysis; Population persistence; Stream; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CYPRINID; GRAVEL; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; NESTING; PATH ANALYSIS; PERSISTENCE; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; SPAWNING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STREAM; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

LEUCISCUS CEPHALUS; NOCOMIS LEPTOCEPHALUS;

EID: 79952750256     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-010-9748-0     Document Type: Article

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