Effects of coupled natural and anthropogenic factors on the community structure of diadromous fish and shrimp species in tropical island streams

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1002-1015

  Hein, Catherine L ^a   Pike, Andrew S ^b,e   Blanco, Juan F ^c   Covich, Alan P ^d   Scatena, Frederick N ^b   Hawkins, Charles P ^a   Crowl, Todd A ^a,f  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^e SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^f NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Diadromous; Distribution models; Random forests; Roads; Tropical stream

Indexed keywords

ATYA LANIPES; ATYIDAE (CRUSTACEANS); AWAOUS BANANA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); PISCES; XIPHOCARIS ELONGATA;

EID: 79953301217     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2010.02537.x     Document Type: Article

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