Predictive models for fish assemblages in eastern U.S. streams: Implications for assessing biodiversity

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 725-740

  Meador, Michael R ^a   Carlisle, Daren M ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FISH; GRAVEL; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; LAND COVER; NATIVE SPECIES; REFERENCE SAMPLE; SAMPLING; STREAM; SUBSTRATE; TAXONOMY; WATER QUALITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955113605     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T08-132.1     Document Type: Article

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