Effects of dams in river networks on fish assemblages in non-impoundment sections of rivers in Michigan and Wisconsin, USA

River Research and Applications

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 473-487

  Wang, Lizhu ^a   Infante, Dana ^b   Lyons, John ^c   Stewart, Jana ^d   Cooper, Arthur ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cumulative effect; Fish diversity; Fish integrity; Impoundment; River connectivity

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; DAM; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FISH; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; IMPOUNDMENT; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; RIVER SYSTEM;

MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 79956002848     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: 15351467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.1356     Document Type: Article

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