An assessment of the health and historical changes of the nearshore fish community of the St. Marys River

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 37, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2011, Pages 61-69

  Pratt, Thomas C ^a   O'Connor, Lisa M ^a  

^a GREAT LAKES LABORATORY FOR FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fish community assessment; Historical comparison; Nearshore fish community; St. Marys River

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ENGINEERING; LAKES; RIVERS;

ELECTROFISHING; FISH COMMUNITIES; HISTORICAL CHANGES; HISTORICAL COMPARISON; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; INVASIVE FISHES; NATIVE SPECIES; SPATIAL EXTENT;

FISH;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ELECTROFISHING; FISH; HABITAT TYPE; HISTORICAL RECORD; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; STANDARDIZATION;

SAINT MARYS RIVER;

PISCES;

EID: 79957984025     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2010.06.008     Document Type: Article

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