The role of trait-based approaches in understanding stream fish assemblages

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1579-1592

  Pyron, Mark ^a   Williams, Lance ^b   Beugly, Jayson ^c   Jacquemin, Stephen J ^a  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assemblage structure; Functional organisation; Species traits; Stream fishes; Trait based approach

Indexed keywords

PISCES;

EID: 79959992222     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2011.02596.x     Document Type: Article

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