The influence of low-head dams on fish assemblages in streams across Alabama

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1095-1106

  Helms, Brian S ^a   Werneke, David C ^a   Gangloff, Michael M ^b   Hartfield, Emily E ^a,c   Feminella, Jack W ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

low head dams; serial discontinuity; stream fragmentation; trait analysis

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; DAM REMOVAL; FISH; GENERALIST; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MILL; MOVEMENT; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

ALABAMA; UNITED STATES;

ESOX AMERICANUS;

EID: 80054829306     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/10-093.1     Document Type: Article

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