Significance of riverine hypoxia for fish: The case of the Big Sunflower River, Mississippi

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 170-186

  Shields, F Douglas ^a   Knight, Scott S ^a  

^a USDA ARS NATIONAL SEDIMENTATION LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Dissolved oxygen; Fish; Habitat; Hypoxia; Rivers; Water quality; Weirs

Indexed keywords

BACKWATER EFFECTS; DISSOLVED OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; FISH COMMUNITIES; FISH SPECIES; FISH SPECIES RICHNESS; FLOOD-PLAINS; HABITAT; HABITAT ENHANCEMENT; HETEROTROPHIC PROCESS; HYDROLOGY DATA; HYPOXIA; MISSISSIPPI; NON-METRIC MULTIDIMENSIONAL SCALING; PHYSICAL HABITAT; STAGNANT ZONES; STREAMS DRAINING; WATER CHEMISTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ECOSYSTEMS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; RIVER CONTROL; RIVERS; WATER QUALITY; WEIRS;

FISH;

ANOXIA; BACKWATER; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CULTIVATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; FISH; FLOODPLAIN; HABITAT TYPE; HYPOXIA; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SPECIES RICHNESS; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

MISSISSIPPI; UNITED STATES;

HELIANTHUS;

EID: 84856420819     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2011.00606.x     Document Type: Article

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