Body size distributions in North American freshwater fish: Large-scale factors

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 383-392

  Griffiths, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bimodality; Freshwater fish; Glaciation; Habitat preference; Kurtosis; Migration; North America; Recolonization; Skew

Indexed keywords

BIMODAL ASSOCIATION; BODY SIZE; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GLACIATION; HABITAT SELECTION; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; MIGRATORY SPECIES; POPULATION DECLINE; RECOLONIZATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

NORTH AMERICA;

PISCES;

EID: 84856768590     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2011.00680.x     Document Type: Article

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