How restructuring river connectivity changes freshwater fish biodiversity and biogeography

Water Resources Research

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Lynch, Heather J ^a   Grant, Evan H Campbell ^b   Muneepeerakul, Rachata ^c,d   Arunachalam, Muthukumarasamy ^e   Rodriguez Iturbe, Ignacio ^c   Fagan, William F ^a  

^a University of Maryland   (United States)

^b PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Princeton University   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MANONMANIAM SUNDARANAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ECOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES; FRESH WATER; FRESHWATER FISHES; INTER-BASIN WATER TRANSFER; LANDSCAPE SCALE; NETWORK CONNECTIVITY; NEUTRAL MODEL; RIVER BASINS; RIVER NETWORK; RIVER SYSTEMS; SPATIAL SCALE; SPECIES RICHNESS; STOCHASTIC FRAMEWORK; SUPPLY AND DEMAND;

BIODIVERSITY; CANALS; ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; STOCHASTIC MODELS; WATERSHEDS;

RIVERS;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CANAL; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; FISH; FRESHWATER; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HABITAT TYPE; MANMADE STRUCTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIVER; RIVER BASIN; SPECIES RICHNESS; STOCHASTICITY; WATER DEMAND;

EID: 84859051420     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010WR010330     Document Type: Article

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