Multiscale environmental influences on fish assemblage structure in central Texas streams

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 140, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1409-1427

  Pease, Allison A ^a,c   Taylor, Jason M ^b,d   Winemiller, Kirk O ^a   King, Ryan S ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ECOREGION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FISH CULTURE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; RIVER BASIN; STREAMWATER; SUBSTRATE; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; WOODY DEBRIS;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863868979     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00028487.2011.623994     Document Type: Article

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