Prioritizing aquatic conservation areas using spatial patterns and partitioning of fish community diversity in a near-natural temperate basin

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 799-812

  Kanno, Yoichiro ^a,c   Russ, William T ^b   Sutherland, Charles J ^a   Cook, S Bradford ^a  

^a TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Dispersal; Distribution; Fish; Stream

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; CATCHMENT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DISPERSAL; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FISH; HARBOR; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITIZATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EMORY RIVER; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870717577     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.2266     Document Type: Article

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