Riverine connectivity, upstream influences, and multi-taxa representation in a conservation area network for the fishes of Michigan, USA

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 7-22

  Esselman, Peter C ^a   Edgar, Minako ^b   Breck, Jason ^b   Hay Chmielewski, Elizabeth M ^c   Wang, Lizhu ^d  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^d International Joint Commission   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation evaluation; Fish; Protected areas; River; Stream

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BIODIVERSITY; CATCHMENT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DISTURBANCE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FISH; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING EFFORT; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; METAPOPULATION; PROTECTED AREA; REGIONALIZATION; SOFTWARE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL PLANNING; STREAM; TAXONOMY;

MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

PISCES;

EID: 84872826674     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.2279     Document Type: Article

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