Multidecadal responses of native and introduced fishes to natural and altered flow regimes in the American Southwest

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 554-564

  Gido, Keith B ^a   Propst, David L ^b   Olden, Julian D ^c   Bestgen, Kevin R ^d  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d Colorado State University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ADAPTATION; ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; ICHTHYOFAUNA; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NATIVE SPECIES; RIVER FLOW; SEASONALITY; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

UNITED STATES;

PISCES;

EID: 84876320550     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: 12057533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-2012-0441     Document Type: Article

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