Moving beyond species-discharge relationships to a flow-mediated, macroecological theory of fish species richness

Freshwater Science

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 18-31

  McGarvey, Daniel J ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Akaike Information Criterion

Indexed keywords

AKAIKE INFORMATION CRITERION; DISCHARGE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FISH; FLOODING; FLOW VELOCITY; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; MACROECOLOGY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NATIVE SPECIES; RIVER BASIN; RIVER FLOW; SPECIES RICHNESS;

PACIFIC NORTHWEST;

EID: 84896351536     PISSN: 21619549     EISSN: 21619565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/674967     Document Type: Article

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