Seasonal movements and residency of small-bodied fish in a north temperate urban watershed demonstrate connectivity between a stream and stormwater drain

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 742, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 327-338

  Bliss, S M ^a   Midwood, J D ^a   Stamplecoskie, K M ^a   Cooke, S J ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

PIT; Stormwater drains; Stream fish; Urban ecology; Winter

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; FISH; HABITAT TYPE; MOVEMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; STORMWATER; STREAM; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; URBAN AREA; WINTER;

CANADA; OTTAWA RIVER;

CATOSTOMUS COMMERSONI; CATOSTOMUS COMMERSONII; PISCES; RHINICHTHYS CATARACTAE; SEMOTILUS; SEMOTILUS ATROMACULATUS; UMBRA LIMI;

EID: 84920885075     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-014-1996-0     Document Type: Article

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