Anomalous droughts, not invasion, decrease persistence of native fishes in a desert river

Global Change Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1482-1496

  Ruhí, Albert ^a   Holmes, Elizabeth E ^b   Rinne, John N ^c   Sabo, John L ^a,d  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

MARSS; Ecohydrology; Environmental variation; Global change; Stream fish; Time series analyses

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DROUGHT; ECOHYDROLOGY; FISH; FLOOD; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GLOBAL CHANGE; NATIVE SPECIES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ARIZONA; UNITED STATES;

PISCES;

ANIMAL; ARIZONA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DESERT CLIMATE; DROUGHT; FISH; FLOODING; FOURIER ANALYSIS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; RIVER;

ANIMALS; ARIZONA; BIODIVERSITY; DESERT CLIMATE; DROUGHTS; FISHES; FLOODS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION DENSITY; RIVERS;

EID: 84924420143     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12780     Document Type: Article

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