Fragmentation and dewatering transform Great Plains stream fish communities

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 73-92

  Perkin, Joshuah S ^a,f   Gido, Keith B ^a   Cooper, Arthur R ^b   Turner, Thomas F ^c   Osborne, Megan J ^c   Johnson, Eric R ^d   Mayes, Kevin B ^e   Nilsson, C ^g  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d Biology and Conservation Programs Westar Energy   (United States)

^e TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^f TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g NONE

Author keywords

Fish communities; Great Plains; Groundwater depletion; Habitat connectivity; High Plains Aquifer; Hydrologic alteration; Landscape ecology; Stream fragmentation; Trait based ecology

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DEWATERING; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GUILD; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; PELAGIC FISH; STREAMWATER;

GREAT PLAINS;

PISCES;

EID: 84926629115     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: 15577015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/14-0121.1     Document Type: Article

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