Black liquor and the hangover effect: Fish assemblage recovery dynamics following a pulse disturbance

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2433-2444

  Piller, Kyle R ^a   Geheber, Aaron D ^b  

^a SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community structure; Fish kill; Pearl River; Spill

Indexed keywords

EID: 84931577048     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1530     Document Type: Article

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