Correspondence Between Aquatic Ecoregions and the Distribution of Fish Communities of Eastern Oklahoma
Description:
I assessed fish community data collected by the Oklahoma Conservation Commission from 82 minimally impaired wadeable reference streams in eastern Oklahoma to determine whether existing aquatic ecoregions provide the best framework for spatial classification for the development of biological assessment methods and biocriteria. I used indirect ordination and classification to identify groups of sites that support similar fish communities. Although correspondence was observed between fis…
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Date:
May 2001
Creator:
Howell, Charles E.