Landscapes to riverscapes: bridging the gap between research and conservation of stream fishes

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Abstract

Rivers and streams, by their very nature long ribbons of aquatic habitat, are inherently difficult to study. Approaching the banks of a flowing-water (lotic) system, one can see only a short fragment of the entire stream, from one bend to another, and can gain little appreciation for important features that lie beyond view. Moreover, materials transported downstream by the flow, and organisms traveling up or down the hydraulic highway, are soon gone from the reach and the opportunity to study them is often lost. Lakes present their own challenges for study, but by contrast to streams, one can usually see large expanses from shore that encompass all major habitats needed for aquatic organisms to complete their life history, such as gravel shoals, beds of aquatic vegetation, and open water habitats

Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title Landscapes to riverscapes: bridging the gap between research and conservation of stream fishes
Series title BioScience
DOI 10.1641/0006-3568(2002)052[0483:LTRBTG]2.0.CO;2
Volume 52
Issue 6
Year Published 2002
Language English
Contributing office(s) Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center
Description p. 483-498
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Larger Work Subtype Journal Article
Larger Work Title BioScience
First page 483
Last page 498
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