Regional and longitudinal patterns of fish community structure in the Seine River basin, France

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 133-147

  Belliard, Jérôme ^a,b   Boët, Philippe ^a   Tale, Eveyne ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b Délégation Régionale N1 ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Assemblages; Ecoregion; Longitudinal changes; Reproductive groups; Species richness

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FISH COMMUNITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

FRANCE, SEINE RIVER BASIN;

EID: 0030821227     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007353527126     Document Type: Article

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