Habitat use by the fish assemblages of two chalk streams

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 64-79

  Prenda, J ^a,b   Armitage, P D ^a   Grayston, A ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biotic interactions; Fish distribution; Habitat partitioning; Stream ecology; Stream habitat

Indexed keywords

CHALK STREAM; FISH ASSEMBLAGE; HABITAT USE; SPECIES ASSOCIATION;

UK, ENGLAND, DORSET, BERE STREAM; UK, ENGLAND, DORSET, MILL STREAM;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; BARBATULA BARBATULA; COTTUS GOBIO; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; GOBIO GOBIO; LAMPETRA PLANERI; LEUCISCUS LEUCISCUS; PHOXINUS PHOXINUS; PLEURONECTES FLESUS; SALMO SALAR; SALMO TRUTTA; THYMALLUS THYMALLUS;

EID: 0031194161     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfbi.1997.0410     Document Type: Article

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