Seasonal changes in fish community structure of intermittent streams in the middle reaches of the Guadiana basin, Portugal

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 235-249

  Pires, A M ^a   Cowx, I G ^b   Coelho, M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic activities; Canonical correspondence analysis (CCA); Fish community; Intermittent streams

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DROUGHT; EPHEMERAL STREAM; FISH; HABITAT SELECTION; SEASONALITY;

PORTUGAL;

BARBUS COMIZA; BARBUS MICROCEPHALUS; BARBUS STEINDACHNERI; LEUCISCUS PYRENAICUS; RUTILUS ALBURNOIDES;

EID: 0033083339     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfbi.1998.0860     Document Type: Article

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