Short-term impact of reservoir cleaning on the microhabitat use of three non-salmonid fishes in a piedmont river in south west France

Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 323-336

  Mastrorillo, Sylvain ^a,b   Dauba, Francis ^a  

^a Institut National Polytechnique   (France)

^b U M R C5576   (France)

Author keywords

Barbatula barbatula; Gobio gobio; Phoxinus phoxinus

Indexed keywords

IMPACT; MICROHABITAT; MUD; RESERVOIR;

ANIMALIA; BARBATULA BARBATULA; GOBIO GOBIO; HYMENOPHYSA CURTA; PHOXINUS PHOXINUS; PISCES; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 0033399628     PISSN: 10151621     EISSN: 14209055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000270050069     Document Type: Article

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