Variation in fish community composition along an Iberian river basin from low to high discharge: Relative contributions of environmental and temporal variables

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 9, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 22-29

  Godinho, F N ^a,c   Ferreira, M T ^b   Santos, J M ^a  

^a Estacao Florestal Nacional   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^c Estaçâo Florestal National   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Discharge; Multivariate analysis; River environment; Synchronic survey; Variation partitioning

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ICHTHYOFAUNA; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA;

EID: 0034079067     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0633.2000.90104.x     Document Type: Article

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