Suitability criteria for spawning habitat of riverine European grayling

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1351-1354

  Nykanen M ^a   Huusko, A ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Habitat modelling; Kick sampling; Nest sites; Thymallidae

Indexed keywords

HABITAT QUALITY; NEST SITE; SPAWNING GROUND; WATER FLOW;

THYMALLUS THYMALLUS;

EID: 0036588004     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfbi.2002.1946     Document Type: Article

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