Physical and human factors influencing potential fish habitat distribution along a mountain river, France

Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 121-136

  Piegay H ^b   Thevenet, A ^c   Kondolf, G M ^a   Landon, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Boulders; Ecological management; Fish habitat potentiality; Fluvial continuum; Geomorphological pattern; Large woody debris; Network; Pools

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; FISH; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; WOODY DEBRIS;

DROME RIVER; FRANCE;

EID: 0343091559     PISSN: 04353676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0435-3676.2000.00117.x     Document Type: Article

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