Assessment of residency and movement of the endangered bullhead (Cottus gobio) in two Flemish rivers

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 317-322

  Knaepkens, G ^a   Bruyndoncx, L ^a   Eens, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cottus gobio; Mark and recapture; Movement; Residency

Indexed keywords

FISH; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MOVEMENT; PHILOPATRY;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FLANDERS; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

COTTUS; COTTUS GOBIO; GOBIO;

EID: 10244261594     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2004.00065.x     Document Type: Article

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