Substratum Preferences and Diel Activity Patterns of Spined Loach Cobitis taenia in England: Implications for Conservation Management

Folia Biologica

Volumn 51, Issue SUPPL., 2003, Pages 129-133

  Culling, Mark A ^a   Lozano Valero, Irene ^a   Côté, Isabelle M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cobitis taenia; Conservation; Habitat requirements; Local adaptation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COBITIS TAENIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIEL VERTICAL MIGRATION; FEMALE; FISH; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LOACH; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLACE PREFERENCE; RIVER; SAND; SEDIMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CYPRINIFORMES; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MALE; MOVEMENT; PERIODICITY; RIVERS; SEX FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; COBITIS; COBITIS TAENIA; HYMENOPHYSA CURTA; TAENIA;

EID: 1042302041     PISSN: 00155497     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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