Spawning habitat enhancement in the European bullhead (Cottus gobio), an endangered freshwater fish in degraded lowland rivers

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 13, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 2443-2452

  Knaepkens, Guy ^a   Bruyndoncx, Liesbet ^a   Coeck, Johan ^b   Eens, Marcel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Artificial spawning structure; Conservation; Cottidae; Cottus gobio; Fisheries management; Habitat rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FISH; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; SPAWNING;

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

COTTIDAE; COTTUS GOBIO;

EID: 21744451009     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BIOC.0000048448.17230.40     Document Type: Article

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