Does hydrology constrain the structure of fish assemblages in French streams? Regional scale analysis

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 164, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 367-385

  Cattanéo, Franck ^a,b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Assemblage diversity; Flow regimes; Species guild proportions; Species trait proportions

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; ICHTHYOFAUNA; SCALE EFFECT; STREAMFLOW;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 29044441874     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0003-9136/2005/0164-0367     Document Type: Article

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