Fish community changes after minimum flow increase: Testing quantitative predictions in the Rhône River at Pierre-Bénite, France

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1730-1743

  Lamouroux, Nicolas ^a   Olivier, Jean Michel ^b   Capra, Hervé ^a   Zylberblat, Marc ^c   Chandesris, Andre ^a   Roger, Pascal ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c Compagnie Nationale du Rhône ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Dams; Flow regime; Habitat restoration; Instream habitat model; Large rivers

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FISH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER FLOW;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; PIERRE-BENITE; RHONE; RHONE RIVER; RHONE-ALPES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33747386163     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2006.01602.x     Document Type: Article

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