Fish assemblages and stream hydraulics: Consistent relations across spatial scales and regions

River Research and Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 727-737

  Lamouroux, Nicolas ^a   Cattaneo F ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Fish guilds; Geomorphology; Hydraulics; Pool; Riffle; Stream fish community; Up scaling

Indexed keywords

FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GUILD; HABITAT SELECTION; HYDRAULICS; MICROHABITAT; STREAM; WATER MANAGEMENT;

PISCES;

EID: 33748668860     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.931     Document Type: Article

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