Associations between fish assemblages and environmental factors for Mediterranean-type rivers during summer

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1552-1569

  Moran Lopez R ^a   Da Silva, E ^a   Perez Bote J L ^a   Corbacho Amado, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fish assemblage structure; Life history correlates; Mediterranean rivers; Multivariate variance partitioning; Summer longitudinal gradients

Indexed keywords

CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; DATA ACQUISITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FISH; LIFE HISTORY; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GUADIANA BASIN; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33750597009     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2006.01221.x     Document Type: Article

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