Ecological traits of fish assemblages from Mediterranean Europe and their responses to human disturbance

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 473-481

  Ferreira, Theresa ^a   Oliveira, J ^a   Caiola, N ^b   de Sostoa, A ^b   Casals, F ^c   Cortes, R ^d   Economou, A ^e   Zogaris, S ^e   Garcia Jalon, D ^f   Ilheu M ^g   Martinez Capel, F ^h   Pont, D ⁱ   Rogers, C ⁱ   Prenda, J ^j  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^e INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^f Technical University of Madrid   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^h UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^j UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

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Author keywords

Alien species; Fish metrics; Fish types; Guilds; Human impacts; Mediterranean streams

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FISH; INTRODUCED SPECIES; RIVER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; GREECE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINUS CARPIO; LEPOMIS GIBBOSUS; SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 36549000757     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: 13652400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2007.00584.x     Document Type: Article

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