Development of fish-based assessment method for the ecological status of rivers in the Baltic region

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 531-539

  Virbickas, Tomas ^a   Kesminas, V ^a  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Metrics; Rivers; Status; Typology

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DEGRADATION; EXPLOITATION; FISH; TYPOLOGY;

BALTIC REGION; EURASIA;

ALBURNOIDES BIPUNCTATUS; COTTUS GOBIO; SALMO TRUTTA;

EID: 36549036739     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: 13652400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2007.00572.x     Document Type: Article

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