A review of existing fish assemblage indicators and methodologies

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 393-405

  Roset, Nicolas ^a,b   Grenouillet, G ^c   Goffaux, D ^c   Pont, D ^d   Kestemont, P ^c  

^a Office National de l'Eau et des Milieux Aquatiques Delegation Regionale de Lyon   (France)

^b UMR5023 Laboratoire d'Ecologie des Hydrosystèmes Naturels et Anthropisés   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Biological assessment; Ecological integrity; Fish assemblages; IBI; Rivers

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FISH; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 36549064742     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: 13652400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2007.00589.x     Document Type: Review

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