Fish assemblages in European Western Highlands and Western Plains: A type-specific approach to assess ecological quality of running waters

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 509-517

  Grenouillet, Gaël ^a,d   Roset, N ^b   Goffaux, D ^a   Breine, J ^c   Simoens, I ^c   de Leeuw, J J ^c   Kestemont, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

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

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d École Nationale de Formation Agronomique   (France)

Author keywords

Bioassessment; Fish assemblages; Predictive models; Type specific approach

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DATA SET; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; GEOMORPHOLOGY;

MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; WESTERN HIGHLANDS;

EID: 36549067764     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: 13652400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2007.00586.x     Document Type: Article

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