Impact of weirs on fish communities in a Piedmont stream

River Research and Applications

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1038-1047

  Poulet, Nicolas ^a  

^a Université de Toulouse   (France)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Connectivity; Conservation; Fish community; Species introduction; Streams

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DAM; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FISH; INTRODUCED SPECIES; SPECIES RICHNESS; WEIR;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; MIDI-PYRENEES; VIAUR RIVER; WESTERN EUROPE;

SALMO TRUTTA; TINCA;

EID: 37149005495     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.1040     Document Type: Article

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