Effects of an extreme flash flood on the native fish assemblages across a Mediterranean catchment

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-58

  Pires, Ana M ^a,b   Magalhaes M F ^a   Da Costa, L Moreira ^a   Alves, M J ^a,c   Coelho, M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b Universidade Atlantica   (Portugal)

^c Museu Nacional de Historia Natural Universidade de Lisboa   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Floods; Habitat variability; Intermittent streams; Native fish; Spatial gradient

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CATCHMENT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CYPRINID; EXTREME EVENT; FLASH FLOOD; HABITAT QUALITY; POPULATION DECLINE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CYPRINIDAE;

EID: 38149138126     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: 13652400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2007.00570.x     Document Type: Article

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