Potential re-establishment of diadromous fish species in the River Scheldt (Belgium)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 602, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 155-159

  Buysse, D ^a   Coeck, J ^a   Maes, J ^b  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Diadromous fish; Dissolved oxygen; Habitat fragmentation; Migration barriers; Pollution; Upstream migration

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ESTUARIES; RIVERS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

DIADROMOUS FISH; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MIGRATION BARRIERS; NATURAL RECOVERY PROCESSES;

FISH;

DIADROMY; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT RESTORATION; MIGRATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCHELDT RIVER; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 41049095809     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-008-9292-5     Document Type: Article

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