Microhabitat use by three endemic Iberian cyprinids in Mediterranean rivers (Tagus River Basin, Spain)

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 52-60

  Martinez Capel F ^a   Garcia De Jalon D ^b   Werenitzky, D ^c   Baeza, D ^d   Rodilla Alama M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SANTIAGO DEL ESTERO   (Argentina)

^d Ecohidráulica ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Barbus; Chondrostoma; Habitat suitability criteria; Microhabitat; Squalius

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FISH; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT USE; MICROHABITAT; SITE SELECTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WATER COLUMN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TAGUS BASIN;

BARBUS; BARBUS BOCAGEI; CHONDROSTOMA; CYPRINIDAE; POLYLEPIS; SQUALIUS; SQUALIUS PYRENAICUS;

EID: 63549093797     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: 13652400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2008.00645.x     Document Type: Article

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