Interactive effects of cover and hydraulics on brown trout habitat selection patterns

River Research and Applications

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1051-1065

  Ayllon D ^a   Almodovar A ^a   Nicola, G G ^b   Elvira, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Habitat preference; Habitat simulation models; Habitat suitability criteria; Iberian Peninsula; PHABSIM; Resource selection functions; Salmo trutta; Salmonids

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FISH; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURE; JUVENILE; MICROHABITAT; WATER DEPTH;

SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 67349179355     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.1215     Document Type: Article

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