Biology and habitat use of three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) in intermittent Mediterranean streams

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 550-559

  Clavero, M ^a,b   Pou Rovira, Q ^c   Zamora, L ^b  

^a Centre Tecnologic Forestal de Catalunya   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^c Estudis Al Medi Aquàtic ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Fish growth; Habitat use; Mediterranean streams; Somatic condition; Summer drought; Threatened fish

Indexed keywords

ASTACOIDEA; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 70449493067     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2009.00369.x     Document Type: Article

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