Response of fish assemblages to water quality in boreal rivers

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 641, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-10

  Sutela, Tapio ^a,b   Vehanen, Teppo ^a   Jounela, Pekka ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Fish assemblage; Integrity index; River; Water quality; WFD

Indexed keywords

BOREAL RIVERS; BROWN TROUTS; CENTRAL FINLAND; ELECTROFISHING; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; FISH ASSEMBLAGES; FISH SPECIES; INDEX VALUES; NON-METRIC MULTIDIMENSIONAL SCALING; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRISTINE WATERS; REGRESSION NEURAL NETWORKS; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; RIVER WATER QUALITY; SALMO TRUTTA; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS; WATER QUALITY PARAMETERS;

MEATS; NEURAL NETWORKS; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

FISH;

ACIDIFICATION; CATCH STATISTICS; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; PHOSPHORUS; RIVER WATER; SALMONID; WATER QUALITY;

FINLAND;

SALMO TRUTTA;

EID: 73149115050     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-009-0048-7     Document Type: Article

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