Describing lake fish communities: Do presence-absence and biomass data show similar spatial and environmental relationships?

Boreal Environment Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 69-80

  Heino, Jani ^a   Eros, Tibor ^b   Kotanen, Juho ^c   Rask, Martti ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b BALATON LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

^c Finland's Environmental Administration   (Finland)

^d FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYPRINIDAE; PERCA FLUVIATILIS; PISCES; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 77749258367     PISSN: 12396095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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