Variation in fish assemblages across dry-season pools in a Mediterranean stream: Effects of pool morphology, physicochemical factors and spatial context

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 74-86

  Pires, D F ^a   Pires, A M ^a,b   Collares Pereira, M J ^a   Magalhaes M F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b Universidade Atlantica   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Climate change; Conservation management; Drought; Intermittent streams; Portugal; Refuge habitats

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949904201     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2009.00391.x     Document Type: Article

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