Habitat use by spinous loach (Cobitis shikokuensis) in southwestern Japan: Importance of subsurface interstices

Ecological Research

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 837-845

  Kawanishi, Ryota ^a   Kudo, Yuta ^a   Inoue, Mikio ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cobitidae; Endangered species; Fine sediment; Hyporheic zone; Subsurface interstices

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; CURRENT VELOCITY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; HABITAT USE; HYPORHEIC ZONE; INTERSTITIAL ENVIRONMENT; PEBBLE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STREAM BED; SUBSTRATE; TELEOST; WATER DEPTH;

JAPAN; SHIKOKU;

COBITIDAE; COBITIS;

EID: 77954457547     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-010-0714-2     Document Type: Article

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