Mesohabitat use by bullhead (Cottus gobio)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 652, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 299-310

  Gosselin, M P ^a,c,d   Petts, G E ^b   Maddock, I P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WORCESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cottus gobio; Flow variability; Habitat composition; Habitat use curves; Mesohabitat surveys

Indexed keywords

ENGLAND; FISH DISTRIBUTIONS; FISH ECOLOGY; FLOW VARIABILITY; HABITAT USE; HIGH RATE; INTERMEDIATE FLOW; LOW VELOCITIES; MACROMORPHOLOGY; MICROHABITATS; PHYSICAL HABITAT; RIFFLE-POOL SEQUENCE; UNDERWATER OBSERVATION;

FISH; LAKES; SURVEYS; WATER; WATER POLLUTION;

ECOLOGY;

BACKWATER; DISCHARGE; FLOW VELOCITY; HABITAT USE; MICROHABITAT; PERCIFORM; STREAMFLOW; SUMMER;

ENGLAND; SEVERN RIVER [UNITED KINGDOM]; UNITED KINGDOM;

COTTUS GOBIO;

EID: 77954690234     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0363-z     Document Type: Article

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