Comparing fish assemblages and trophic ecology of permanent and intermittent reaches in a Mediterranean stream

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 657, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 167-180

  Mas Martí, Esther ^a   García Berthou, Emili ^b   Sabater, Sergi ^b   Tomanova, Sylvie ^b   Muñoz, Isabel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diet; Drought; Fish condition; Intermittent stream; Mediterranean streams; Resource availability

Indexed keywords

DIET; FISH ASSEMBLAGES; FISH DENSITY; FISH LENGTH; FISH SPECIES; GLOBAL CHANGE; GUT CONTENTS; INTERMITTENT STREAMS; LOWER DENSITY; MACROINVERTEBRATES; MEDITERRANEAN STREAMS; POTENTIAL EFFECTS; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; TAXONOMIC DIVERSITY; WATER FLOWS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; ECOLOGY; HYDRAULICS; NUTRITION;

FISH;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYPRINID; DIET; DROUGHT; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GLOBAL CHANGE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPHIC ENVIRONMENT;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; BARBUS; BARBUS MERIDIONALIS; LEUCISCUS CEPHALUS; SQUALIUS;

EID: 77957281452     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0292-x     Document Type: Article

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