The impact of small physical obstacles on the structure of freshwater fish assemblages

River Research and Applications

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 977-994

  Alexandre, C M ^a   Almeida, P R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Connectivity; small physical obstacles; Ecological guilds; Fish assemblages; Habitat fragmentation; Portugal

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CURRENT VELOCITY; FISH; FRESHWATER; GUILD STRUCTURE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE;

PORTUGAL;

BARBUS; GOBIO; PISCES;

EID: 78650484918     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: 15351467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.1308     Document Type: Article

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