Mesohabitat use by brown trout (Salmo trutta) in a small groundwater-dominated stream

River Research and Applications

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 390-401

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WORCESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brown trout; Groundwater stream; Habitat use curves; Mesohabitats

Indexed keywords

HABITAT TYPE; HABITAT USE; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; RIVER DISCHARGE; SALMONID; STREAM; WATER FLOW;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WEST MIDLANDS;

SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 84857930487     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: 15351467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.1464     Document Type: Article

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