Effects of natural hydrological variability on fish assemblages in small Mediterranean streams: Implications for ecological assessment

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 23, Issue , 2012, Pages 467-481

  Matono, Paula ^a   Bernardo, João M ^a   Oberdorff, Thierry ^b   Ilhéu, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Ecological assessment; Fish assemblages; Human induced degradation; Intermittent streams; Natural disturbance; Portugal

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT; FISH ASSEMBLAGES; INTERMITTENT STREAMS; NATURAL DISTURBANCE; PORTUGAL;

DEGRADATION; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY;

FISH;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOMONITORING; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FISH; FLOODING; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; INDEX METHOD; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NATIVE SPECIES; ORGANIC MATTER; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; STREAMWATER;

GUADIANA BASIN; PORTUGAL; SADO BASIN;

EID: 84861452280     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.04.024     Document Type: Article

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