Effects of stress controlled loading of a reservoir on downstream fish populations in a Pyrenean river

Environmental Engineering and Management Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1125-1131

  Miranda, Rafael ^a   Martínez Lage, Jaime ^b   Molina, Jaime ^b   Oscoz, Javier ^a   Tobes, Ibon ^a   Vilches, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b FLUMEN Estudios y Proyectos Ambientales SL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Flow regime; Freshwater; Irati River; Itoiz reservoir; Macroinvertebrates

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870047872     PISSN: 15829596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.30638/eemj.2012.136     Document Type: Article

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