Spatial and temporal variation in assemblage structure of fish larvae in mediterranean-type streams: Contrasts between native and non-native species

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 467-480

  Ribeiro, Filipe ^a,b   Magalhães, Maria Filomena ^a   Collares Pereira, Maria João ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b Museu Nacional de Historia Natural Universidade de Lisboa   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Flow regime; Guadiana Basin; Habitat context; Iberian Peninsula; Larval ecology; Water temperature

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CYPRINID; INVASIVE SPECIES; LARVA; NATIVE SPECIES; PRESERVATION; RIVER FLOW; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAM; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER TEMPERATURE;

GUADIANA BASIN; IBERIAN PENINSULA; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

CYPRINIDAE; PISCES;

EID: 84874556822     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-012-0030-5     Document Type: Article

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