Biodiversity in heavily modified waterbodies: Native and introduced fish in Iberian reservoirs

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1190-1201

  Clavero, Miguel ^a   Hermoso, Virgilio ^b   Aparicio, Enric ^c   Godinho, Francisco N ^d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^d Rua de O Século ^*  (Portugal)

Author keywords

Impacts; Invasive species; Mediterranean streams; Multivariate ordination; Predation; Reservoirs; Structural equation modelling

Indexed keywords

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EID: 84876479604     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fwb.12120     Document Type: Article

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