Fish diversity in European lakes: Geographical factors dominate over anthropogenic pressures

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1779-1793

  Brucet, Sandra ^a,b   Pédron, Stephanie ^c   Mehner, Thomas ^d   Lauridsen, Torben L ^e,f   Argillier, Christine ^c   Winfield, Ian J ^g   Volta, Pietro ^h   Emmrich, Matthias ^d   Hesthagen, Trygve ⁱ   Holmgren, Kerstin ^j   Benejam, Lluís ^b   Kelly, Fiona ^k   Krause, Teet ^l   Palm, Anu ^l   Rask, Martti ^m   Jeppesen, Erik ^e,f,n  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIC CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF CATALONIA   (Spain)

^c UR EMAX   (France)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^e AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^f Sino Danish Centre for Education and Research   (China)

^g CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^h CNR   (Italy)

ⁱ NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^j SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^k INLAND FISHERIES IRELAND   (Ireland)

^l ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^m FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

ⁿ GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

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Author keywords

Biogeography; Eutrophication; Fish assemblage; Hydromorphology; Species richness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880136560     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fwb.12167     Document Type: Article

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