Pressure-specific and multiple pressure response of fish assemblages in European running waters

Limnologica

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 348-361

  Schinegger, Rafaela ^a   Trautwein, Clemens ^a   Schmutz, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Fish metrics; Multiple pressures; River types; Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMETRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECOREGION; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FISH; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; RIVER; TROPHIC LEVEL; WATER QUALITY;

EUROPE;

EID: 84880701477     PISSN: 00759511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.limno.2013.05.008     Document Type: Article

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