Changes in the fish community of the upper Tiber River after construction of a hydro-dam

Journal of Limnology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 1-8

  Franchi, Elisabetta ^a   Carosi, Antonella ^a   Ghetti, Lucia ^a   Giannetto, Daniela ^a   Pedicillo, Giovanni ^a   Pompei, Laura ^a   Lorenzoni, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dam effects; Fish community; Fish condition; Montedoglio Reservoir; Tiber River

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONDITION FACTOR; DAM CONSTRUCTION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FISH; RESERVOIR; WATER TEMPERATURE;

AREZZO; ITALY; MONTEDOGLIO LAKE; TIBER RIVER; TUSCANY;

EID: 84902661087     PISSN: 11295767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/jlimnol.2014.876     Document Type: Article

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