Out of pools: Movement patterns of mediterranean stream fish in relation to dry season refugia

River Research and Applications

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1269-1280

  Pires, D F ^a   Beja, P ^b   Magalhaes M F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cyprinids; Drought; Fish distribution; Habitat recolonization; Intermittency; Native fish; Temporary streams

Indexed keywords

CYPRINIDAE; SQUALIUS TORGALENSIS;

EID: 84919472233     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: 15351467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.2776     Document Type: Article

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