Fish-based groups for ecological assessment in rivers: the importance of environmental drivers on taxonomic and functional traits of fish Assemblages

The use of river-types is of practical value, serving as groups for which assessment procedures can be developed and applied. An abiotic typology was set by the Portuguese Water Agency, mainly based on 6 major morphoclimatic regions. However, to be biologically meaningful, this typology should fit t...

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Main Author: Matono, Paula (author)
Other Authors: Bernardo, João Manuel (author), Ferreira, Maria Teresa (author), Formigo, Nuno (author), Raposo Almeida, Pedro (author), Ilhéu, Maria (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10174/6390
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:dspace.uevora.pt:10174/6390