Microhabitat use by endangered Iberian cyprinids nase Iberochondrostoma almacai and chub Squalius aradensis

@article{Santos2008MicrohabitatUB,
  title={Microhabitat use by endangered Iberian cyprinids nase Iberochondrostoma almacai and chub Squalius aradensis},
  author={Jos{\'e} Maria Santos and Maria Teresa Ferreira},
  journal={Aquatic Sciences},
  year={2008},
  volume={70},
  pages={272-281}
}
Abstract.Over the last decade there has been a major rise in the number of attempts at fish conservation and management as a response to the widespread degradation of aquatic ecosystems. The assessments involved are rarely planned and executed with inputs from the species’ life history, particularly their microhabitat use over space and time. The seasonal and size related microhabitat use of two critically endangered cyprinids – the Iberian nase Iberochondrostoma almacai and Iberian chub… 
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