Environmental drivers of fish spatial distribution and activity in a reservoir with water level fluctuations

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Issue		Hydroécol. Appl. Volume 21, 2021


Page(s)		25 - 46
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/hydro/2018001
Published online		27 March 2018

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