An individual-based model to predict the spatial distribution of northern pike, European perch and pikeperch from habitat use in a reservoir subject to water level fluctuations

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Issue		Hydroécol. Appl. Volume 24, 2024


Article Number		1
Number of page(s)		24
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/hydro/2024001
Published online		19 March 2024

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