Native and exotic fish species in the tiber river watershed (umbria - italy) and their relationship to the longitudinal gradient
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...melas is widespread in the River Tiber, one of its most abundant populations is to be found in Corbara Reservoir (Lorenzoni et al., 2006)....
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...While A. melas is widespread in the River Tiber, one of its most abundant populations is to be found in Corbara Reservoir (Lorenzoni et al., 2006)....
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...Nonnative freshwater fish introductions have been demonstrated to cause decline in native freshwater fish species (Byers et al., 2002; Tarkan et al., 2012b) and in some cases even extinction (Lorenzoni et al., 2006)....
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..., 2012b) and in some cases even extinction (Lorenzoni et al., 2006)....
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...…decreasing habitat availability seem to play a crucial role in the distribution and ecology of trout populations in the Tiber River basin, representing additional threats to native Mediterranean trout already endangered by the introduction of S. trutta (Caputo et al., 2004; Lorenzoni et al., 2006)....
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...42” E) is a left tributary of the River Tiber, one of the main rivers in Italy in terms of length and area of its basin (Lorenzoni et al., 2006)....
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...The Assino Creek (43◦ 45’ 09.99” N, 12◦ 22’ 01.42” E) is a left tributary of the River Tiber, one of the main rivers in Italy in terms of length and area of its basin (Lorenzoni et al., 2006)....
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...Fish assemblage composition varied along the Tiber River according to environmental variables, a common feature of stream fish communities (HUET, 1949, 1954, 1962; VANNOTE et al., 1980; MINSHALL et al., 1985; CHANGEUX, 1995)....
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...Habitat controls the longitudinal distribution of fish, and changes in habitat characteristics are often associated with changes in the composition of the fish assemblage (HUET, 1949, 1954, 1962; VANNOTE et al., 1980; MINSHALL et al., 1985; MORIN and NAIMAN, 1990; CHANGEUX, 1995; BELLIARD et al., 1999; ARUNACHALAM, 2000; BUNN and DAVIES, 2000)....
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...…of fish, and changes in habitat characteristics are often associated with changes in the composition of the fish assemblage (HUET, 1949, 1954, 1962; VANNOTE et al., 1980; MINSHALL et al., 1985; MORIN and NAIMAN, 1990; CHANGEUX, 1995; BELLIARD et al., 1999; ARUNACHALAM, 2000; BUNN and DAVIES, 2000)....
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...Another problem is the introduction of exotic species, which is considered as one of the most important but least studied factors that disrupt aquatic ecosystems (MILLS et al., 1993; LEACH, 1995; LODGE et al., 2000; MACK et al., 2000; BYERS et al., 2002)....
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...Literature regarding the impact of exotic species reports numerous examples of the extinction of native species (COWX, 1997; LODGE et al., 2000; MACK et al., 2000)....
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