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Environmental requirements of common riverine European salmonid fish species in fresh water with particular reference to physical and chemical aspects

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This review attempts to assess, as quantitatively as possible, the habitat requirements in fresh water of three common and widespread European salmonid species. Namely: the trout (Salmo trutta L.), the salmon (S. salar L.) and the grayling (Thymallus thymallus L.). Requirements are considered for spawning, incubation and emergence, juveniles and smolts and for adults and spawning movements.

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Crisp, D.T. Environmental requirements of common riverine European salmonid fish species in fresh water with particular reference to physical and chemical aspects. Hydrobiologia 323, 201–221 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00007847

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