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## Abstract Under experimental conditions, we tested whether variations in preference curves, weighted usable areas, and electivity profiles for velocity of 0+ juvenile barbel __Barbus barbus__ could be attributed to environmental variables (discharge, water depth, time of day) and/or time of sampling. We elaborated preference curves and weighted usable areas according to the Instream Flow Incremental Methodology, as well as electivity profiles. Variation among preference curves, weighted usable areas and electivity profiles was always observed, regardless of time of day, water depth, or discharge combinations. Our results support published concerns that the shape of preference curves is highly dependent on the time of data collection, and that curves derived from a single field sampling excursion can be viewed as representative for that moment in time only, whereas curves generated as composites from typological or time‐series samples may provide an approximation for a study area, but at the expense of between‐site and/or between‐date variation. Spatial/temporal variation is an important aspect of fish habitat studies and should be incorporated as a (layered) component into descri

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Author

Lorenzo Vilizzi; Gordon H. Copp; Jean-Marc Roussel

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 1535-1459)

Published

2004

Language

EN

Field

Environmental Science (Physical Sciences)