Meanings
adjectivestagnophilous (not comparable)
- not comparablebiologyThat prefer to live in pools and similar stagnant water
This small (up to 100 mm in total length) stagnophilous species [27 ] was widely distributed in the marshy habitats of the Danube drainage basin from Vienna to the delta, and in the lower reaches of Dniestr drainage basin [28 ], prior to river regulation (Fig 1b ).
2015 September 23, “Population Genetic Patterns of Threatened European Mudminnow ( Umbra krameri Walbaum, 1792) in a Fragmented Landscape: Implications for Conservation Management”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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