cover

Anything that provides protection from predators or ameliorates adverse conditions of streamflow and/or seasonal changes in metabolic costs. May be instream cover, turbulence, and/or overhead cover, and may be for the purpose of escape, feeding, hiding, or resting.

(09 Oct 1997)


Terms mentioned in text: provides, protection, predators, adverse, conditions, seasonal, changes, metabolic, instream cover, turbulence, overhead cover, escape, feeding, resting
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