Fish metrics, significantly differing in downstream (D), middle stream (M) and upstream (U) sections (Kruskal-Wallis ANOVA and Mann-Whitney U-test for pair-wise comparisons; significantly differing sections are indicated in superscript).

<p>Fish metrics, significantly differing in downstream (D), middle stream (M) and upstream (U) sections (Kruskal-Wallis ANOVA and Mann-Whitney U-test for pair-wise comparisons; significantly differing sections are indicated in superscript).</p

Number of tagged sea trout individuals (ind. 100 m-1) in the Šašuola Stream at the sites of capture and release on August-September (A), sites of recapture on October (B), and sites of recapture on November (C).

<p>Dotted lines denote position of beaver dams. X axis represents distance from river confluence divided in to 100 meter sections.</p

Study area illustrating locations of beaver dams in the streams Šašuola and Plaštaka.

<p>Beaver dams, constructed in 2012 are indicated by an asterisk.</p

Density of individuals (per 100 m² area), number of species, Shannon diversity (<i>H</i>’) and evennes (<i>J</i>’) in the Šašuola and Plaštaka downstream (D), middle stream (M) and upstream (U) sections.

<p>Data is presented as mean ± SD of all electrofishing surveys.</p><p>Density of individuals (per 100 m² area), number of species, Shannon diversity (<i>H</i>’) and evennes (<i>J</i>’) in the Šašuola and Plaštaka downstream (D), middle stream (M) and upstream (U) sections.</p