Seasonal changes in fish abundance, biomass and species richness in the littoral zone of a large European lake, Lake Constance, Germany

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 139, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 433-448

  Fischer, P ^a   Eckmann, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

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