Spatial and seasonal characteristics of 0+ fish nursery habitats of nase, Chondrostoma nasus in the River Danube, Austria

Folia Zoologica

Volumn 46, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages 133-150

  Keckeis, Hubert ^a   Winkler, Gerold ^a   Flore, Laurence ^a   Reckendorfer, Walter ^a   Schiemer, Fritz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Early ontogeny; Habitat selection; Hydrology; Juveniles; Large river; Larvae; Rheophilic cyprinids; Temperature

Indexed keywords

FISH HABITAT; HABITAT SELECTION; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; NASE;

AUSTRIA, DANUBE RIVER;

CHONDROSTOMA NASUS;

EID: 0031430127     PISSN: 01397893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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