Linked effects of dam-released floods and water temperature on spawning of the Clanwilliam yellowfish Barbus capensis

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 384, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 245-265

  King, Jackie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

African freshwater fish; Building block methodology; Cyprinidae; Dam releases; Spawn bed hydraulics; Spawning triggers; Thermal spawning threshold

Indexed keywords

SOUTH AFRICA; SPAWNING;

DAM; FISH; FLOW PATTERN; SPAWNING; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; BARBUS CAPENSIS; CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032460212     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1003481524320     Document Type: Article

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