Is water temperature an adequate predictor of recruitment success in cyprinid fish populations in lowland rivers?

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 579-588

  Nunn, A D ^a   Cowx, I G ^a   Frear, P A ^b   Harvey, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gulf Stream; Lowland rivers; Recruitment; River discharge; Water temperature; Year class strength (YCS)

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; CYPRINID; RECRUITMENT; RIVER; RIVER DISCHARGE; WATER TEMPERATURE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

CYPRINIDAE; LEUCISCUS CEPHALUS;

EID: 0037385516     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2003.01033.x     Document Type: Article

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