Movement of fish between a river and its backwater: Diel activity and relation to environmental gradients

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 107-117

  Hohausová, Eva ^a   Copp, G H ^b   Jankovsky P ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Adult fish; Behaviour; River backwater connection; Spawning migration; Traps

Indexed keywords

DIEL MIGRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FISH; MOVEMENT;

CZECH REPUBLIC;

ALBURNUS; ALBURNUS ALBURNUS; LEUCISCUS; LEUCISCUS CEPHALUS; PERCA; PERCA FLUVIATILIS; RUTILUS; RUTILUS RUTILUS; SCARDINIUS; SCARDINIUS ERYTHROPHTHALMUS;

EID: 0038347255     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0633.2003.00014.x     Document Type: Article

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