The importance of oxbow lakes for fish recruitment in a river system

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 267-281

  Penczak, T ^a   Zieba G ^a   Koszalinski H ^a   Kruk, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

0+ fish; Fishery productivity; Growth; Oxbow lakes; Parent rivers; Recruitment; Seasonal movement

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242663597     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0003-9136/2003/0158-0267     Document Type: Article

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