Composition of fish communities in German lakes as related to lake morphology, trophic state, shore structure and human-use intensity

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 70-85

  Mehner, Thomas ^a   Diekmann, Markus ^a   Brämick, Uwe ^b   Lemcke, Roland ^c  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^b Institute of Inland Fisheries   (Germany)

^c Institute of Fisheries   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fish assemblages; Habitat lake descriptors; Lake types; Lowland lakes; Multidimensional scaling

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; ICHTHYOFAUNA; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; TROPHIC STATUS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; WORLD;

ABRAMIS BJOERKNA; ABRAMIS BRAMA; ALBULA; ALBURNUS ALBURNUS; BRAMA; COREGONUS ALBULA; CYPRINIDAE; GYMNOCEPHALUS CERNUUS; HYPEROGLYPHE POROSA; OSMERUS EPERLANUS; PERCA FLUVIATILIS; RUTILUS RUTILUS; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 12744274707     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2004.01294.x     Document Type: Article

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