Effects of seasonal water level fluctuations on the benthic fish community in Lakes - A case study of juvenile burbot Lota lota L

Ecohydrology and Hydrobiology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 481-486

  Fischer, Philipp ^a   Öhl, Uta ^a   Wacker, Nadja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Controlling factor; Inter habitat migrations; Littoral; Modelling; Profundal; Size selective behaviour

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; ICHTHYOFAUNA; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; SIZE SELECTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER LEVEL;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; LAKE CONSTANCE; WORLD;

LOTA LOTA;

EID: 14344252732     PISSN: 16423593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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