Using commercial catch statistics to detect habitat bottlenecks in large lowland rivers

River Research and Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 245-255

  Wolter, Christian ^a   Menzel, Ronald ^b  

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

^b Fischereischutzgenossenschaft Havel   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fish assemblage; Fisheries statistics; Habitat bottleneck concept; Large river; Lowland river; Minimum flow; Time series

Indexed keywords

CATCH STATISTICS;

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

LEUCISCUS IDUS; LOTA LOTA;

EID: 15544386489     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.844     Document Type: Article

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