Dynamics of young fishes and zooplankton in a lentic side-channel of the River Danube over a 24-hour cycle in late summer

Biologia - Section Zoology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 179-188

  Copp, Gordon H ^a,b   Vranovský, Marian ^c   Černý, Jaroslav ^c   Kováč, Vladimír ^d  

^a UMR CARRTEL   (France)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^d Faculty of Natural Sciences   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Danube; Diel; Dispersion; Fluvial hydrosystem; Point abundance sampling; Predator prey relationships; Rhine

Indexed keywords

ALBURNUS ALBURNUS; CRUSTACEA; INVERTEBRATA; PISCES;

EID: 20444461232     PISSN: 13356380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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