Changes in the fish species composition of all Austrian lakes >50 ha during the last 150 years

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 103-111

  Zick, Daniela ^a   Gassner, H ^a   Filzmoser, P ^b   Wanzenbock J ^c   Pamminger Lahnsteiner, B ^c   Tischler, G ^c  

^a Federal Agency of Water Management   (Austria)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Fish communities; Human impact; Indigenous fish species; Loss of fish species; Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; ICHTHYOFAUNA; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LONG-TERM CHANGE;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 33644991421     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: 13652400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2006.00483.x     Document Type: Article

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