Habitat distribution of fish in late summer: Changes along a nutrient gradient in Danish lakes

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 180-190

  Jeppesen, Erik ^a,b   Pekcan Hekim, Z ^c   Lauridsen, T L ^a   Sondergaard M ^a   Jensen, J P ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Eutrophication gradient; Fish; Habitat distribution of fish; Littoral zone; Migration; Pelagic zone

Indexed keywords

ELECTROFISHING; FISH; HABITAT; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

ABRAMIS BRAMA; ESOX LUCIUS; GOBIO GOBIO; GYMNOCEPHALUS CERNUUS; HYPEROGLYPHE POROSA; OSMERUS EPERLANUS; PERCA FLUVIATILIS; RUTILUS RUTILUS; SANDER LUCIOPERCA; SCARDINIUS ERYTHROPHTHALMUS;

EID: 33744779946     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2006.00142.x     Document Type: Article

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