Community structure of small fishes in a shallow macrophytic lake (Niushan Lake) along the middle reach of the Yangtze River, China

Aquatic Living Resources

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 349-359

  Ye, Shaowen ^a,b   Li, Zhongjie ^a   Lek Ang, Sithan ^c   Feng, Guangpeng ^d   Lek, Sovan ^c   Cao, Wenxuan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^d SOUTH CHINA SEA FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Freshwater community structure; Habitat utilization; Lake fishery management; Multivariate statistics; Small fishes; Yangtze lakes

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIVERSITY INDEX; FISH; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; HABITAT TYPE; HABITAT USE; MACROPHYTE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION COVER; WATER DEPTH;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HUBEI; NIUSHAN LAKE; YANGTZE RIVER;

CULTRICHTHYS ERYTHROPTERUS; MICROPERCOPS SWINHONIS; MYRIOPHYLLUM SPICATUM; PARACHEILOGNATHUS IMBERBIS; PISCES; POTAMOGETON MAACKIANUS; PSEUDORASBORA PARVA; RHODEUS OCELLATUS;

EID: 33847095568     PISSN: 09907440     EISSN: 17652952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/alr:2007005     Document Type: Article

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