Temperature influence on the fish assemblage structure in a large lowland river, the lower Oder River, Germany

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 493-503

  Wolter, C ^a  

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

Author keywords

0+ fish; Fish assemblage; Large river; Lowland river; Temperature influence

Indexed keywords

EID: 36249025717     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2007.00237.x     Document Type: Article

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