Functional role of environmental stimuli for the spawning migration in Danube nase Chondrostoma nasus (L.)

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 502-514

  Rakowitz, G ^a   Berger, B ^a   Kubecka, J ^b   Keckeis, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Environmental factors; Fish migration; Freshwater fish; Hydroacoustics; Multiple linear regression analysis

Indexed keywords

CHONDROSTOMA NASUS;

EID: 49649101333     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2008.00302.x     Document Type: Article

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