Comparison of fish assemblage diversity in natural and artificial rip-rap habitats in the littoral zone of a large river (River Danube, Hungary)

International Review of Hydrobiology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 88-105

  Eros, Tibor ^a   Tóth, Balázs ^b   Sevcsik, András ^c   Schmera, Dénes ^d  

^a BALATON LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

^b Duna Ipoly National Park Directorate   (Hungary)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY   (Hungary)

^d Department of Agricultural Sciences and Environmental Management   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Beta diversity; Biological traits diversity; Habitat modification; Riverine fish; Sampling effort

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; RIVERS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIEL VARIATION; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; RIVER; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; DANUBE RIVER; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUNGARY;

EID: 54549119171     PISSN: 14342944     EISSN: 15222632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iroh.200710976     Document Type: Article

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