Migration of rheophilic fish in the large lowland rivers Meuse and Rhine, the Netherlands

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 409-415

  de Leeuw, Joep J ^a   Winter, H V ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Barrier; Cyprinid; Fishway; Habitat; Migration; Telemetry

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; CYPRINID; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; HABITAT QUALITY; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; POPULATION MIGRATION; SPAWNING; TELEMETRY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; MEUSE RIVER; RHINE RIVER; WESTERN EUROPE;

BARBUS; BARBUS BARBUS; CHONDROSTOMA NASUS; CYPRINIDAE; LEUCISCUS CEPHALUS; LEUCISCUS IDUS;

EID: 54949134045     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: 13652400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2008.00626.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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