The impact of water level fluctuations on the year class strength of roach: Implications for fish stock management

Limnologica

Volumn 38, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 258-268

  Kahl, Uwe ^a   Hülsmann, Stephan ^a   Radke, Robert J ^a   Benndorf, Jürgen ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomanipulation; Recruitment success; Rutilus rutilus; Water quantity management

Indexed keywords

BIOMANIPULATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; GILLNET; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SPAWNING GROUND; STOCK ASSESSMENT; WATER LEVEL; WATER QUALITY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; SAIDENBACH RESERVOIR; SAXONY;

RUTILUS RUTILUS;

EID: 56749183672     PISSN: 00759511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.limno.2008.06.006     Document Type: Article

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