Potential effects of navigation-induced wave wash on the early life history stages of riverine fish

Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 94-102

  Kucera Hirzinger, Verena ^a   Schludermann, Elisabeth ^a   Zornig, Horst ^a   Weissenbacher, Anton ^a   Schabuss, Michael ^a   Schiemer, Friedrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Fish nursery; Inland navigation; Large rivers; Restoration; Rheophilic fish; Suspended solids; Waterways

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; FISH; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; HABITAT RESTORATION; LIFE HISTORY; NAVIGATION; NURSERY GROUND; RIVER WATER; SUSPENDED LOAD; SWIMMING; TURBIDITY; WAKE; WATER TEMPERATURE; WATERWAY TRANSPORT;

DANUBE RIVER; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 65049086051     PISSN: 10151621     EISSN: 14209055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00027-008-8110-5     Document Type: Article

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