River discharge drives recruitment success of the european bitterling rhodeus amarus in a regulated river in central Europe

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1642-1650

  Konecna M ^a,b   Jurajda, P ^a   Reichard, M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Interannual variation; Invasive species; Juvenile growth; Long term data set; Water temperature; Young of the year fish

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYPRINIFORMES; CZECH REPUBLIC; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVER; TEMPERATURE; WATER FLOW;

ANIMALS; CYPRINIDAE; CZECH REPUBLIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVERS; TEMPERATURE; WATER MOVEMENTS;

RHODEUS; RHODEUS AMARUS;

EID: 65449152614     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2009.02207.x     Document Type: Article

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