Hydromorphological conditions, potential fish habitats and the fish community in a mountain river subjected to variable human impacts, the Czarny Dunajec, polish Carpathians

River Research and Applications

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 517-536

  Wyzga, B ^a   Amirowicz, A ^a   Radecki Pawlik, A ^b   Zawiejska, J ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF NATURE CONSERVATION   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE IN KRAKOW   (Poland)

^c PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Fish fauna; Fish habitats; Human impact; Hydromorphological river quality; Mountain river

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; CHANNELIZATION; ELECTROFISHING; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FISH; FLOW PATTERN; LOW FLOW;

CARPATHIANS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 70149088760     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.1237     Document Type: Article

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