Lake water level increase during spring affects the breeding success of bream Abramis brama (L.)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 632, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 211-224

  Probst, Wolfgang Nikolaus ^a   Stoll, Stefan ^a   Peters, Lars ^b   Fischer, Philipp ^c   Eckmann, Reiner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breeding; Climate; Cyprinids; Hydrology; Lake Constance; Spawning substratum

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; CLIMATE; CYPRINIDS; LAKE CONSTANCE; SPAWNING SUBSTRATUM;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; HYDROLOGY; LAKES;

WATER LEVELS;

ABUNDANCE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CYPRINID; EPILITHON; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LAKE WATER; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPAWNING; SUBSTRATE; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER LEVEL;

BODENSEE; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

ABRAMIS BRAMA; CYPRINIDAE; HYPEROGLYPHE POROSA;

EID: 70349981573     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-009-9842-5     Document Type: Article

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