Young-of-the-year fish assemblages as an alternative to adult fish monitoring for ecological quality evaluation of running waters

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 644, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 89-101

  Jurajda, Pavel ^a   Slavík, Ondřej ^b   White, Seth ^a,c   Adámek, Zdeněk ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b T G MASARYK WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

0+Fish; Biological quality element; Rivers; Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

0+FISH; AGE STRUCTURES; ANNUAL VARIABILITY; CZECH REPUBLIC; ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS; ECOLOGICAL QUALITY; ECOLOGICAL STATUS; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; FIELD SAMPLING; FISH ASSEMBLAGES; FISH COMMUNITIES; FISH POPULATIONS; FISH SPECIES; HABITAT STRUCTURES; MONITORING STRATEGY; NATURAL WATERS; RUNNING WATERS; SUMMER FLOODS; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES; WATER QUALITY MONITORING;

ECOLOGY; FISHERIES; MEATS; MONITORING; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RIVERS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

FISH;

BIOINDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPEAN UNION; FISH; HABITAT STRUCTURE; SAMPLING; WATER QUALITY;

CZECH REPUBLIC;

PISCES;

EID: 77950021523     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0111-4     Document Type: Article

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