Seasonal and diel changes in fish activity and potential cascading effects in subtropical shallow lakes with different water transparency

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 646, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 173-185

  Gelós, Mercedes ^a,b   Teixeira de Mello, Franco ^a,b   Goyenola, Guillermo ^a   Iglesias, Carlos ^a,b,c,d   Fosalba, Claudia ^a,b   García Rodríguez, Felipe ^a,b   Pacheco, Juan Pablo ^a,b   García, Soledad ^a,b   Meerhoff, Mariana ^a,b,c  

^a Asociación Civil Investigación y Desarrollo ID   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d Ole Worms Allé ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Night; Omnivorous fish; Temperature; Water transparency; Winter

Indexed keywords

CASCADING EFFECTS; ELECTROFISHING; FISH ASSEMBLAGES; FISH COMMUNITIES; FISH SPECIES; HABITAT USE; LIGHT REGIME; LITTORAL ZONE; NIGHT; PASSIVE METHODS; PISCIVOROUS FISH; PLANKTIVOROUS FISH; POTENTIAL CHANGE; SEASONAL CHANGES; SHALLOW LAKES; SUBTROPICAL LAKES; SUBTROPICAL SHALLOW LAKES; TROPHIC STATE; WATER TRANSPARENCY;

ECOLOGY; LAKES; TRANSPARENCY; TROPICS;

FISH;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIEL VARIATION; ELECTROFISHING; GILLNET; HABITAT USE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; OMNIVORY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TELEOST; TROPHIC CASCADE; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE; WINTER; ZOOPLANKTON;

CHARACIFORMES;

EID: 77952007473     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0170-6     Document Type: Article

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