Linking Flow Regime, Floodplain Lake Connectivity and Fish Catch in a Large River-Floodplain System, the Volga-Akhtuba Floodplain (Russian Federation)

Ecosystems

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 920-934

  van de Wolfshaar, K E ^a,b   Middelkoop, H ^b   Addink, E ^b   Winter, H V ^a   Nagelkerke, L A J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

connectivity; fish catch; flood pulse; floodplain; habitat; hydro ecology; river management

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; CATCH COMPOSITION; CONNECTIVITY; FISH; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; HABITAT TYPE; HYDROLOGY; HYSTERESIS; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NONLINEARITY; PEAK DISCHARGE; REFUGIUM; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER MANAGEMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TROPHIC LEVEL; VOLUME;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 80052549467     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-011-9457-3     Document Type: Article

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