Size spectra of lake fish assemblages: Responses along gradients of general environmental factors and intensity of lake-use

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2316-2333

  Emmrich, Matthias ^a   Brucet, Sandra ^b   Ritterbusch, David ^c   Mehner, Thomas ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c Institute of Inland Fisheries   (Germany)

Author keywords

Body size; Lake morphometry; Multilake analyses; Multimesh gillnets; Size diversity

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053645345     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2011.02658.x     Document Type: Article

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