Large-scale and long-term decrease in fish growth following the construction of hydroelectric reservoirs

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2167-2173

  Milbrink, Göran ^a   Vrede, Tobias ^b   Tranvik, Lars J ^a   Rydin, Emil ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BIODIVERSITY; CONSTRUCTION METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FLOODING; GROWING SEASON; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INLAND FISHERY; LONG-TERM CHANGE; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; RESERVOIR IMPOUNDMENT; RIPARIAN ZONE; SALMONID; SEA LEVEL; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT; VOLUME;

SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 82955189839     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: 12057533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F2011-131     Document Type: Article

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