Dispersal and retention of larval fish in a potential nursery habitat of a large temperate river: An experimental study

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1302-1315

  Schludermann, Elisabeth ^a   Tritthart, Michael ^b,c   Humphries, Paul ^a,d   Keckeis, Hubert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b INSTITUTE FOR MICROELECTRONICS   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^d CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYPRINID; DISPERSAL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HYDRODYNAMICS; LARVA; NURSERY GROUND; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RETENTION; RIVER SYSTEM;

DANUBE RIVER;

CHONDROSTOMA NASUS; CYPRINIDAE;

EID: 84864751079     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: 12057533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F2012-061     Document Type: Article

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