Hydraulic forces impact larval fish drift in the free flowing section of a large European river

Ecohydrology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 648-658

  Lechner, Aaron ^a   Keckeis, Hubert ^a   Schludermann, Elisabeth ^a   Humphries, Paul ^b   Mccasker, Nicole ^b   Tritthart, Michael ^c  

^a Faculty of Life Sciences   (Austria)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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

Author keywords

Danube; Dispersal; Freshwater fish larvae; Hydrodynamic modelling; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

FISH; FLOW VELOCITY; FLUID DYNAMICS; KINETICS; TURBULENCE;

DANUBE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DISPERSAL; FRESHWATER FISHES; HYDRAULIC PARAMETERS; HYDRODYNAMIC MODELLING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL HYDRODYNAMIC MODELING; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY;

RIVERS;

BREEDING SEASON; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DISPERSAL; FISH; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; HYDRODYNAMICS; LARVA; MORTALITY; RIVER FLOW; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; WATER DEPTH;

AUSTRIA;

COTTUS; COTTUS GOBIO; CYPRINIDAE;

EID: 84897507929     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.1386     Document Type: Article

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