Fish drift in a Danube sidearm-system: I. Site-, inter-and intraspecifk patterns

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1319-1338

  Zitek, A ^a   Schmutz, S ^a   Unfer, G ^a   Ploner, A ^a  

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

Author keywords

Danube sidearm system; Downstream migration; Drift; Drift index; Larval fishes; Proterorhinus marmoratus

Indexed keywords

DRIFT BEHAVIOR; ICHTHYOFAUNA; ICHTHYOPLANKTON; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; JUVENILE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; DANUBE RIVER; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; MARCHFELDKANAL; WORLD;

ABRAMIS; ABRAMIS BRAMA; ALBURNUS; ALBURNUS ALBIDUS; ALBURNUS ALBURNUS; AULICHTHYS JAPONICUS; BARBUS; BARBUS BARBUS; BRAMA; CALLOGOBIUS ATRATUS; CARASSIUS AURATUS; CARASSIUS AURATUS GIBELIO; CYPRINUS CARPIO; GOBIO; GOBIO GOBIO; HYPEROGLYPHE POROSA; LEUCISCUS; LEUCISCUS CEPHALUS; LEUCISCUS IDUS; PERCA; PERCA FLUVIATILIS; PERCIDAE; PISCES; PROTERORHINUS MARMORATUS; RUTILUS; RUTILUS RUTILUS; SANDER LUCIOPERCA; SCARDINIUS ERYTHROPHTHALMUS; SCARDITLIUS ERYTHROPHTHALMUS; ZINGEL; ZINGEL ZINGEL;

EID: 9244262520     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-1112.2004.00533.x     Document Type: Article

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