Environmental biology of European cyprinids

Papers from the workshop on ‘The Environmental Biology of Cyprinids’ held at the University of Salzburg, Austria, in September 1989

AvW. Wieser,F. Schiemer

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

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Utgivningsdatum:2012-10-06
Mått:210 x 297 x 13 mm
Vikt:624 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Developments in Environmental Biology of Fishes
Antal sidor:233
Förlag:Springer
ISBN:9789401051231

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to the environmental biology of European cyprinids.- Feeding behavior and ecophysiology.- A model for switching between particulate-feeding and filter-feeding in the common bream, Abramis brama.- Ontogeny of prey attack behaviour in larvae and juveniles of three European cyprinids.- Food consumption and growth of larvae and juveniles of three cyprinid species at different food levels.- Food searching decisions in four cyprinid species.- Functional responses by five cyprinid species to planktonic prey.- The energetics of starvation and growth after refeeding in juveniles of three cyprinid species.- Interactive effects of season and temperature on enzyme activities, tissue and whole animal respiration in roach, Rutilus rutilus.- Influence of temperature and ambient oxygen on the swimming energetics of cyprinid larvae and juveniles.- Ecomorphology.- Quantitative fine structural diversification of red and white muscle fibers in cyprinids.- Structure, development and function of the branchial sieve of the common bream, Abramis brama, white bream, Blicca bjoerkna and roach, Rutilus rutilus.- Density and distribution of external taste buds in cyprinids.- Neuroecology of cyprinids: comparative, quantitative histology reveals diverse brain patterns.- Brain morphology and turbidity preference in Notropis and related cyprinid genera (Cyprinidae, Teleostei).- Distribution and field biology.- How dams on the River Danube might have caused hybridization and influenced the appearance of a new cyprinid taxon.- Comparative microhabitat use of cyprinid larvae and juveniles in a lotic floodplain channel.- The role of predation and competition in determining the distribution of common bream, roach and white bream in Dutch eutrophic lakes.- Interactions between the roach, Rutilus rutilus and waterfowl populations of Lough Neagh, Northern Ireland.- Seasonal feeding activity and ontogenetic dietary shifts in crucian carp, Carassius carassius.- Epilogue: food and feeding, ecomorphology, and energy assimilation and conversion in cyprinids.- Species and subject index.