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 / edited by W. Wieser, F. Schiemer, A. Goldschmidt, K. Kotrschal.

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Other Authors: Wieser, W. (Editor), Schiemer, F. (Editor), Goldschmidt, A. (Editor), Kotrschal, K. (Editor)
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Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 1992.
Edition:1st ed. 1992.
Series:Developments in Environmental Biology of Fishes, 13
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.