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Oviposition site selection and embryo mortality in perch |
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| Authors: | C. Smith A. Douglas P. Jurajda |
| Affiliation: | School of Biological Sciences, Queen Mary &Westfield College, University of London, London E1 4NS, U.K.;Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Květná8, 603 65 Brno, Czech Republic |
| Abstract: | Egg strands of perch Perca fluviatilis around the margins of a lake were associated significantly with submerged vegetation. The proportion of dead embryos was significantly higher in egg strands deposited directly on the lake bottom than those on submerged vegetation. |
| Keywords: | spawning reproduction Eurasian perch Perca fluviatilis oxygen availability |