Zonation of a lentic ecotone and its correspondence to life history strategies in fish |
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Authors: | Josef Wanzenböck Katalin Keresztessy |
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Institution: | (1) University of Vienna, Institute for Zoology, Althanstraß e 14, A-1090 Wien, Austria;(2) Biotechnological Laboratory, University of Agricultural Sciences, Institute of Animal Husbandry, H-2103 Gödöllö, Hungary |
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Abstract: | A drainage channel network southeast of lake Neusiedl was investigated for fish species distribution. The network consists of relatively large and permanent channels providing a stable habitat for fish and smaller unstable channels drying up approximately once every five years. A consistent pattern of fish species distribution was found which could be interpreted with the help of a new triangular model of life history adaptations. In permanent channels so-called periodic and equilibrium species prevail whereas temporary channels are inhabited by opportunistic species exclusively. In the drainage channel network a number of locally endangered fish species which have disappeared from the adjacent lake during the last decades were found suggesting that the channel network functions as a refuge for these fishes. |
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Keywords: | fish community drainage ditales endangered species |
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