The status of limnophilic fish and the need for conservation in floodplains along the lower Rhine, a large regulated river

• Main Authors: Grift, R.E., Buijse, A.D., Van Geest, G.J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: Brama; Atlantic salmon; Salmo salar
• Online Access: https://pure.knaw.nl/portal/en/publications/0505739a-2e63-4940-8383-68a5eac011c3; https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11755/0505739a-2e63-4940-8383-68a5eac011c3

Recovery of the fish community of the river Rhine focussed mainly on the return of migratory species, in particular the Atlantic Salmon, Salmo salar, and to a lesser extent on rheophilic fish species. Several limnophilic species that characterize remote parts of the floodplains are, however, also en...