Lake water level increase during spring affects the breeding success of bream Abramis brama (L.)

• Published in: Hydrobiologia
• Main Authors: Probst, Wolfgang Nikolaus, Peters, Lars, Fischer, Philipp, Stoll, Stefan, Eckmann, Reiner
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: Hydrologie; Bodensee; Spawning substratum; hydrology; cyprinids; Lake Constance; climate; breeding; ddc:590; Brama; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation
• Online Access: http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:352-opus-83576; https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-009-9842-5

In Lake Constance, Eurasian bream Abramis brama (L.) spawn in very shallow littoral areas by the beginning of May. They attach their adhesive eggs to pebble and cobble substratum at 40 cm depth. Increasing water levels before spawning inundate bare substratum to which bream eggs may attach better th...