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Mobility of individual roach Rutilus rutilus (L.) in three weir-fragmented Belgian rivers

Adult roach Rutilus rutilus (L.) (N = 24; 19.9–36.1 cm FL) from three highly fragmented Belgian rivers were tagged with surgically implanted radio transmitters. Their seasonal movements were observed from March to August 2004 (circum reproduction period) in river stretches delimited by two physical barriers. In the three rivers, roach displayed similar patterns of movements which were mainly influenced by the date of observation (movements increased in late April–May) and water temperature (travel distances were more important when water temperature ranged between 10°C and 14°C). Roach sometimes cleared physical obstacles. The mean distances travelled in each river were relatively short (max. 2.5 km) and mainly influenced by the length of the study reach, which was delimited by physical barriers.

Details

Number of pages 11
Volume 582
Magazine issue 1
Pages (to-from) 143-153
Type A1: Web of Science-article
Category Research
Magazine Hydrobiologia|Hydrobiologia online
Issns 0018-8158
Publisher Springer Science+Business Media
Language English
Bibtex

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title = "Mobility of individual roach <i>Rutilus rutilus</i> (L.) in three weir-fragmented Belgian rivers",
abstract = "Adult roach Rutilus rutilus (L.) (N = 24; 19.9–36.1 cm FL) from three highly fragmented Belgian rivers were tagged with surgically implanted radio transmitters. Their seasonal movements were observed from March to August 2004 (circum reproduction period) in river stretches delimited by two physical barriers. In the three rivers, roach displayed similar patterns of movements which were mainly influenced by the date of observation (movements increased in late April–May) and water temperature (travel distances were more important when water temperature ranged between 10°C and 14°C). Roach sometimes cleared physical obstacles. The mean distances travelled in each river were relatively short (max. 2.5 km) and mainly influenced by the length of the study reach, which was delimited by physical barriers.",
author = "Caroline Geeraerts and M Ovidio and Hilde Verbiest and David Buysse and Johan Coeck and Claude Belpaire and J. C Philippart",
year = "2007",
month = jan,
day = "01",
doi = "https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-006-0561-x",
language = "English",
publisher = "Springer Science+Business Media",
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Authors

Caroline Geeraerts
M Ovidio
Hilde Verbiest
David Buysse
Johan Coeck
Claude Belpaire
J. C Philippart