Salmonid-egg floating boxes as bioindication for riverine water quality and stocking success

J Pander; J Geist

doi:10.1111/j.1095-8649.2010.02645.x

Salmonid-egg floating boxes as bioindication for riverine water quality and stocking success

J Fish Biol. 2010 Jun;76(10):2584-90. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2010.02645.x.

Authors

J Pander¹, J Geist

Affiliation

¹ Unit of Functional Aquatic Ecology and Fish Biology, Department of Animal Science, Technische Universität München, Mühlenweg 22, D-85350 Freising, Germany.

PMID: 20557611
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2010.02645.x

Abstract

The salmonid-egg floating box provides an easy bioindication tool for an assessment of water quality, as demonstrated here for the reintroduction of Europe's largest salmonid species, the huchen Hucho hucho.

MeSH terms

Animals
Environmental Monitoring / methods*
Fresh Water / analysis
Germany
Ovum / physiology*
Rivers*
Salmonidae / physiology*