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The Response of Fish Assemblages to Human Impacts Along the Lower Stretch of the Rivers Morava and Dyje (Danube River Basin, Czech Republic)

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Abstract

Large lowland rivers and their alluvial floodplains comprise a wide range of biotopes inhabited by many animal and plant species (Adámek and Sukop 1992; Schiemer 1999; Schomaker and Wolter 2011). The lotic systems are highly dynamic, supported by a high ability to recover former, and to create new, biotopes. Natural, non-impacted lowland streams display a rich and diverse lateral and longitudinal zonation of river and alluvial biotopes, with good hydrological and ecological interconnection of pools, riffles, side arms and oxbow lakes, riparian wetlands, flooded meadows and wooded alluvial land.

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The study was supported by projects MZP000207110 (Research and Protection of Hydrosphere—research of relationships and processes in water component of the environment, focused on the impacts of human pressures, sustainable use and protection of the hydrosphere, and related legislative tools) from the Czech Ministry of Environment and P505/12/G112 from the Grant Agency of the Czech Republic.

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Adámek, Z., Jurajdová, Z., Janáč, M., Zahrádková, S., Nĕmejcová, D., Jurajda, P. (2020). The Response of Fish Assemblages to Human Impacts Along the Lower Stretch of the Rivers Morava and Dyje (Danube River Basin, Czech Republic). In: Bănăduc, D., Curtean-Bănăduc, A., Pedrotti, F., Cianfaglione, K., Akeroyd, J. (eds) Human Impact on Danube Watershed Biodiversity in the XXI Century. Geobotany Studies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-37242-2_8

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