Environmental Biology of European Cyprinids : Papers From the Workshop on ‘The Environmental Biology of Cyprinids’ Held at the University of Salzburg, Austria, in September 1989

Front Matter....Pages 1-8 Introduction to the environmental biology of European cyprinids....Pages 9-12 A model for switching between particulate-feeding and filter-feeding in the common bream, Abramis brama ....Pages 13-22 Ontogeny of prey attack behaviour in larvae and juveniles of three European cyprinids....Pages 23-32 Food consumption and growth of larvae and juveniles of three cyprinid species at different food levels....Pages 33-46 Food searching decisions in four cyprinid species....Pages 47-52 Functional responses of five cyprinid species to planktonic prey....Pages 53-62 The energetics of starvation and growth after refeeding in juveniles of three cyprinid species....Pages 63-71 Interactive effects of season and temperature on enzyme activities, tissue and whole animal respiration in roach, Rutilus rutilus ....Pages 73-86 Influence of temperature and ambient oxygen on the swimming energetics of cyprinid larvae and juveniles....Pages 87-96 Quantitative fine structural diversification of red and white muscle fibres in cyprinids....Pages 97-104 Structure, development and function of the branchial sieve of the common bream, Abramis brama , white bream, Blicca bjoerkna and roach, Rutilus rutilus ....Pages 105-124 Density and distribution of external taste buds in cyprinids....Pages 125-134 Neuroecology of cyprinids: comparative, quantitative histology reveals diverse brain patterns....Pages 135-152 Brain morphology and turbidity preference in Notropis and related genera (Cyprinidae, Teleostei)....Pages 153-166 How dams on the River Danube might have caused hybridization and influenced the appearance of a new cyprinid taxon....Pages 167-180 Comparative microhabitat use of cyprinid larvae and juveniles in a lotic floodplain channel....Pages 181-194 The role of predation and competition in determining the distribution of common bream, roach and white bream in Dutch eutrophic lakes....Pages 195-206 Interactions between the roach, Rutilus rutilus , and waterfowl populations of Lough Neagh, Northern Ireland....Pages 207-214 Seasonal feeding activity and ontogenetic dietary shifts in crucian carp, Carassius carassius ....Pages 215-222 Epilogue: food and feeding, ecomorphology, energy assimilation and conversion in cyprinids....Pages 223-228 Back Matter....Pages 229-233