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