Diversity, distribution and community composition of fish in perialpine lakes – “ Projet Lac ” synthesis report
Author
Alexander, Timothy
Author
Seehausen, Ole
Eawag: Das Wasserforschungsinstitut des ETH-Bereichs Überlandstrasse 133, CH- 8600 Dübendorf
text
2021
2021-11-12
Eawag: Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
https://www.dora.lib4ri.ch/eawag/islandora/object/eawag:24051
book
2839
10.5281/zenodo.5779569
723c8018-f87a-440a-bed1-3d2fe2a46e42
978-3-906484-76-1
5779569
Table 12: Criteria used to classify the lakeshore habitat types. Similar habitats were combined for most analyses (reflected by duplication in the column ‘Habitat name’).| Description | Habitat name | Composition |
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| Inflow | Inflow | Flowing |
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| Outflow | Outflow | Flowing |
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| Rock slab, ledge (solid rock/bedrock, no interstitial space) | Rock slab | Mineral |
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| Rocks, boulders (larger than 150 mm) | Blocks | Mineral |
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| Boulders with no interstitial spaces (e.g. embedded in mud) | Blocks | Mineral |
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| Cobbles (100 – 150 mm) | Cobbles | Mineral |
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| Cobble with interstitial sediments | Cobbles | Mineral |
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| Cobbles and gravel | Gravel + cobbles | Mineral |
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| Gravel (5 – 30 mm) | Gravel | Mineral |
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| Sand (mineral 0.5 – 5 mm) | Sand | Mineral |
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| Fine mineral sediment (smaller than 0.5 mm) | Fine sediment | Mineral |
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| Fine organic sediment (smaller than 0.5 mm) | Fine sediment | Plant |
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| Leaf litter | Leaf litter | Plant |
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| Floating water plants + other cover | Floating plants | Plant |
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| Sparse reeds (more than 10 cm between stems) | Reeds | Plant |
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| Dense reeds (less than 10 cm between stems) | Reeds | Plant |
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| Sparse hydrophytes | Macrophytes | Plant |
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| Dense hydrophytes | Macrophytes | Plant |
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| Wood or trees (roots or branches in or touching water) | Wood or trees | Plant |
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