1. Introduction to the environmental biology of European cyprinids

   • Wolfgang Wieser

   OriginalPaper Pages: 9 - 12

2. A model for switching between particulate-feeding and filter-feeding in the common bream, Abramis brama

   • Wim Hoogenboezem
   • Eddy H. R. R. Lammens
   • Jan W. M. Osse

   OriginalPaper Pages: 13 - 21

3. Ontogeny of prey attack behaviour in larvae and juveniles of three European cyprinids

   • Josef Wanzenböck

   OriginalPaper Pages: 23 - 32

4. Food consumption and growth of larvae and juveniles of three cyprinid species at different food levels

   • Hubert Keckeis
   • Fritz Schiemer

   OriginalPaper Pages: 33 - 45

5. Food searching decisions in four cyprinid species

   • Franz Uiblein

   OriginalPaper Pages: 47 - 52

6. Functional responses of five cyprinid species to planktonic prey

   • Hans Winkler
   • Carmen P. Orellana

   OriginalPaper Pages: 53 - 62

7. The energetics of starvation and growth after refeeding in juveniles of three cyprinid species

   • Wolfgang Wieser
   • Gerhard Krumschnabel
   • Julius P. Ojwang-Okwor

   OriginalPaper Pages: 63 - 71

8. Interactive effects of season and temperature on enzyme activities, tissue and whole animal respiration in roach, Rutilus rutilus

   • Franz Koch
   • Wolfgang Wieser
   • Harald Niederstätter

   OriginalPaper Pages: 73 - 85

9. Influence of temperature and ambient oxygen on the swimming energetics of cyprinid larvae and juveniles

   • Ruediger Kaufmann
   • Wolfgang Wieser

   OriginalPaper Pages: 87 - 95

10. Quantitative fine structural diversification of red and white muscle fibres in cyprinids

    • Alexandra M. Sänger

    OriginalPaper Pages: 97 - 104

11. Structure, development and function of the branchial sieve of the common bream, Abramis brama, white bream, Blicca bjoerkna and roach, Rutilus rutilus

    • Coen van den Berg
    • Ferdinand A. Sibbing
    • Wim Hoogenboezem

    OriginalPaper Pages: 105 - 124

12. Density and distribution of external taste buds in cyprinids

    • Andreas Gomahr
    • Margit Palzenberger
    • Kurt Kotrschal

    OriginalPaper Pages: 125 - 134

13. Neuroecology of cyprinids: comparative, quantitative histology reveals diverse brain patterns

    • Kurt Kotrschal
    • Margit Palzenberger

    OriginalPaper Pages: 135 - 152

14. Brain morphology and turbidity preference in Notropis and related genera (Cyprinidae, Teleostei)

    • Robert Huber
    • Michael K. Rylander

    OriginalPaper Pages: 153 - 165

15. How dams on the River Danube might have caused hybridization and influenced the appearance of a new cyprinid taxon

    • Eugene K. Balon

    OriginalPaper Pages: 167 - 180

16. Comparative microhabitat use of cyprinid larvae and juveniles in a lotic floodplain channel

    • Gordon H. Copp

    OriginalPaper Pages: 181 - 193

17. The role of predation and competition in determining the distribution of common bream, roach and white bream in Dutch eutrophic lakes

    • Eddy H. R. R. Lammens
    • Aafje Frank-Landman
    • Bauke Vlink

    OriginalPaper Pages: 195 - 205

18. Interactions between the roach, Rutilus rutilus, and waterfowl populations of Lough Neagh, Northern Ireland

    • Ian J. Winfield
    • Denise K. Winfield
    • Catherine M. Tobin

    OriginalPaper Pages: 207 - 214

19. Seasonal feeding activity and ontogenetic dietary shifts in crucian carp, Carassius carassius

    • Olli-Pekka Penttinen
    • Ismo J. Holopainen

    OriginalPaper Pages: 215 - 221

20. Epilogue: food and feeding, ecomorphology, energy assimilation and conversion in cyprinids

    • Fritz Schiemer
    • Wolfgang Wieser

    OriginalPaper Pages: 223 - 227