Responses of the whole life cycle of typical fish species in the upper Yangtze River to hydrological regime alterations and their ecological flow requirements

TL;DR

The results revealed that habitat suitability for Four Major Chinese Carps was highest during the foraging period, followed by the spawning period, and lowest during the overwintering period, suggesting that the current hydrodynamic conditions in the studied river reach are relatively favorable for habitat maintenance and population survival during the foraging period, whereas greater ecological constraints occur during overwintering.