Freshwater fishes of the Burdekin river, Australia: Biogeography, history and spatial variation in community structure

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 303-318

  Pusey, Bradley J ^a,b   Arthington, Angela H ^a   Read, Martin G ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Barriers; Habitat structure; Landscape evolution; Sub tropical river

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; ICHTHYOFAUNA; SPATIAL VARIATION;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0031714670     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007468417947     Document Type: Article

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