Changes in river fish assemblages associated with vegetated and degraded banks, upstream of and within nutrient-enriched zones

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 55-69

  Growns, I O ^a,b   Pollard, D A ^a   Gehrke, P C ^a  

^a EWATER COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^b Water Technology Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fish assemblages; Habitat degradation; Hawkesbury Nepean River; Riparian vegetation; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BANK DEGRADATION; FISH ASSEMBLAGES; HABITAT DEGRADATION; RIPARIAN VEGETATION;

AUSTRALIA, NEW SOUTH WALES, HAWKESBURY-NEPEAN RIVER;

ANGUILLA REINHARDTII; CYPRINUS CARPIO; HYPSELEOTRIS COMPRESSA; MACQUARIA NOVEMACULEATA; MYXUS PETARDI;

EID: 0031901820     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2400.1998.00086.x     Document Type: Article

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