Within-catchment effects of flow alteration on fish assemblages in the Hawkesbury - Nepean River system, Australia

Regulated Rivers: Research and Management

Volumn 15, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 181-198

  Gehrke, Peter C ^a   Astles, Karen L ^a   Harris, John H ^a  

^a NSW Fisheries Research Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Disturbance; Fish communities; River regulation

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FLOW REGULATION; ICHTHYOFAUNA;

AUSTRALIA; HAWKESBURY RIVER; NEPEAN RIVER;

ANGUILLA REINHARDTII; ANIMALIA; CYPRINUS CARPIO; GALAXIAS BREVIPINNIS; GAMBUSIA HOLBROOKI; GOBIOMORPHUS; ICHTHYOFAUNA; MACQUARIA NOVEMACULEATA; MUGIL CEPHALUS; PHILYPNODON GRANDICEPS; POTAMALOSA RICHMONDIA; RETROPINNA SEMONI;

EID: 0033067672     PISSN: 08869375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1646(199901/06)15:1/3<181::AID-RRR528>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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