Large-scale patterns in species richness and composition of temperate riverine fish communities, south-eastern Australia

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 165-182

  Gehrke, Peter C ^a,c   Harris, John H ^b,c  

^a Port Stephens Fisheries Centre   (Australia)

^b NSW Fisheries Research Institute   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ICHTHYOFAUNA; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; RIVER; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0034043675     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF99061     Document Type: Article

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