A comparison of fish assemblages associated with different riparian vegetation types in the Hawkesbury-Nepean River system

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 209-220

  Growns, Ivor ^a   Gehrke, P C ^a   Astles, K L ^a   Pollard, D A ^a  

^a NSW Fisheries   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aquatic macrophytes; Coarse woody debris; Fish community

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ICHTHYOFAUNA; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AUSTRALIA;

GOBIO GOBIO; HYPSELEOTRIS; HYPSELEOTRIS COMPRESSA; HYPSELEOTRIS GALII; KATHETOSTOMA GIGANTEUM; MYXUS PETARDI; PHILYPNODON GRANDICEPS; POACEAE; RIPARIA;

EID: 0041739068     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2400.2003.00337.x     Document Type: Article

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