Habitat use and movement of river blackfish (Gadopsis marmoratus R.) in a highly modified Victorian stream, Australia

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 285-293

  Khan, M T ^a,b   Khan, Tariq A ^a,b   Wilson, M E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^b MDFRC   (Australia)

^c MDBC   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diel movement; Habitat use; Mark recapture; Radio telemetry; River blackfish

Indexed keywords

DIEL VARIATION; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; PERCIFORM; RADIOTELEMETRY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BIRCH CREEK; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA]; WORLD;

GADOPSIS MARMORATUS; VICTORIA;

EID: 10244260435     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2004.00068.x     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Allen, G.R., Midgley, S.H. & Allen, M. 2002. Field guide to the freshwater fishes of Australia. Perth, Western Australia: Western Australian Museum.
2. Anderson, W.G., McKinley, R.S. & Colavecchia, M. 1997. The use of clove oil as an anesthetic for rainbow trout and its effects on swimming performance. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 17: 301-307.
3. Cadwallader, P.L. & Backhouse, G.N. 1983. A guide to the freshwater fish of Victoria. Melbourne, Vic.: Government Printers.
4. Dobson, G.P. & Baldwin, J. 1982a. Regulation of blood oxygen affinity in the Australian freshwater blackfish Gadopsis marmoratus Richardson. I. Correlations between oxygen binding properties, habitat and spawning behaviour. Journal of Experimental Biology 99: 223-224.
5. Dobson, G.P. & Baldwin, J. 1982b. Regulation of blood oxygen affinity in the Australian freshwater blackfish Gadopsis marmoratus Richardson. II. Thermal acclimation. Journal of Experimental Biology 99: 245-254.
6. Gatz, A.J., Sale, M.J. & Loar, J.M. 1987. Habitat shifts in rainbow trout: competitive influences of brown trout. Oecologia 74: 7-19.
7. Gerking, S.D. 1953. Evidence for the concepts of home range and territory in stream fishes. Ecology 34: 347-365.
8. Harvey, B.C. & Stewart, A.J. 1991. Fish size and habitat depth relationships in headwater streams. Oecologia 87: 336-342.
9. Jackson, P.D. 1978. Benthic invertebrate fauna and feeding relationships of brown trout, Salmo trutta Linnaeus, and river blackfish, Gadopsis marmoratus Richardson, in the Aberfeldy River, Victoria. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 29: 725-742.
10. Koehn, J.D. 1986. Approaches to determining flow and habitat requirements for native freshwater fish in Victoria. In: Campbell, I.C., ed. Stream protection: the management of rivers for instream uses. Melbourne, Vic.: Chisholm Institute of Technology, pp. 95-115.
11. Koehn, J.D. 1996. Habitats and movements of freshwater fish in the Murray-Darling Basin. In: Banens, R.J. & Lehane, R., eds. Proceedings of the 1995 riverine research forum. Brisbane, Canberra: Murray-Darling Basin Commission, pp. 27-32.
12. Koehn, J.D. & O'Connor, W.G. 1990. Biological information for management of native freshwater fish in Victoria. Melbourne, Vic.: Department of Conservation and Environment.
13. Koehn, J.D., O'Connor, N.A. & Jackson, P.D. 1994. Seasonal and size-related variation in microhabitat use by a southern Victorian stream fish assemblage. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 45: 1353-1366.
14. Lintermans, M. 1998. The ecology of the two-spined blackfish Gadopsis bispinosus (Pisces: Gadopsidae). MSc thesis. Canberra: Australian National University.
15. Lonzarich, D.G. & Quinn, T.P. 1995. Experimental evidence for the effect of depth structure on the distribution, growth, and survival of stream fishes. Canadian Journal of Zoology 73: 2223-2230.
16. NRE 2002. Victorian aquatic fauna database, data for the Loddon River system. Melbourne, Victoria: Department of Natural Resources and Environment.
17. Power, M.E. 1984. Depth distribution of armoured catfishes: predator-induced resource avoidance. Ecology 65: 523-528.
18. Power, M.E. 1987. Predator avoidance by grazing fishes in temperate and tropical streams: importance of stream depth and prey size. In: Kerfoot, W.C. & Sih, A. eds. Predation: direct and indirect impacts in aquatic communities. Dartmouth: University Press of New England, pp. 333-351.
19. Schlosser, I.J. 1987. The role of predation in age- and size-related habitat use by stream fishes. Ecology 68: 651-659.
20. Schoknecht, N.R. 1988. Land inventory of the Loddon River catchment - a reconnaissance survey. Melbourne, Victoria: Department of Conservation Forests and Lands, and Commonwealth Department of Primary Industry.
21. Simpson, R.R. & Mapleston, A.J. 2002. Movements and habitat use by the endangered Australian freshwater Mary River cod, Maccullochella peelii mariensis. Environmental Biology of Fishes 65: 401-410.
22. Werner, E.E. & Hall, D.J. 1974. Optimal foraging and the size selection of prey by the bluegill sunfish. Ecology 55: 1042-1052.