Fish communities and habitat changes in the highly modified Goulburn Catchment, Victoria, Australia

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 769-780

  Pollino, Carmel A ^a   Feehan, Pat ^b   Grace, Michael R ^a   Hart, Barry T ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Goulburn Murray Water   (Australia)

Author keywords

Flow regime; Regulated river; Temperature; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FLOW REGULATION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; ICHTHYOFAUNA; RIVER;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; GOULBURN RIVER; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA]; WORLD;

VICTORIA;

EID: 12244303270     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF03180     Document Type: Article

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