Salinization of southwestern Western Australian rivers and the implications for the inland fish fauna - The Blackwood River, a case study

Pacific Conservation Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 161-171

  Morgan, David L ^a   Thorburn, Dean C ^a   Gill, Howard S ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Endemic freshwater teleosts; Salinity; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ICHTHYOFAUNA; RIVER; SALINIZATION; TELEOST; WATER QUALITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BLACKWOOD RIVER; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ACACIA MELANOXYLON; ATHERINOMORUS LACUNOSUS; BOSTOCKIA POROSA; EDELIA VITTATA; GALAXIAS; GALAXIAS OCCIDENTALIS; GALAXIELLA MUNDA; GAMBUSIA; GAMBUSIA AFFINIS; GAMBUSIA HOLBROOKI; LEPIDOGALAXIAS SALAMANDROIDES; LEPTATHERINA; LEPTATHERINA WALLACEI; NANNOPERCA VITTATA; PHOXINUS PHOXINUS; PISCES; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 1642587083     PISSN: 10382097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/pc030161     Document Type: Article

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