Translocation and spread of piscivorous fishes in the Burdekin River, north-eastern Australia

Biological Invasions

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 965-977

  Pusey, Brad ^a   Burrows, Damien ^b   Arthington, Angela ^a   Kennard, Mark ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Flow regime; Foodweb structure; Lates; Macquaria; Oxyeleotris; Translocation

Indexed keywords

FAUNA; FISH; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; PISCIVORE; RANGE EXPANSION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BURDEKIN RIVER; QUEENSLAND;

GOBIO GOBIO; MOGURNDA ADSPERSA; OXYELEOTRIS LINEOLATUS; PISCES;

EID: 33745660156     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-005-0708-0     Document Type: Article

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