Movement of common carp, Cyprinus carpio, in a regulated lowland Australian river: Implications for management

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 213-219

  Stuart, Ivor G ^a   Jones, M J ^a  

^a ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Common carp; Control; Floodplain; Invasive; Murray River; Tagging

Indexed keywords

FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING; FLOODPLAIN; INVASIVE SPECIES; POPULATION SIZE; RIVER BASIN;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; DARLING BASIN; MURRAY BASIN; MURRAY RIVER;

CYPRINUS CARPIO;

EID: 33746639127     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: 13652400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2006.00495.x     Document Type: Article

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