Murray cod an apex predator in the Murray River, Australia

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 510-520

  Ebner, Brendan ^a,b,c  

^a MURRAY DARLING FRESHWATER RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Wildlife Research and Monitoring   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apex predator; Maccullochella; Macquaria; Murray Darling Basin; Top predator

Indexed keywords

FEEDING ECOLOGY; GADOID; PREDATOR; PREY SIZE;

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

MACCULLOCHELLA; MACCULLOCHELLA PEELII PEELII; MACQUARIA; MACQUARIA AMBIGUA; PISCES;

EID: 33751062689     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2006.00191.x     Document Type: Article

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