Use of a vertical-slot fishway by galaxiids in Western Australia

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 500-509

  Morgan, D L ^a   Beatty, S J ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fishway utilisation; Galaxias maculatus; Galaxias truttaceus; Goodga River

Indexed keywords

FISHPASS STRUCTURE; MIGRATION; SALMONID; SPAWNING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

GALAXIAS MACULATUS; GALAXIAS TRUTTACEUS; GALAXIIDAE; PHOXINUS PHOXINUS; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 33751068541     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2006.00190.x     Document Type: Article

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