The environmental preferences of three species of Australian freshwater fish in relation to the effects of riparian degradation

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 307-316

  King, Susan ^a   Warburton, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Habitat; Light; Spatial overlap

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIOINDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; NATIVE SPECIES; NICHE OVERLAP; RIPARIAN ZONE; STREAM; TELEOST;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

GAMBUSIA HOLBROOKI; MELANOTAENIA DUBOULAYI; POECILIIDAE; XIPHOPHORUS HELLERII;

EID: 33947542301     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-006-9098-0     Document Type: Article

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