A possible false negative: Lack of evidence for trout predation on a remnant population of the endangered Macquarie perch, Macquaria australasica, in Cotter Reservoir, Australia

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 231-237

  Ebner, Brendan ^a   Broadhurst, Ben ^a   Lintermans, Mark ^a,b   Jekabsons, Mark ^a  

^a Parks Conservation and Lands   (Australia)

^b Murray Darling Basin Commission   (Australia)

Author keywords

Introduced species; Oncorhynchus mykiss; Percichthyidae; Piscivory; Salmo trutta; Salmonidae

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PERCIFORM; PISCIVORE; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SALMONID;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY; COTTER RESERVOIR;

CARASSIUS AURATUS; MACQUARIA AUSTRALASICA; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; PERCICHTHYIDAE; SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 34547410270     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330709509911     Document Type: Article

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