Habitat separation of Craterocephalus (Atherinidae) species and populations in off-channel areas of the lower River Murray, Australia

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 442-449

  Wedderburn, S D ^a   Walker, K F ^a   Zampatti, B P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Congeners; Conservation; Fragmentation; Habitat complexity; Salinity

Indexed keywords

ATHERINIDAE; ATHERINOMORUS LACUNOSUS; CRATEROCEPHALUS; CRATEROCEPHALUS FLUVIATILIS; CRATEROCEPHALUS STERCUSMUSCARUM FULVUS;

EID: 34547669246     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2007.00243.x     Document Type: Article

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