The effect of impoundments on the structure and function of fish fauna in a highly regulated dry tropics estuary

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 507-517

  Sheaves, Marcus ^a   Johnston, Ross ^a   Molony, Brett ^a,b   Shepard, Greg ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SECRETARIAT OF THE PACIFIC COMMUNITY   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DAM CONSTRUCTION; DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; FISH; FRESHWATER INPUT; GLOBAL CLIMATE; IMPOUNDMENT; SALINITY TOLERANCE; TROPHIC STRUCTURE; WEIR; WETTING-DRYING CYCLE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND; ROSS ESTUARY; TOWNSVILLE;

EID: 34548039447     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02819397     Document Type: Article

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