Regulated floodplains - A trap for unwary fish

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 71-79

  Jones, Matthew J ^a   Stuart, Ivor G ^b  

^a ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b Kingfisher Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Ecological connectivity; Murray cod; Murray River; Pump out; Stranding

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FISH; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FLOODPLAIN; MACROINVERTEBRATE; TRAP FISHING; TURTLE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MURRAY RIVER;

MACCULLOCHELLA PEELII PEELII; TESTUDINES;

EID: 38149127224     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: 13652400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2007.00580.x     Document Type: Article

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