Flow-related patterns in abundance and composition of the fish fauna of a degraded Australian lowland river

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 789-813

  Humphries, Paul ^a,c   Brown, Paul ^b   Douglas, John ^b   Pickworth, Andrew ^b,d   Strongman, Russel ^b   Hall, Kylie ^b   Serafini, Luciano ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^c CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alien; Campaspe and Broken Rivers; Flow regulation; Hydrology; Murray Darling Basin; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINUS CARPIO; MACQUARIA AMBIGUA; PERCA FLUVIATILIS;

EID: 40549111695     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2007.01904.x     Document Type: Article

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