Spatial ecology of an endangered native Australian Percichthyid fish, the trout cod Maccullochella macquariensis

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 4, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 219-225

  Koehn, John D ^a   Nicol, Simon J ^a,b   McKenzie, John A ^a   Lieschke, Jason A ^a   Lyon, Jarod P ^a   Pomorin, Karl ^a  

^a ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b SECRETARIAT OF THE PACIFIC COMMUNITY   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

Australia; Migration; Movement; Murray River; Passive induced transponder; PIT; Radiotelemetry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION STATUS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FISH; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HOME RANGE; HOMING BEHAVIOR; JUVENILE; MOVEMENT; RADIOTELEMETRY; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MURRAY RIVER;

ANIMALIA; MACCULLOCHELLA MACQUARIENSIS; PERCICHTHYIDAE; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 41049114204     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00075     Document Type: Article

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