Diel activity of the endangered trout cod (Maccullochella macquariensis) in the Murrumbidgee River

Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales

Volumn 129, Issue , 2008, Pages 167-173

  Thiem, J D ^a,b   Ebner, B C ^a,b   Broadhurst, B T ^a  

^a ACT Government ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diel activity; Home range; Percichthyidae; Radio telemetry

Indexed keywords

MACCULLOCHELLA MACQUARIENSIS; PERCICHTHYIDAE; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 44349125699     PISSN: 0370047X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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