Presence of fish on the shallow flooded margins of a small intermittently open estuary in South Eastern Australia under variable flooding regimes

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-52

  Becker, Alistair ^a   Laurenson, Laurie J B ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Flood zone; Main channel; Shallow water

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FISH; FLOODING; FOOD AVAILABILITY; INFLOW; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SHALLOW WATER;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

ATHERINOSOMA MICROSTOMA; GALAXIAS MACULATUS; PHILYPNODON GRANDICEPS; PSEUDOGOBIUS OLORUM;

EID: 46249089015     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-007-9004-9     Document Type: Article

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