Distribution and habitat associations of the endangered Oxleyan pygmy perch, Nannoperca oxleyana Whitley, in eastern Australia

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1240-1254

  Knight, James T ^a,b   Arthington, Angela H ^c  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservation planning; Endangered fish; Macrohabitat; Mesohabitat; Microhabitat; Nannoperca

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; PERCID; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; FRASER ISLAND; NEW SOUTH WALES; QUEENSLAND; WOOLI;

BANKSIA; IXODIDA; NANNOPERCA; NANNOPERCA OXLEYANA; PERCICHTHYIDAE;

EID: 54949125718     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.936     Document Type: Article

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