Australian lungfish, Neoceratodus forsteri, threatened by a new dam

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 211-221

  Arthington, Angela H ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lungfish; Queensland; Threatening processes; Traveston Crossing Dam

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; BREEDING POPULATION; CHANNEL FLOW; DAM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT QUALITY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LEGISLATIVE IMPLEMENTATION; REARING; TELEOST; TRANSLOCATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

CERATODONTIDAE; NEOCERATODUS FORSTERI;

EID: 59449083836     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-008-9414-y     Document Type: Article

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