Population growth and mass mortality of an estuarine fish, Acanthopagrus butcheri, unlawfully introduced into an inland lake

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 4-13

  Smith, Kimberley ^a   Norriss, Jeff ^a   Brown, Joshua ^a  

^a Department of Fisheries ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Acanthopagrus butcheri; Australia; Fish kill; Lake indoon; Salinity; Stock enhancement; Translocation

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CYPRINID; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; LAKE; MASS MORTALITY; PERCIFORM; POPULATION GROWTH; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SALINIZATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; LAKE INDOON; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ACANTHOPAGRUS BUTCHERI; AVES; GAMBUSIA AFFINIS; GAMBUSIA HOLBROOKI; HYPEROGLYPHE POROSA;

EID: 64549162310     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.962     Document Type: Article

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