Ontogenetic depth partitioning by juvenile freshwater sawfish (Pristis microdon: Pristidae) in a riverine environment

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 306-316

  Whitty, Jeff M ^a   Morgan, David L ^a   Peverell, Stirling C ^b   Thorburn, Dean C ^a   Beatty, Stephen J ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Northern Fisheries Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

External tagging; Ontogeny; Telemetry

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC METHOD; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FISH; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT USE; JUVENILE; LUNAR CYCLE; ONTOGENY; RIVER; SHALLOW WATER; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TAGGING; TELEMETRY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; FITZROY RIVER; QUEENSLAND;

ANIMALIA; PRISTIDAE; PRISTIS MICRODON;

EID: 67549131865     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF08169     Document Type: Article

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