Using underwater cameras to describe the reproductive behaviour of the endangered eastern freshwater cod maccullochella ikei

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 337-349

  Butler, G L ^a   Rowland, S J ^a  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breeding model; Freshwater cod; Parental care; Recreational angling

Indexed keywords

MACCULLOCHELLA IKEI;

EID: 68949135453     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2009.00352.x     Document Type: Article

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