Using biological information to support proactive strategies for managing freshwater fish during drought

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 379-387

  Crook, David A ^a,c   Reich, Paul ^a,b   Bond, Nick R ^b,c   McMaster, Damien ^b   Koehn, John D ^a   Lake, P Sam ^b  

^a ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Climate change; Refugia; Resilience; Resistance; Tolerances

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; INLAND FISHERY; POPULATION DECLINE; SPATIAL VARIATION;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77950238599     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF09209     Document Type: Article

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