Optimising exclusion screens to control exotic carp in an Australian lowland river

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 418-429

  Hillyard, Karl A ^a   Smith, Benjamin B ^b   Conallin, Anthony J ^a,b   Gillanders, Bronwyn M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b Inland Waters and Catchment Ecology Program   (Australia)

Author keywords

Control; Cyprinus carpio; Darling basin; Introduced species; Management; Murray ; Physical barrier; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

CYPRINID; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; INVASIVE SPECIES; MORPHOMETRY; NATIVE SPECIES; POPULATION REGULATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEXUAL MATURITY; SPAWNING; WETLAND;

AUSTRALIA; MURRAY-DARLING BASIN;

CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINUS CARPIO; PISCES;

EID: 77951835907     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF09017     Document Type: Article

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