A reservoir serves as refuge for adults of the endangered Macquarie perch

Lakes and Reservoirs: Science, Policy and Management for Sustainable Use

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-33

  Ebner, Brendan C ^a,b   Lintermans, Mark ^a,c   Dunford, Mark ^a,d  

^a ACT Government ^*  (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^d GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Home range; Kernel estimation; Percichthyidae; Radio tracking; Reservoir; Threatened species

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ESTIMATION METHOD; FISH; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HOME RANGE; RESERVOIR; SPAWNING GROUND; TRACKING;

AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY; COTTER RIVER;

MACQUARIA AUSTRALASICA; PERCICHTHYIDAE;

EID: 79955006079     PISSN: 13205331     EISSN: 14401770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1770.2011.00463.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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