Early fish growth varies in response to components of the flow regime in a temperate floodplain river

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1769-1782

  Tonkin, Zeb D ^a   King, Alison J ^a   Robertson, Alistar I ^b   Ramsey, David S L ^a  

^a ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian smelt; Condition; Fish larvae; Otolith microstructure; Productivity; Variable environment

Indexed keywords

RETROPINNA SEMONI;

EID: 79961032811     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2011.02612.x     Document Type: Article

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