Engineered water level management facilitates recruitment of non-native common carp, Cyprinus carpio, in a regulated lowland river

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1901-1904

  Bice, Christopher M ^a   Zampatti, Brenton P ^a  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acid sulfate soils; Environmental engineering; Environmental water allocation; Exotic species; Freshwater fish; River Murray; River regulation

Indexed keywords

ACID SULFATE SOILS; ENVIRONMENTAL WATER; EXOTIC SPECIES; FRESHWATER FISHES; RIVER MURRAY; RIVER REGULATION;

BIOMARKERS; CHEMICAL RESISTANCE; ECOLOGY; EMPLOYMENT; FISH; LAKES; LEVEES; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RIVERS;

WATER LEVELS;

ABUNDANCE; ACID SULFATE SOIL; ACIDIFICATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CYPRINID; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RIVER CHANNEL; SPAWNING; WATER LEVEL;

AUSTRALIA; LAKE ALEXANDRINA; MURRAY RIVER; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINUS CARPIO;

EID: 80052087870     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2011.06.046     Document Type: Article

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