Using sprint swimming performance to predict upstream passage of the endangered Macquarie perch in a highly regulated river

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 360-374

  Starrs, D ^a   Ebner, B C ^b   Lintermans, M ^c   Fulton, C J ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Environmental flow; Fishway; Migration; Ucrit; Usprint

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; MIGRATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERCIFORM; RIVER DISCHARGE; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

MACQUARIA AUSTRALASICA;

EID: 80052667285     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: 13652400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2011.00788.x     Document Type: Article

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