Climate change and its implications for Australia's freshwater fish

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1082-1098

  Morrongiello, John R ^a,b,l   Beatty, Stephen J ^c   Bennett, James C ^d,e   Crook, David A ^b,f   Ikedife, David N E N ^d   Kennard, Mark J ^g   Kerezsy, Adam ^g,h   Lintermans, Mark ⁱ   McNeil, Dale G ^b,j   Pusey, Bradley J ^g   Rayner, Thomas ^k  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b EWATER COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Hydro Tasmania Consulting   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^f ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^g GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h Bush Heritage Australia   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^j SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^k UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^l CSIRO   (Australia)

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Author keywords

arid zone; drought; environmental flows; freshwater fish; life history; local adaptation; refugia; threatened species

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARID ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FISH; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT QUALITY; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LOCAL ADAPTATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; REFUGIUM; TOLERANCE; TRANSLOCATION; VULNERABILITY;

AUSTRALIA;

PISCES;

EID: 80053122213     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF10308     Document Type: Review

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