Fish response to the temporal hierarchy of the natural flow regime in the Daly River, northern Australia

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1525-1544

  Stewart Koster, B ^a   Olden, J D ^b   Kennard, M J ^a,c   Pusey, B J ^a,c   Boone, E L ^d   Douglas, M ^c   Jackson, S ^e  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bayesian hierarchical model; Ecohydrology; Multiple scales; Ontogeny; Species abundance

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BAYES THEOREM; PERCIFORMES; POPULATION DENSITY; RIVER; STATISTICAL MODEL; WATER FLOW;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NORTHERN TERRITORY; PERCIFORMES; POPULATION DENSITY; RIVERS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

HEPHAESTUS FULIGINOSUS; LATES CALCARIFER; MELANOTAENIA;

EID: 82955162648     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.03072.x     Document Type: Article

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