Comparison of embryological development in the threatened Australian lungfish Neoceratodus forsteri from two sites in a Queensland river system

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 87-101

  Kemp, Anne ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Embryology; Lungfish spawning; Neoceratodus forsteri; Nutritional stress; Queensland; Reservoir environment

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FISH; HUMAN ACTIVITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REFUGE; SPAWNING; SPAWNING GROUND;

AUSTRALIA; BRISBANE RIVER; LAKE WIVENHOE; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 83055184847     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00358     Document Type: Article

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