Managing potential impacts of reservoir enlargement on threatened Macquaria Australasica and Gadopsis bispinosus in southeastern Australia

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-16

  Lintermans, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gadopsis bispinosus; Macquaria australasica; Macquarie perch; Reservoir; Reservoir impacts; Threatened fish; Two spined blackfish

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PERCIFORM; PREDATION; REFUGE;

AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY; COTTER RIVER;

GADOPSIS BISPINOSUS; MACQUARIA AUSTRALASICA;

EID: 84856663636     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00382     Document Type: Article

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