Effects of an experimental environmental flow release on the diet of fish in a regulated coastal Australian river

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 686, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 195-212

  Rolls, Robert J ^a,c   Boulton, Andrew J ^a   Growns, Ivor O ^b   Maxwell, Sally E ^a   Ryder, Darren S ^a   Westhorpe, Douglas P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b New South Wales Office of Water   (Australia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diet; Environmental flow; Flow regime; Food web

Indexed keywords

DIET; FISH; FLOODPLAIN; FLOW PATTERN; FOOD CONSUMPTION; GENERALIST; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREY AVAILABILITY; RIVER FLOW; STOMACH CONTENT; TRIBUTARY;

AUSTRALIA; HUNTER RIVER; NEW SOUTH WALES;

GOBIO; GOBIOMORPHUS COXII; RETROPINNA SEMONI;

EID: 84858624971     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-012-1012-5     Document Type: Article

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