Shifts in small-bodied fish assemblages resulting from drought-induced water level recession in terminating lakes of the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 691, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 35-46

  Wedderburn, Scotte D ^a   Hammer, Michael P ^b   Bice, Christopher M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^c SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Craterocephalus; Drought; Fish; Nannoperca; Salinization; Threatened species

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DROUGHT STRESS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FISH; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; POPULATION DECLINE; SALINITY TOLERANCE; VEGETATION TYPE; VULNERABILITY; WATER LEVEL; WATER QUALITY;

AUSTRALIA; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE ALBERT; LAKE ALEXANDRINA; MURRAY-DARLING BASIN; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

CRATEROCEPHALUS; NANNOPERCA; PISCES;

EID: 84861622814     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-011-0993-9     Document Type: Article

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