Environmental influences on the spatial ecology and spawning behaviour of an estuarine-resident fish, Macquaria colonorum

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 118, Issue , 2013, Pages 60-71

  Walsh, C T ^a,b   Reinfelds, I V ^c   Ives, M C ^a   Gray, C A ^a   West, R J ^b   Van der Meulen, D E ^a  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c NSW Office of Water   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acoustic array; Biological rhythms; Environmental factors; Estuarine resident; Macquaria colonorum; Spawning migrations

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC ARRAY; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARRAY; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; COOLING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; GLOBAL WARMING; MIGRATION; MOVEMENT; OSMOREGULATION; PERCIFORM; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RIVER FLOW; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPAWNING; WATER TEMPERATURE;

AUSTRALIA;

MACQUARIA COLONORUM; PISCES;

EID: 84873205603     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2012.12.009     Document Type: Article

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