Diet of murray cod (Maccullochella peelii peelii) (mitchell) larvae in an australian lowland river in low flow and high flow years

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 636, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 449-461

  Kaminskas, Simon ^a,b   Humphries, Paul ^b  

^a Wildlife Branch Department of the Environment Water Heritage and the Arts ^*  (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diet; Drift; Flow; Larvae; Lowland river; Maccullochella; Yolk sac

Indexed keywords

MACCULLOCHELLA; MACCULLOCHELLA PEELII PEELII;

EID: 84880043319     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-009-9973-8     Document Type: Article

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