Extinct habitat, extant species: Lessons learned from conservation recovery actions for the Pedder galaxias (Galaxias pedderensis) in south-west Tasmania, Australia

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 864-873

  Chilcott, Stuart ^a,b   Freeman, Rob ^a   Davies, Peter E ^a,c   Crook, David A ^a,d   Fulton, Wayne ^a,e   Hamr, Premck ^a,f   Jarvis, David ^a,b   Sanger, Andrew C ^a,g  

^a Inland Fisheries Service   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^c Freshwater Systems   (Australia)

^d CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e Wayne Fulton Consulting   (Australia)

^f Upper Canada College   (Canada)

^g NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Critically threatened; Galaxias conservation; Galaxiidae; Habitat alteration; Recovery plan; Threatened freshwater fish; Translocation

Indexed keywords

ACTION PLAN; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION RISK; FLOODING; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT; IMPOUNDMENT; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DECLINE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; TELEOST; TRANSLOCATION;

AUSTRALIA; LAKE PEDDER; TASMANIA;

EID: 84883677417     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF12257     Document Type: Article

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