Let's not forget the small fishes - Conservation of two threatened species of pygmy perch in south-eastern Australia

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 874-886

  Saddlier, Stephen ^a   Koehn, John D ^a   Hammer, Michael P ^b  

^a ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Freshwater fishes; Percichthyidae; Recovery; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ACTION PLAN; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; PERCID; PERCIFORM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITIZATION; REGENERATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84883729636     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF12260     Document Type: Review

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