Timing, frequency and environmental conditions associated with mainstem-tributary movement by a lowland river fish, golden perch (Macquaria ambigua)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Koster, Wayne M ^a,b   Dawson, David R ^a   O'Mahony, Damien J ^a,c   Moloney, Paul D ^a   Crook, David A ^a,d  

^a ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c River to Sea Research   (Australia)

^d CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LARVAL STAGE; MACQUARIA AMBIGUA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERCH; POPULATION MIGRATION; POPULATION MOVEMENT PATTERN; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPAWNING; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TIME; WATER FLOW; WATER TEMPERATURE; ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENT; HYDROLOGY; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; RIVER; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HYDROLOGY; MALE; PERCIFORMES; REPRODUCTION; RIVERS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84900414869     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0096044     Document Type: Article

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