Multiple factors determine the effect of anthropogenic barriers to connectivity on riverine fish

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2201-2220

  Rolls, Robert J ^a   Stewart Koster, Ben ^b   Ellison, Tanya ^a   Faggotter, Stephen ^a   Roberts, David T ^c  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Queensland Bulk Water Supply Authority (Seqwater)   (Australia)

Author keywords

Habitat fragmentation; Habitat loss; Hydrologic connectivity; Stream network; Water resource development

Indexed keywords

ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DAM CONSTRUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLOW PATTERN; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; MIGRATORY SPECIES; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; WEIR;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84903907755     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-014-0715-5     Document Type: Article

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