Hypoxic blackwater event severely impacts Murray crayfish (Euastacus armatus) populations in the Murray River, Australia

Austral Ecology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 491-500

  Mccarthy, Bernard ^a,b,d   Zukowski, Sylvia ^a,b,e   Whiterod, Nick ^a,b,e   Vilizzi, Lorenzo ^a,b,f   Beesley, Leah ^c,g   King, Alison ^c,h  

^a MURRAY DARLING FRESHWATER RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^d Jujube Australia   (Australia)

^e Aquasave Nature Glenelg Trust   (Australia)

^f Ichth Oz Environmental Science Research   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^h CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

BACI experimental design; Dissolved oxygen; Environmental flow; Hypoxia

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CRAYFISH; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FLOODING; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SIZE STRUCTURE;

AUSTRALIA; MURRAY RIVER;

ASTACOIDEA; EUASTACUS ARMATUS;

EID: 84903990129     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aec.12109     Document Type: Article

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