Fish body condition and recruitment responses to antecedent flows in dryland rivers are species and river specific

River Research and Applications

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1257-1268

  Balcombe, S R ^a   Arthington, A H ^a   Sternberg, D ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biological indicators; Fish body condition; Flow regime; Hydro ecological relationships; Hydrologic variability; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919499875     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: 15351467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.2797     Document Type: Article

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