Managing people, water, food and fish in the Murray-Darling Basin, south-eastern Australia

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 25-32

  Koehn, J D ^a  

^a ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Management; Native freshwater fish; Rehabilitation; Threatened species

Indexed keywords

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EID: 84921898989     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: 13652400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fme.12035     Document Type: Article

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