Freshwater fishes of the fitzroy catchment, central Queensland

Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland

Volumn 108, Issue , 1999, Pages 13-26

  Berghuis, A P ^a   Long, P E ^b  

^a Department of Primary Industries ^*  (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dams; Fishway; Fitzroy; Golden Perch; Leathery Grunter; Saratoga; Weirs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992271365     PISSN: 0080469X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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