Authors
Leah Beesley, Alison J King, Ben Gawne, John D Koehn, Amina Price, Daryl Nielsen, Frank Amtstaetter, Shaun N Meredith
Publication date
2014/10
Journal
Freshwater Biology
Volume
59
Issue
10
Pages
2024-2037
Description
- Flow alteration has reduced connectivity between many of the world's rivers and their floodplains, causing changes in riverine productivity and the isolation of floodplain wetlands. Environmental water is being increasingly used to help restore wetland habitats and their biota, including fish. However, some of these managed deliveries of water occur into discrete wetlands via artificial structures or at unseasonal times and may not deliver the expected gains in fish production.
- In the Murray River, south‐eastern Australia, we examined the relationship between attributes of watering and fish production (species‐specific recruitment, total abundance), at two time intervals: short term (6–8 weeks after watering) and at the end of the spawning season (April) for 26 discrete watering events. The study also recognised the importance of habitat in mediating fish responses to watering and examined whether fish abundance …
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