A compendium of ecological knowledge for restoration of freshwater fishes in Australia's Murray–Darling Basin

JD Koehn, SM Raymond, I Stuart… - Marine and …, 2020 - CSIRO Publishing
Many freshwater fishes are imperilled globally, and there is a need for easily accessible,
contemporary ecological knowledge to guide management. This compendium contains …

Holocene freshwater history of the Lower River Murray and its terminal lakes, Alexandrina and Albert, South Australia, and its relevance to contemporary …

RP Bourman, CV Murray-Wallace… - Australian Journal of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Recent claims based on hydrodynamic modelling within a sequence stratigraphical
perspective of incised valley fill sedimentation have argued that the Lower River Murray and …

A ramsar wetland in crisis–the Coorong, lower lakes and Murray mouth, Australia

RT Kingsford, KF Walker, RE Lester… - Marine and …, 2011 - CSIRO Publishing
The state of global freshwater ecosystems is increasingly parlous with water resource
development degrading high-conservation wetlands. Rehabilitation is challenging because …

Freshwater fish conservation in the face of critical water shortages in the southern Murray–Darling Basin, Australia

MP Hammer, CM Bice, A Hall, A Frears… - Marine and …, 2013 - CSIRO Publishing
The lower reaches of the expansive Murray–Darling Basin, Australia, are a hotspot for
freshwater biodiversity. The regional ecosystem, however, has been significantly altered by …

Shifts in small-bodied fish assemblages resulting from drought-induced water level recession in terminating lakes of the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia

SD Wedderburn, MP Hammer, CM Bice - Hydrobiologia, 2012 - Springer
Over-abstraction of water places unsustainable pressures on river ecosystems, with the
impacts amplified under drought conditions. Freshwater fishes are particularly vulnerable …

A rethink on Retropinna: conservation implications of new taxa and significant genetic sub-structure in Australian smelts (Pisces: Retropinnidae)

MP Hammer, M Adams, PJ Unmack… - Marine and Freshwater …, 2007 - CSIRO Publishing
The smelt genus Retropinna nominally includes three small (< 150 mm) freshwater fish
species endemic to south-eastern Australia and New Zealand. For the two Australian …

Let's not forget the small fishes–conservation of two threatened species of pygmy perch in south-eastern Australia

S Saddlier, JD Koehn, MP Hammer - Marine and Freshwater …, 2013 - CSIRO Publishing
Small species without commercial value are often overlooked in conservation management.
Pygmy perches are minature percichthyid fishes from temperate southern Australia of …

Conservation of an inauspicious endangered freshwater fish, Murray hardyhead (Craterocephalus fluviatilis), during drought and competing water demands in the …

IM Ellis, D Stoessel, MP Hammer… - Marine and …, 2013 - CSIRO Publishing
Approximately 40% of Australian freshwater fish species are of conservation concern,
largely because of the impacts of river regulation, habitat fragmentation and alien fishes …

Habitat separation of Craterocephalus (Atherinidae) species and populations in off‐channel areas of the lower River Murray, Australia

SD Wedderburn, KF Walker… - Ecology of Freshwater …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Comparative studies of related species may reveal the determinants of distribution and
abundance, and elucidate the causes of fragmentation. The intensively regulated River …

Engineered water level management facilitates recruitment of non-native common carp, Cyprinus carpio, in a regulated lowland river

CM Bice, BP Zampatti - Ecological Engineering, 2011 - Elsevier
River regulation can advantage non-native aquatic biota at the expense of native species.
Nevertheless, flow regulating structures are sometimes used with the aim of achieving …