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Fish assemblages of an Australian dryland river: abundance, assemblage structure and recruitment patterns in the Warrego River, Murray–Darling Basin

Stephen R. Balcombe A E , Angela H. Arthington A , Neal D. Foster B , Martin C. Thoms C , Glenn G. Wilson D and Stuart E. Bunn A
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A Cooperative Research Centre For Freshwater Ecology, Centre for Riverine Landscapes, Griffith University, Nathan, Qld 4111, Australia.

B New South Wales Department of Natural Resources, PO Box 550, Tamworth, NSW 2340, Australia.

C University of Canberra, ACT 2016, Australia.

D Murray–Darling Freshwater Research Centre, Goondiwindi, Qld 4390, Australia.

E Corresponding author. Email: s.balcombe@griffith.edu.au

Marine and Freshwater Research 57(6) 619-633 https://doi.org/10.1071/MF06025
Submitted: 8 February 2006  Accepted: 19 July 2006   Published: 31 August 2006



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