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Climate change and Australian marine and freshwater environments, fishes and fisheries: introduction

John D. Koehn
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A Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research, Department of Sustainability and Environment, 123 Brown Street, Heidelberg, Vic. 3084, Australia.

B Email: john.koehn@dse.vic.gov.au

Marine and Freshwater Research 62(9) 981-983 https://doi.org/10.1071/MF11152
Published: 21 September 2011

Additional keywords: Australia, climate, estuaries, fish, fisheries, freshwater, impacts, Indo-Pacific, marine.


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