Rehabilitating Elwood Canal and Elster Creek, Victoria:
An Assessment of Impacts on Native Freshwater Fishes
 
July 2002
By Paul Close and Jason Lieschke

 

Freshwater Ecology Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research


Funded By
 
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
Materials And Methods
 
Site Description
Fish Collection
Sampling Processing
Results
Diversity, Abundance and Distribution of Fish
Discussion
Biodiversity of Freshwater Fish
Impacts on Aquatic Fauna
Summary & References
   

Acknowledgments
This study was commissioned by Earthcare St Kilda Inc, funded by Coastcare 2000-2001. Wayne Koster, Peter Fairbrother and Di Crowther provided assistance with fieldwork. Peter Fairbrother identified fish samples in the laboratory and Wayne Koster provided comments on an earlier version of the report.

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