Fish of channelized and unchannelized sections of the Bunyip River, Victoria
- 1 January 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by CSIRO Publishing in Marine and Freshwater Research
- Vol. 34 (3) , 441-450
- https://doi.org/10.1071/mf9830441
Abstract
The distribution and abundance of fish at three channelized and three unchannelized sites on the Bunyip River in southern Victoria were investigated. Ten species of native fish, including the Australian grayling (Prototroctes maraena), and two species of introduced fish were collected in three sets of seasonal samples by electrofishing. The unchannelized sites and a channelized site directly above a small weir had significantly higher species richness, total fish biomass, numerical density and standing crop (PKeywords
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