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ArticleEnvironmental management2018

Predicting the Influence of Streamflow on Migration and Spawning of a Threatened Diadromous Fish, the Australian Grayling Prototroctes Maraena.

W M Koster, D A Crook, D R Dawson, S Gaskill, J R Morrongiello

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Article in Environmental management, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

W M KosterArthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research, Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, 123 Brown Street, Heidelberg, VIC, 3084, Australia. Wayne.Koster@delwp.vic.gov.au.
D A CrookResearch Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT, 0909, Australia.
D R DawsonArthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research, Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, 123 Brown Street, Heidelberg, VIC, 3084, Australia.
S GaskillMelbourne Water, 990 Latrobe Street, Docklands, VIC, 3008, Australia.
J R MorrongielloSchool of BioSciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3010, Australia.
Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research · AUCharles Darwin University · AUMelbourne Water · AUUniversity of Melbourne · AU

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The development of effective strategies to restore the biological functioning of aquatic ecosystems with altered flow regimes requires a detailed understanding of flow-ecology requirements, which is unfortunately lacking in many cases. By understanding the flow conditions required to initiate critical life history events such as migration and spawning, it is possible to mitigate the threats posed by regulated river flow by providing targeted environmental flow releases from impoundments. In this study, we examined the influence of hydrological variables (e.g., flow magnitude), temporal variables (e.g., day of year) and spatial variables (e.g., longitudinal position of fish) on two key life history events (migration to spawning grounds and spawning activity) for a threatened diadromous fish (Australian grayling Prototroctes maraena) using data collected from 2008 to 2015 in the Bunyip-Tarago river system in Victoria. Our analyses revealed that flow changes act as a cue to downstream migration, but movement responses differed spatially: fish in the upper catchment showed a more specific requirement for rising discharge to initiate migration than fish in the lower catchment. Egg concentrations peaked in May when weekly flows increased relative to the median flow during a given spawning period. This information has recently been incorporated into the development of targeted environmental flows to facilitate migration and spawning by Australian grayling in the Bunyip-Tarago river system and other coastal systems in Victoria.

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Animal MigrationRiversSalmonidaeSexual Behavior, AnimalWater MovementsAnimalsAustraliaConservation of Natural ResourcesEcosystemEnvironmental MonitoringHydrologyAcoustic telemetryEnvironmental flowReproductive behaviour

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PMID28374227
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