Movement of juvenile barramundi (Lates calcarifer) through a cone ramp fishway at a modified coastal wetland in central Queensland, Australia
Trent Power
A B , Matthew Moore A and Jack McCann A
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A Catchment Solutions, PO Box 815, Mackay, Qld 4740, Australia.
B Corresponding author. Email: tpower@catchmentsolutions.com.au
Pacific Conservation Biology 25(4) 421-422 https://doi.org/10.1071/PC18062
Submitted: 4 July 2018 Accepted: 21 October 2018 Published: 12 November 2018
Abstract
Barramundi (Lates calcarifer) often migrate from marine to fresh water as juveniles. In March 2018 a relatively large number of small juveniles (<100 mm) were recorded moving through a fishway on a tidal interface barrier in central Queensland, Australia. This is in contrast to the few documented observations of transitional movements, which involved mostly larger juveniles (250–400 mm).
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