%0 Thesis %A Davies, Nissa %D 2019 %T The effect of waterhole permanency and hydrological connectivity on fish community composition in a dryland river. %U https://opal.latrobe.edu.au/articles/thesis/The_effect_of_waterhole_permanency_and_hydrological_connectivity_on_fish_community_composition_in_a_dryland_river_/8786018 %R 10.26181/5d1eb2f1b13ef %K MMCP Collaboration %K honours thesis %K fish community composition %K Hydrological connectivity %K dryland river %K Freshwater Ecology %K Ecology %K Ecosystem Function %K Environmental Management %K Environmental Science %X MMCP Collaboration (MMCP) is a project supported by the Joint State Governments and the Murray-Darling Basin Authority to generate and adopt freshwater ecological knowledge through collaboration, to maintain research capability and contribute supporting science to underpin the Basin-Wide Watering Strategy.

Student support is an important component of MMCP. Postgraduate students carry out high-quality research at a reasonable cost and make an important contribution to the development of aquatic research capability. Student support for this thesis, was provided through the provision of a honours scholarships.

The aims of this study are to examine: (1) fish assemblages across a range of waterholes with varying levels of permanency; (2) fish assemblages during different levels of hydrological connectivity (i.e. waterholes connected and waterholes disconnected; and (3) the relative influence of local and regional factors on fish community composition.
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