NATIVE FISH AND WETLANDS IN THE MURRAY-DARLING BASIN

Action plan, knowledge gaps and supporting papers

Location:  Canberra

Date held:  7-8 June 2005

PART 1 (Table of contents, Executive Summary, Action Plan and Knowledge Gaps)

KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS

• The importance of floodplain wetlands to Murray-Darling fish:  What's there?  What do we know?  What do we need to know? - Gerard P. Closs, Stephen R. Balcombe, Patrick Driver, Dale G. McNeil and Michael J. Shirley
• A case study approach to managing ephemeral wetlands for native fish:  linking fish ecology to regulatory structure, design and operation - Shaun N. Meredith, Sylvia Zukowski, Anthony Conallin
• Impact of invasive exotic fishes on wetland ecosystems in the Murray-Darling Basin - G. Glenn Wilson
• How can we raise the profile of native fish issues in wetlands? - Bill Phillips

POSTER PAPER

• Carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) Impacts and recruitment in Australian wetlands:  strategies for management - Patrick Driver, Ivor Stuart, Gerry Closs, Michael Shirley and John Harris

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

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