Habitat use and movements of golden perch (Macquaria ambigua) and common carp (Cyprinus carpio) in an Australian lowland river

The development of conceptual models to describe our understanding of the processes that determine animal distributions is a central theme in ecological research. In this thesis, I used two species of riverine fish [golden perch (Macquaria ambigua) and common carp (Cyprinus carpio)] as model organisms to examine the processes that determine the distributions of fish in a lowland river environment (the Broken River in south-eastern Australia).