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The Occurrence of Fish Kills, and their Causes missing in the Darwin-Katherine-Jabiru Region of the NT

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Title

The Occurrence of Fish Kills, and their Causes missing in the Darwin-Katherine-Jabiru Region of the NT

Creator

Townsend, S.

Collection

E-Publications; E-Books; PublicationNT; Report ; 36/1992

Date

1992-04-01

Description

Made available via the Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT).

Notes

Date:1992-04

Language

English

Publisher name

Power and Water Authority

Place of publication

Darwin

Series

Report ; 36/1992

File type

application/pdf.

Copyright owner

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Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/229462

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/672960

Page content

Technical Report WRD92036 Viewed at 15:07:57 on 29/07/2010 Page 43 of 54. 16 intensive agricultural activities, will affect receiving water quality and may increase the incidence of fish kills above present frequencies. It is important to understand the causes of natural fish kills to correctly assess the anthropogenic contribution of future events. Ack.!1.01-,,!~ ledgn'\.ents Data provided by the Alligator Rivers Region Institute, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research OrganiGa~ion and the Northern Territory Department of primary Industry and Fisheries are gratefully acknowledged. R. Griffin and G. White (DPIF) are thanked for useful discussions on the topic.