Influence of freshwater flows on the distribution of eggs and larvae of black bream Acanthopagrus butcheri within a drought-affected estuary

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Funding Acknowledgements

Funding for this study was provided by the Australian Research Council (LP0668997), Fisheries Victoria, Department of Sustainability and Environment and the Gippsland Coastal Board. We thank D. Corrie, E. Gee, L. Newey and M. Derham for their assistance with field collections. We would also like to thank V. Thompson from Museum Victoria for confirming our egg identifications through DNA sequencing. We thank T. Miskiewicz for assisting in larval fish identification. This study was completed under a Fisheries Victoria research permit and with University of Melbourne ethics committee approval.