| Title |
Amphidromy Links a Newly Documented Fish Community of Continental Australian Streams, to Oceanic Islands of the West Pacific
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| Published in |
PLOS ONE, October 2011
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0026685 |
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| Authors |
Paul A. Thuesen, Brendan C. Ebner, Helen Larson, Philippe Keith, Rebecca M. Silcock, Jason Prince, David J. Russell |
| Abstract |
Indo-Pacific high island streams experience extreme hydrological variation, and are characterised by freshwater fish species with an amphidromous life history. Amphidromy is a likely adaptation for colonisation of island streams following stochastic events that lead to local extirpation. In the Wet Tropics of north-eastern Australia, steep coastal mountain streams share similar physical characteristics to island systems. These streams are poorly surveyed, but may provide suitable habitat for amphidromous species. However, due to their ephemeral nature, common non-diadromous freshwater species of continental Australia are unlikely to persist. Consequently, we hypothesise that coastal Wet Tropics streams are faunally more similar, to distant Pacific island communities, than to nearby faunas of large continental rivers. |
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| Professor | 6 | 9% |
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