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dc.contributor.authorBalcombe, Stephen R
dc.contributor.authorTurschwell, Mischa P
dc.contributor.authorArthington, Angela H
dc.contributor.authorFellows, Christine S
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-04T02:44:02Z
dc.date.available2018-01-04T02:44:02Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.issn0140-1963
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jaridenv.2015.01.020
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/100855
dc.description.abstractDryland river foodwebs are thought to be largely driven by autochthonous production derived from littoral/benthic algae, particularly during extended periods of zero flow, with allochthonous production taking primacy after flooding as floodplain carbon is distributed into waterholes during flood recession. This study tested whether we could detect any influence of autochthonous production (littoral gross primary production) on fish biomass after flooding in Cooper Creek, a dryland river in the Lake Eyre Basin, Australia. It was found that the majority of fish biomass, mostly large carnivores, was not supported by benthic algal production. However, the biomass of juvenile bony bream Nematalosa erebi, the highly abundant benthivore of many Australian dryland rivers, was indeed driven by benthic algal productivity throughout the post-flood period, a finding also evident in post-flood waterholes in the nearby Warrego River (Murray-Darling Basin). With a consistently high abundance turnover of bony bream juveniles and their significant importance to dryland river food-webs this study demonstrates not only the need to protecting intact littoral zones for N. erebi, but by association, fish assemblages in general.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom71
dc.relation.ispartofpageto76
dc.relation.ispartofjournalJournal of Arid Environments
dc.relation.ispartofvolume116
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEarth sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchOther earth sciences not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEnvironmental sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBiological sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode37
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode379999
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode41
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode31
dc.titleIs fish biomass in dryland river waterholes fuelled by benthic primary production after major overland flooding?
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Sciences, Griffith School of Environment
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorArthington, Angela H.


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