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dc.contributor.authorGodfrey, Paul C
dc.contributor.authorArthington, Angela H
dc.contributor.authorPearson, Richard G
dc.contributor.authorKarim, Fazlul
dc.contributor.authorWallace, Jim
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-21T23:59:03Z
dc.date.available2018-10-21T23:59:03Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.issn1323-1650
dc.identifier.doi10.1071/MF15421
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/100866
dc.description.abstractFloodplain lagoons in the Queensland Wet Tropics bioregion, Australia, are important and threatened habitats for fish. As part of studies to assess their ecological condition and functions, we examined patterns of occurrence of fish larvae, juveniles and adults in 10 permanent lagoons on the Tully–Murray floodplain. Lagoons contained early life-history stages of 15 of the 21 native species present, including 11 species that complete their life cycle in fresh waters and 4 that require access to saline habitats for larval development. Lagoon connectivity to the rivers, distance from the coast and flood dynamics influenced temporal variation in fish abundance, population size structures and recruitment patterns. This study and the literature show that wet, post-wet and dry-season habitats are utilised by small opportunists (e.g. Melanotaenia splendida), an equilibrium species (Glossamia aprion) and larger periodic strategists (neosilurid catfishes). Maintenance of natural seasonal patterns of flow and connectivity, and active protection of permanent floodplain lagoons from riparian and land-use disturbance, will be essential if their roles in fish recruitment are to be sustained.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherCSIRO Publishing
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom1
dc.relation.ispartofpageto16
dc.relation.ispartofjournalMarine and Freshwater Research
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEcological applications not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode410299
dc.titleFish larvae and recruitment patterns in floodplain lagoons of the Australian Wet Tropics
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
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gro.facultyGriffith Sciences, Griffith School of Environment
gro.description.notepublicThis publication has been entered into Griffith Research Online as an Advanced Online Version.
gro.rights.copyright© 2016 CSIRO. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
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gro.griffith.authorArthington, Angela H.


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