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dc.contributor.authorKerezsy, Adam
dc.contributor.authorGido, Keith
dc.contributor.authorMagalhaes, Maria F.
dc.contributor.authorSkelton, Paul H.
dc.contributor.editorThibault Datry, Núria Bonada, Andrew J. Boulton
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-12T01:33:19Z
dc.date.available2018-10-12T01:33:19Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.isbn9780128039045
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/B978-0-12-803835-2.00010-3
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/352415
dc.description.abstractDespite their often temporary nature, intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams (IRES) provide important habitat, resource advantages, and nurseries for a range of fish species throughout the world. Fishes have adapted to the variable nature of these environments. A small subset of species using IRES has evolved specific traits such as air-breathing that make living in extreme habitats possible, but the majority relies on opportunistic dispersal to colonize such areas. Fish existence in IRES is precarious but when conditions are favorable, fishes play major roles in ecosystem functioning (e.g., trophic links in food webs). Habitat fragmentation of IRES by water extraction, river regulation, and climate change is the biggest threat to their ecological integrity and has major implications for the distribution and abundance of fishes in IRES.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofbooktitleIntermittent Rivers and Ephemeral Streams: Ecology and Management
dc.relation.ispartofchapter11
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom273
dc.relation.ispartofpageto298
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEnvironmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode059999
dc.titleThe biota of intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams: fishes
dc.typeBook chapter
dc.type.descriptionB1 - Chapters
dc.type.codeB - Book Chapters
gro.facultyGriffith Sciences, School of Environment and Science
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorKerezsy, Adam


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