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dc.contributor.authorCook, BD
dc.contributor.authorBunn, SE
dc.contributor.authorHughes, JM
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T11:07:00Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T11:07:00Z
dc.date.issued2002
dc.date.modified2009-09-24T05:55:28Z
dc.identifier.issn0046-5070
dc.identifier.doi10.1046/j.1365-2427.2002.00953.x
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/6744
dc.description.abstract1. The freshwater prawn, Macrobrachium australiense (Decapoda: Palaemonidae), is an abundant species throughout the rivers of western Queensland, and it is thought to have effective dispersal capabilities. Given the very low topographical relief of the western Queensland landscape and the vast nature of episodic flooding, it was predicted that widespread dispersal in this species would occur within, and possibly between the four major catchments of the region: the Darling, Bulloo, Cooper and Diamantina. We analysed eight polymorphic allozyme systems and a fragment of the cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (COI) mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) gene to determine the extent of recent and historical patterns of dispersal at nested spatial scales, within and between catchments. 2. Large and significant levels of allozyme and mtDNA differentiation were revealed among all catchments, indicating that dispersal of M. australiense does not occur across catchment boundaries, although this species is reportedly capable of overland movement. In contrast, no significant patterns of genetic differentiation were resolved between major subcatchments of the Darling and Cooper, or between sites within these subcatchments, indicating that populations of M. australiense are panmictic within catchments. 3. The MtDNA data resolved two divergent and reciprocally monophyletic clades, with the first representing the Darling catchment, and the second corresponding to the Bulloo, Cooper and Diamantina catchments. We postulate that extreme variation in historical climatic patterns and palaeohydrologic conditions played an important role in shaping the population structure of M. australiense throughout western Queensland during the Quaternary.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherBlackwell Science
dc.publisher.placeUK
dc.publisher.urihttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1046/j.1365-2427.2002.00953.x
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom2098
dc.relation.ispartofpageto2112
dc.relation.ispartofjournalFreshwater Biology
dc.relation.ispartofvolume47
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEnvironmental sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBiological sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode41
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode31
dc.titleGenetic structure and dispersal of Macrobrachium Australiense (Decapoda: Palaemonidae) in western Queensland, Australia
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Sciences, Griffith School of Environment
gro.date.issued2002
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorHughes, Jane M.
gro.griffith.authorBunn, Stuart E.


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