Zooplankton diversity and assemblages in arid zone rivers of the Lake Eyre Basin, Australia

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 49-60

  Shiel, Russell J ^a   Costelloe, Justin F ^b   Reid, Julian R W ^a,c   Hudson, Peter ^a   Pawling, Joan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d Consulting Freshwater Biologist ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Arid; Multivariate analysis; Salinity; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; ZOOPLANKTON;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; LAKE EYRE; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

PROTISTA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 30944455047     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF05101     Document Type: Article

References (64)

1. Allan, R. J. (1985). 'The Australian Summer Monsoon, Teleconnections, and Flooding in the Lake Eyre Basin.' South Australian Geographic Papers (2). (Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch: Adelaide.)
2. Arumugam, P. T., and Geddes, M. C. (1996). Effects of golden perch (Macquaria ambigua Richardson) larvae, fry and fingerlings on zooplankton communities in larval-rearing ponds: an enclosure study. Marine and Freshwater Research 47, 837-844.
3. Bayly, I. A. E. (1992). The non-marine Centropagidae (Copepoda: Calanoida) of the world. In 'Guides to the Identification of the Microinvertebrates of the Continental Waters of the World. Vol. 2'. pp. 1-30. (SPB Academic Publishing: The Hague.)
4. Belbin, L. (1991). The analysis of pattern in bio-survey data. In 'Nature Conservation: Cost Effective Biological Surveys and Data Analysis'. (Eds C. R. Margules and M. P. Austin.) pp. 176-190. (CSIRO Publishing: Melbourne.)
5. Belbin, L. (1995). 'PATN Pattern Analysis Package.' (CSIRO Wildlife and Ecology: Canberra.)
6. Boulton, A. J., and Lloyd, L. N. (1992). Mean flood recurrence frequency and invertebrate emergence from dry sediments of the Chowilla floodplain, River Murray, Australia. Regulated Rivers: Research & Management 7, 137-151.
7. Brain, C. K., Flourie, I., and Shiel, R. J. (1995). Rotifers of the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, South Africa. Hydrobiologia 313/314, 319-324. doi:10.1007/BF00025964
8. Bunn, S. E., and Arthington, A. H. (2002). Basic principles and ecological consequences of altered flow regimes for aquatic biodiversity. Environmental Management 30, 492-507. doi:10.1007/S00267-002-2737-0
9. Bunn, S. E., Davies, P. M., and Winning, M. (2003). Sources of organic carbon supporting the food web of an arid zone floodplain river. Freshwater Biology 48, 619-635. doi:10.1046/J.1365-2427.2003.01031.X
10. Comin, F. A., and Williams, W. D. (1994). Parched continents: our common future? In 'Limnology Now. A Paradigm of Planetary Problems'. (Ed. R. Margalef.) pp. 473-527. (Elsevier: Amsterdam.)
11. Conde-Porcuna, J., and Declerck, S. (1998). Regulation of rotifer species by invertebrate predators in a hypertrophic lake: selective predation on egg-bearing females and induction of morphological defences. Journal of Plankton Research 20, 605-618.
12. Costelloe, J. F., Puckridge, J. T., Reid, J. R. W., Pritchard, J., Hudson, P., Bailey, V., and Good, M. (2003). Environmental flow requirements in arid zone rivers - a case study from the Lake Eyre Basin, central Australia. Water Science and Technology 48(7), 65-72.
13. Costelloe, J. F., Powling, J., Reid, J. R. W., Shiel, R. J., and Hudson, P. (2005). Algal diversity and assemblages in arid zone rivers of the Lake Eyre Basin, Australia. River Research and Applications 21, 337-349. doi:10.1002/RRA.851
14. Costelloe, J. F., Grayson, R. B., McMahon, T. A., and Argent, R. A. (2005). Spatial and temporal variability of water salinity in an ephemeral arid zone river, central Australia. Hydrological Processes 19, 3147-3166.
15. Crome, F. H. J. (1985). An experimental investigation of filter-feeding on zooplankton by some specialized water fowl. Australian Journal of Zoology 33, 849-862. doi:10.1071/ZO9850849
16. De Ridder, M. (1991). Rotifers from Algeria. Journal of African Zoology 105, 473-483.
17. De Smet, W. H. (1996). Rotifera. Vol. 4. The Proalidae (Monogononta). In 'Guides to the Identification of the Microinvertebrates of the Continental Waters of the World. Vol. 9'. (Ed. T. Nogrady.) pp. 1-102. (SPB Academic Publishing: The Hague.)
18. De Smet, W. H. (1997). Rotifera. Vol. 5. The Dicranophoridae (Monogononta). In 'Guides to the Microinvertebrates of the Continental Waters of the World. Vol. 12'. (Ed. T. Nogrady.) pp. 1-325. (SPB Academic Publishing: The Hague.)
19. Diéguez, M. C., and Gilbert, J. J. (2002). Suppression of the rotifer Polyarthra remata by the omnivorous Tropocyclops extensus: predation or competition. Journal of Plankton Research 24, 359-369. doi:10.1093/PLANKT/24.4. 359
20. Dufrêne, M., and Legendre, P. (1997). Species assemblages and indicator species: the need for a flexible asymmetrical approach. Ecological Monographs 67, 345-366.
21. Dussart, B., and Defaye, D. (2001). Introduction to the Copepoda. 2nd edn. In 'Guides to the Identification of the Microinvertebrates of the Continental Waters of the World. Vol. 16'. (Ed. H. J. Dumont.) pp. 1-344. (Backhuys Publishers: Leiden.)
22. Green, J. D., Shiel, R. J., and Littler, R. A. (1999). Boeckella major (Copepoda: Calanoida): a predator in Australian ephemeral pools. Archiv für Hydrobiologie 145, 181-196.
23. Halse, S. A., Pearson, G. B., McRae, J. M., and Shiel, R. J. (2000a). Monitoring aquatic invertebrates and waterbirds at Lakes Toolibin and Walbyring in the Western Australian wheatbelt. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 83, 17-28.
24. Halse, S. A., Shiel, R. J., Storey, A. W., Edward, D. H. D., Lansbury, I., Cale, D. J., and Harvey, M. S. (2000b). Aquatic invertebrates and waterbirds of wetlands and rivers of the southern Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 61, 217-265.
25. Halse, S. A., Lyons, M. N., Pinder, A. M., and Shiel, R. J. (2004). Biodiversity patterns and their conservation in wetlands of the Western Australia wheatbelt. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 67, 337-364.
26. Hancock, M. A., and Timms, B. V. (2002). Ecology of four turbid clay pans during a filling-drying cycle in the Paroo, semi-arid Australia. Hydrobiologia 479, 95-107. doi:10.1023/A:1021022700201
27. Jack, J. D., and Thorp, J. H. (2002). Impacts of fish predation on an Ohio River zooplankton community. Journal of Plankton Research 24, 119-127. doi:10.1093/PLANKT/24.2.119
28. Jenkins, K. M., and Boulton, A. J. (2003). Connectivity in a dryland rivers: short-term aquatic microinvertebrate recruitment following floodplain inundation. Ecology 84(10), 2708-2723.
29. King, A. J. (2005). Ontogenetic dietary shifts in fishes in an Australian floodplain river. Marine and Freshwater Research 56, 215-225. doi:10.1071/MF04117
30. Kingsford, R. T. (1995). Occurrence of high concentrations of waterbirds in arid Australia. Journal of Arid Environments 29, 421-425. doi:10.1016/S0140-1963(05)80120-X
31. Kingsford, R. T., Curtin, A. L., and Porter, J. L. (1999). Water flows on Cooper Creek in arid Australia determine 'boom' and 'bust' periods for waterbirds. Biological Conservation 88, 231-248. doi:10.1016/S0006-3207(98) 00098-6
32. Knighton, A. D., and Nanson, G. C. (1997). Distinctiveness, diversity and uniqueness in arid zone river systems. In 'Arid Zone Geomorphology: Process, Form and Change in Drylands'. 2nd edn. (Ed. D. S. G. Thomas.) pp. 185-203. (John Wiley & Sons: New York.)
33. Knighton, A. D., and Nanson, G. C. (2001). An event-based approach to the hydrology of arid zone rivers in the Channel Country of Australia. Journal of Hydrology 254, 102-123. doi:10.1016/S0022-1694(01)00498-X
34. Kobayashi, T., and Church, A. G. (2003). Role of nutrients and zooplankton grazing on phytoplankton growth in a temperate reservoir in New South Wales, Australia. Marine and Freshwater Research 54, 609-618. doi:10.1071/MF02025
35. Maly, E. J., and Maly, M. P. (1997). Predation, competition, and co-occurrences of Boeckella and Calamoecia (Copepoda: Calanoida) in Western Australia. Hydrobiologia 354(1-3), 41-50. doi:10.1023/A:1003042902584
36. Marshall, J. C., Sheldon, F., Thoms, M., and Choy, S. (2006). The macroinvertebrate fauna of an Australian dryland river: spatial and temporal patterns and environmental relationships. Marine and Freshwater Research 57, 61-74. doi:10.1071/MF05021
37. Marshall, N. A., and Bailey, P. C. E. (2004). Impact of secondary salinisation on freshwater ecosystems: effects of contrasting, experimental, short-term releases of saline wastewater on macroinvertebrates in a lowland stream. Marine and Freshwater Research 55, 509-523. doi:10.1071/MF03018
38. McCune, B., and Mefford, M. J. (1995). 'Multivariate Analysis on the PC-ORD System.' Version 2.0. (MjM Software: Gleneden Beach, OR.)
39. Meredith, S. N., Matveev, V. F., and Mayes, P. (2003). Spatial and temporal variability in the distribution and diet of the gudgeon (Eleotridae: Hypseleotris spp.) in a subtropical Australian reservoir. Marine and Freshwater Research 54, 1009-1017. doi:10.1071/MF03028
40. Nanson, G. C., and Knighton, A. D. (1996). Anabranching rivers: their cause, character and classification. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 21, 217-239. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1096-9837(199603)21:3〈217::AID-ESP611〉3.3. CO;2-L
41. Nielsen, D. L., Brock, M. A., Rees, G. N., and Baldwin, D. S. (2003). Effects of increasing salinity on freshwater ecosystems in Australia. Australian Journal of Botany 51, 655-665. doi:10.1071/BT02115
42. Nogrady, T., and Segers, H. (2002). Rotifera, Vol. 6: Asplanchnidae, Gastropodidae, Lindiidae, Microcodidae, Synchaetidae, Trochosphaeridae and Filinia. In 'Guides to the Identification of the Microinvertebrates of the Continental Waters of the World. Vol. 18'. (Ed. H. J. Dumont.) pp. 1-264. (Backhuys Publishers: Leiden.)
43. Nogrady, T., Pourriot, R., and Segers, H. (1995). Rotifera, Vol. 3: The Notommatidae & the Scaridiidae. In 'Guides to the Identification of the Microinvertebrates of the Continental Waters of the World. Vol. 8'. pp. 1-248. (SPB Academic Publishers: The Hague.)
44. Pinder, A. M., Halse, S. A., Shiel, R. J., and McRae, J. M. (2000). Granite outcrop pools in south-western Australia: foci of diversification and refugia for aquatic invertebrates. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 83, 117-129.
45. Pinder, A. M., Halse, S. A., McRae, J. M., and Shiel, R. J. (2004). Aquatic invertebrate assemblages of wetlands and rivers in the wheatbelt region of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 67, 7-37.
46. Plassman, T., Maier, G., and Stich, H. (1997). Predation impact of Cyclops vicinus on the rotifer community in Lake Constance in spring. Journal of Plankton Research 19, 1069-1079.
47. Puckridge, J. T., Sheldon, F., Walker, K. F., and Boulton, A. J. (1998). Flow variability and the ecology of large rivers. Marine and Freshwater Research 49, 55-72. doi:10.1071/MF94161
48. Puckridge, J. T., Walker, K. F., and Costelloe, J. F. (2000). Hydrological persistence and the ecology of dryland rivers. Regulated Rivers: Research & Management 16, 385-402.
49. Samraoui, B., Segers, H., Maas, S., Baribwegure, D., and Dumont, H. J. (1998). Rotifera, Cladocera, Copepoda, and Ostracoda from coastal wetlands in northeast Algeria. Hydrobiologia 386, 183-193. doi:10.1023/A:1003538730152
50. Segers, H. (1995). Rotifera. Vol. 2. The Lecanidae (Monogononta). In 'Guides to the Microinvertebrates of the Continental Waters of the World. Vol. 6'. (Ed. T. Nogrady.) pp. 1-226. (SPB Adacemic Publishing: The Hague.)
51. Segers, H., and Shiel, R. J. (2003). Microfaunal diversity in a biodiversity hotspot: new rotifers from south-western Australia. Zoological Studies 42, 516-521.
52. Shiel, R. J. (1995). 'A Guide to Identification of Rotifers, Cladocerans and Copepods from Australian Inland Waters. Cooperative Research Centre for Freshwater Ecology Identification Guide 3.' (Murray Darling Freshwater Research Centre: Albury.)
53. Shiel, R. J., Green, J. D., and Nielsen, D. L. (1998). Floodplain diversity: why are there so many species? Hydrobiologia 387/388, 39-46. doi:10.1023/A:1017056802001
54. Shiel, R. J., Green, J. D., and Tan, L. W. (2001). Microfaunal and resting stage heterogeneity in ephemeral pools, upper River Murray floodplain. Internationale Vereinigung fuer Theoretische und Angewandte Limnologie Verhandlungen 27, 3738-3741.
55. Smirnov, N. N. (1992). The Macrothricidae of the World. In 'Guides to the Identification of the Microinvertebrates of the Continental Waters of the World. Vol. 1'. pp. 1-143. (SPB Academic Publishing: The Hague.)
56. Smirnov, N. N. (1996). Cladocera: the Chydorinae and Sayciinae (Chydoridae) of the world. In 'Guides to the Identification of the Microinvertebrates of the Continental Waters of the World. Vol. 11'. pp. 1-197. (SPB Academic Publishing: The Hague.)
57. Storey, A. W., Halse, S. A., and Shiel, R. J. (1993). The aquatic invertebrate fauna of the Two Peoples Bay area, south-western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 76, 25-32.
58. Timms, B. V. (1998). Further studies on the saline lakes of the eastern Paroo, inland New South Wales, Australia. Hydrobiologia 381, 31-42. doi:10.1023/A:1003267221960
59. Walker, K. F., Sheldon, F., and Puckridge, J. T. (1995). A perspective on dryland river ecosystems. Regulated Rivers: Research & Management 11, 85-104.
60. Walker, K. F., Puckridge, J. T., and Blanch, S. J. (1997). Irrigation developments on Cooper Creek, central Australia - prospects for a regulated economy in a boom-and-bust ecology. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 7, 63-73. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1099-0755(199703)7:1〈63::AID- AQC218〉3.3.CO;2-X
61. Wallace, R. L., Walsh, E. J., Bonilla, M. L., and Starkweather, P. L. (2005). Life on the edge: rotifers from springs and ephemeral waters in the Chihuahuan Desert, Big Bend National Park (Texas, U.S.A.). Hydrobiologia 546, 147-157.
62. Welham, S. J., and Thompson, R. (1997). Likelihood ratio tests for fixed model terms using residual maximum likelihood. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society B 59, 701-714. doi:10.1111/1467-9868.00092
63. Williams, W. D. (1998). Salinity as a determinant of the structure of biological communities in salt lakes. Hydrobiologia 381, 191-201. doi:10.1023/A:1003287826503
64. Williams, W. D., and Kokkin, M. J. (1988). The biogeographical affinities of the fauna in episodically filled salt lakes: A study of Lake Eyre, South Australia. Hydrobiologia 158, 227-236. doi:10.1007/BF00026280