A rethink on Retropinna: Conservation implications of new taxa and significant genetic sub-structure in Australian smelts (Pisces : Retropinnidae)

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 327-341

  Hammer, Michael P ^a,b   Adams, Mark ^b   Unmack, Peter J ^c   Walker, Keith F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^c BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooper Creek; Cryptic species; Molecular systematics; Murray Darling Basin; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

DIVERGENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NEW TAXON; SALMONID; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TAXONOMY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; DARLING BASIN; GLENELG RIVER; LAKE EYRE BASIN; MURRAY BASIN; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

PISCES; RETROPINNA; RETROPINNA SEMONI; RETROPINNA TASMANICA; RETROPINNIDAE;

EID: 34247324281     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF05258     Document Type: Article

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