Historical and ecological context, pattern and process, in the derivation of New Zealand's freshwater fish fauna

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 185-194

  McDowall, Robert M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Diadromy; Eleotridae; Fossil fauna; Galaxiidae; Gondwana; Miocene; Resilience

Indexed keywords

DIADROMY; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; FOSSIL RECORD; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; MIOCENE; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TELEOST; VOLCANISM;

NEW ZEALAND; OTAGO; SOUTH ISLAND;

ELEOTRIDAE; GALAXIIDAE;

EID: 77949310977     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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