A multigene molecular assessment of cryptic biodiversity in the iconic freshwater blackfishes (Teleostei: Percichthyidae: Gadopsis) of south-eastern Australia

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 521-540

  Hammer, Michael P ^a,b,c   Unmack, Peter J ^d,e   Adams, Mark ^a,b   Raadik, Tarmo A ^f   Johnson, Jerald B ^d  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY   (Australia)

^d BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^f ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservation; Cryptic species; Drainage divides; ESU; Phylogeography; Sea level changes

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION GENETICS; CRYPSIS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TAXONOMY; TELEOST;

AUSTRALIA;

GADOPSIS; GADOPSIS BISPINOSUS; GADOPSIS MARMORATUS; PERCICHTHYIDAE; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 84897611502     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bij.12222     Document Type: Article

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