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dc.contributor.authorHancock, Peter Jen
dc.contributor.authorBoulton, Andrew Jen
dc.date.accessioned2012-03-09T15:49:00Z-
dc.date.issued2008-
dc.identifier.citationInvertebrate Systematics, 22(2), p. 117-126en
dc.identifier.issn1447-2600en
dc.identifier.issn1445-5226en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/9652-
dc.description.abstractShort-range endemism is common in groundwater fauna (stygofauna), placing many species at risk from anthropogenic impacts such as water abstraction and pollution. Few of the alluvial aquifers in eastern Australia have been sampled for stygofauna. Fauna from two aquifers in Queensland and two in New South Wales was sampled to improve ecological knowledge of stygofauna and the potential threats posed to it by development. Our surveys found stygofauna in all four aquifers, with most taxa collected from bores with low electrical conductivity (<1500 μS cm⁻¹). Taxon richness decreased with distance below the water table. The most taxon-rich bores in each region occurred where the water table depth was <10 m, were associated with the alluvium of tributaries of large regulated river systems, and were near phreatophytic trees. It is possible that tree roots constitute a habitat and source of organic matter in alluvial aquifers as they do in cave streams. It is important to document the biodiversity of particular regions and aquifers so that species can be conserved in the face of increasing groundwater use. For effective resource management, future research should strive to understand the tolerances and ecological requirements of groundwater communities and the ecosystem services they provide.en
dc.languageenen
dc.publisherCSIRO Publishingen
dc.relation.ispartofInvertebrate Systematicsen
dc.titleStygofauna biodiversity and endemism in four alluvial aquifers in eastern Australiaen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.identifier.doi10.1071/IS07023en
dc.subject.keywordsFreshwater Ecologyen
local.contributor.firstnamePeter Jen
local.contributor.firstnameAndrew Jen
local.subject.for2008060204 Freshwater Ecologyen
local.subject.seo2008960506 Ecosystem Assessment and Management of Fresh, Ground and Surface Water Environmentsen
local.profile.schoolAdministrationen
local.profile.schoolSchool of Environmental and Rural Scienceen
local.profile.emailphancoc2@une.edu.auen
local.profile.emailaboulton@une.edu.auen
local.output.categoryC1en
local.record.placeauen
local.record.institutionUniversity of New Englanden
local.identifier.epublicationsrecordune-20110331-09168en
local.publisher.placeAustraliaen
local.format.startpage117en
local.format.endpage126en
local.identifier.scopusid43549087630en
local.peerreviewedYesen
local.identifier.volume22en
local.identifier.issue2en
local.contributor.lastnameHancocken
local.contributor.lastnameBoultonen
dc.identifier.staffune-id:phancoc2en
dc.identifier.staffune-id:aboultonen
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local.identifier.unepublicationidune:9843en
dc.identifier.academiclevelAcademicen
dc.identifier.academiclevelAcademicen
local.title.maintitleStygofauna biodiversity and endemism in four alluvial aquifers in eastern Australiaen
local.output.categorydescriptionC1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journalen
local.search.authorHancock, Peter Jen
local.search.authorBoulton, Andrew Jen
local.uneassociationUnknownen
local.year.published2008en
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