Biodiversity is a feature of aquatic ecosystems that is often valued by different members of the community. To effectively manage aquatic biodiversity, we need to know where the areas of high biodiversity are. It is also useful to know what causes some areas to have high biodiversity and others not. This project has sought to answer these questions and so define biologically unique regions (bioregions) within northern Australia, based on patterns of aquatic biodiversity.
Scientific Paper
April 2017
Phylogeography of the mouth-brooding freshwater fish Glossamia aprion (Apogonidae) in northern and eastern Australia: Historical biogeography and allopatric speciation (scientific paper)
Cook, B., Adams, M., Unmack, P., Burrows, D., Pusey, B., Perna, C., & Hughes, J. (2017). Phylogeography of the mouth-brooding freshwater fish Glossamia aprion (Apogonidae) in northern and eastern Australia: Historical biogeography and allopatric speciation. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 121(4), 833–848. https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blx035
Scientific Paper
April 2013
Broadscale phylogeographic structure of five freshwater fishes across the Australian Monsoonal Tropics (scientific paper)
Huey, J., Cook, B., Unmack, P., & Hughes, J. (2013). Broadscale phylogeographic structure of five freshwater fishes across the Australian Monsoonal Tropics. Freshwater Science, 33(1), 273–287. https://doi.org/10.1086/674984
Scientific Paper
July 2011
Landscape genetic analysis of the tropical freshwater fish Mogurnda mogurnda (Eleotridae) in a monsoonal river basin: importance of hydrographic factors and population history (scientific paper)
Cook, B., Kennard, M., Real, K., Pusey, B., & Hughes, J. (2011). Landscape genetic analysis of the tropical freshwater fish Mogurnda mogurnda (Eleotridae) in a monsoonal river basin: Importance of hydrographic factors and population history. Freshwater Biology, 56(5), 812-827. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2010.02527.x
Scientific Paper
April 2011
Molecular and conservation biogeography of freshwater caridean shrimps in north-western Australia (scientific paper)
Cook, B., Page, T., & Hughes, J. (2011). Molecular and conservation biogeography of freshwater caridean shrimps in north-western Australia. In H., C., Koenemann, S., Schubart, C. D. (Ed.), Phylogeography and population genetics in Crustacea (Vol. 19, pp. 273–287). United States: CRC Press.
Report
January 2011
The Hydroecological Natural Heritage Story of Cape York Peninsula
Report
July 2010
Identifying high conservation value aquatic ecosystems in northern Australia (Final report)
Cook, B.D., Kennard, M.J., Pusey, B.J. & Hughes, J.M. (2010) Delineation of freshwater bioregions in northern Australia. In Kennard, M.J. (ed) Identifying high conservation value aquatic ecosystems in northern Australia. Final Report for the Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts and National Water Commission. Charles Darwin University, Darwin.
Scientific Paper
July 2010
An integrated risk assessment for climate change: analysing the vulnerability of sharks and rays on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef (journal article)
Chin, A., Kyne, P., Walker, T., & McAULEY, R. 2010. An integrated risk assessment for climate change: Analysing the vulnerability of sharks and rays on Australia's Great Barrier Reef. Global Change Biology, 16(7), 1936-1953. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.02128.x
Scientific Paper
July 2010
Conservation biogeography of freshwater fishes: recent progress and future challenges (journal article)
Olden, J., Kennard, M., Leprieur, F., Tedesco, P., Winemiller, K., & García‐Berthou, E. (2010). Conservation biogeography of freshwater fishes: Recent progress and future challenges. Diversity and Distributions, 16(3), 496-513. doi: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2010.00655.x
Scientific Paper
July 2010
Historical population connectivity and fragmentation in a tropical freshwater fish with a disjunct distribution (pennyfish, Denariusa bandata) (journal article)
Cook, B. D., & Hughes, J. M. (2010). Historical population connectivity and fragmentation in a tropical freshwater fish with a disjunct distribution (pennyfish, Denariusa bandata). Journal of the North American Benthological Society, 29(3), 1119-1131. doi: 10.1899/09-087.1
Info Sheet
February 2008
Diversity of river life
The project was led by Professor Jane Hughes from Griffith University and included researchers from Griffith University, the University of Canberra and James Cook University.
The research team also involved Indigenous communities in the collection of samples for molecular analysis.
