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Evidence for population fragmentation within a subterranean aquatic habitat in the Western Australian desert.
Heredity - 1 Sept 2011
Guzik M T, Cooper S J B, Humphreys W F, Ong S, Kawakami T, Austin A D
Abstract excerpt
The evolution of subterranean animals following multiple colonisation events from the surface has been well documented, but few studies have investigated the potential for species diversification within cavernicolous habitats. Isolated calcrete (carbonate) aquifers in central Western Australia have been shown to contain diverse assemblages of aquatic subterranean invertebrate species (stygofauna) and to offer a...
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