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Back from the brink: the Holocene history of the Carpathian barbel Barbus carpathicus.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Konopiński Maciej K, Amirowicz Antoni, Kotlík Petr, Kukuła Krzysztof, Bylak Aneta, Pekarik Ladislav, Šediva Alena
Abstract excerpt
As a result of specific adaptations and habitat preferences strongly rheophilic fish species may show high levels of endemism. Many temperate rheophilic fish species were subjected to a series of range contractions during the Pleistocene, and then successfully expanded during the Holocene, colonising previously abandoned areas. The Carpathian barbel (Barbus carpathicus Kotlík, Tsigenopoulos, Ráb et Berrebi 2002)...
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