Hydrology drives variation in spawning phenologies and diversity of larval assemblages of Australian wet–dry tropical fish

• Published in: Freshwater biology Vol. 66; no. 10; pp. 1949 - 1967
• Main Authors: Tyler, Kyle J., Wedd, Dion, Crook, David A., Kennard, Mark J., King, Alison J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.10.2021
• Subjects: Aquatic organisms; Climate change; Craterocephalus; Daly River; Dry season; Ecology; Fish; fish larvae; Fish reproduction; Flow; Freshwater; Freshwater ecology; Freshwater fish; Freshwater fishes; Hydrology; Individual rearing; Inland water environment; juvenile; juveniles; Larvae; Life cycles; limnology; Marine fishes; Melanotaenia; northern Australia; Northern Territory; Rainy season; recruitment; Relative abundance; Reproduction; Reproduction (biology); riparian areas; Risk reduction; Rivers; savannah; Seasonal variation; Seasons; Spawning; Taxa; Terapontidae; Tropical climate; Tropical fish; Tropical fishes; Variation; Watersheds; Wet season; Northern Territory

Setting ecologically based water‐extraction rules requires an understanding of the relationships between hydrology and the completion of aquatic organism life cycles. Successful reproduction of riverine fishes has been linked to hydrological variation across diverse climatic regions. However, the re...