New Paper: The Australian desert and the diverse variety of fauna that survive in the arid region

Dr Michelle Guzik

A new paper titled ‘Desert Springs: Deep Phylogeographic Structure in an Ancient Endemic Crustacean (Phreatomerus latipes)‘ investigates the Australian desert and the diverse multitude of animals that call the arid landscape home. The paper specifically focuses on the diverse variety of fauna that exist throughout the Great Artesian Basin in central Australia.

The paper involves Environment Institute members Michelle Guzik, Andrew Austin, Mark Adams and Steven Cooper ( both also of the South Australian Museum), and Nicholas Murphy (La Trobe University) and has been published in PLoS One

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New Paper: Trapped in desert springs: phylogeography of Australian desert spring snails

A new paper involving Environment Institute members Martin Breed, Michelle Guzik, Steven Cooper (also South Australian Museum) and Andrew Austin as well as Nicholas Murphy (La Trobe University) has recently been published in the Journal of Biogeography.

The paper titled ‘Trapped in desert springs: phylogeography of Australian desert spring snails’ investigates the phylogeographical history and determines the time-scale of population divergence of hydrobiid freshwater snails (genus Trochidrobia) inhabiting groundwater springs in the Australian desert.

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