Australian Museum Journal Reproductive cycles in some freshwater amphipods in southern Australia
- Shortform:
- Smith and Williams, 1984, Aust. Mus. Mem. 18(17): 183–194
- Author(s):
- Smith, Meredith J.; Williams, W. D.
- Year published:
- 1984
- Title:
- Reproductive cycles in some freshwater amphipods in southern Australia
- Serial title:
- Australian Museum Memoir
- Volume:
- 18
- Issue:
- 17
- Start page:
- 183
- End page:
- 194
- DOI:
- 10.3853/j.0067-1967.18.1984.384
- Language:
- English
- Date published:
- 31 March 1984
- Cover date:
- 31 December 1983
- ISSN:
- 0067-1967
- CODEN:
- AUNMA5
- Publisher:
- The Australian Museum
- Place published:
- Sydney, Australia
- Subjects:
- CRUSTACEA: AMPHIPODA; FRESHWATER
- Digitized:
- 09 September 2009
- Reference number:
- 384
- EndNote package:
- EndNote file
- Title page:
- Title page (112kb PDF)
- Complete work:
- Complete work (889kb PDF)
Abstract
Reproduction patterns in three populations of southern Australian amphipods were examined to investigate the suggestion that a basic difference exists in reproduction patterns between northern hemisphere and southern hemisphere stream invertebrates. The species considered were Pseudomoera gabrieli, sampled in Sassafras Creek, Victoria, and Austrochiltonia australis, sampled at Dandenong Creek, Victoria, and Aldgate Creek, South Australia. The former species showed continuous breeding, the latter, seasonal. These results, together with a review of published studies, indicated that for Amphipoda no such basic reproductive difference exists.