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  A biogeographical history and timeline for the evolution of Australian snapping turtles (Elseya: Chelidae) in Australia and New Guinea

  Todd, E. V., Blair, D., GEORGES, A., Lukoschek, V. & Jerry, D. R., May 2014, In: Journal of Biogeography. 41, 5, p. 905-918 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Chelidae 100%
  • Chelydridae 92%
  • New Guinea 74%
  • turtle 66%
  • aridification 63%
  17 Citations (Scopus)

• A complete mitochondrial genome sequence for the Australian turtle, Chelodina longicollis, obtained using 454-pyrosequencing

  GEORGES, A., 2014, In: Conservation Genetics Resources. 6, 3, p. 555-557 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Chelodina 100%
  • Turtles 79%
  • Mitochondrial Genome 75%
  • High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing 67%
  • turtle 64%
  8 Citations (Scopus)

• A new species and subgenus of Elseya (Testudines: Pleurodira: Chelidae) from New Guinea

  Thomson, S., Anamiato, J. & GEORGES, A., 21 Aug 2015, In: Zootaxa. 4006, 1, p. 59-82 24 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Chelidae 100%
  • Testudines 88%
  • new subgenus 85%
  • New Guinea 74%
  • turtle 66%
  5 Citations (Scopus)

• Application of the precautionary principle to taxa of uncertain status - the case of the Bellinger River Turtle.

  Georges, A., Spencer, R-J., Welsh, M., Shaffer, B., Walsh, R. & ZHANG, X., 2011, In: Endangered Species Research. 14, 2, p. 127-134 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • precautionary principle 100%
  • turtle 78%
  • river 35%
  • regulatory framework 18%
  • conservation status 17%
  12 Citations (Scopus)

• Are some chromosomes particularly good at sex? Insights from amniotes

  O'Meally, D., Ezaz, T., Georges, A., Sarre, S. & Marshall-Graves, J., 2012, In: Chromosome Research. 20, 1, p. 7-19 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Sex Chromosomes 100%
  • Lizards 62%
  • Chromosomes 60%
  • Mammals 27%
  • Gene Order 19%
  66 Citations (Scopus)

• Assessing biodiversity and endemism using phylogenetic methods across multiple taxonomic groups

  GONZALEZ-OROZCO, C., Mishler, B., Miller, J., Laffan, S., Knerr, N., UNMACK, P., GEORGES, A., Thornhill, A., Rosauer, D. & GRUBER, B., 2015, In: Ecology and Evolution. 5, 22, p. 5177-5192 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • endemism 100%
  • indigenous species 71%
  • phylogenetics 69%
  • biodiversity 69%
  • phylogeny 48%
  18 Citations (Scopus)

  19 Downloads (Pure)

• Chelodina burrungandjii Thomson, Kenneth and Georges 2000-Sandstone Snake-Necked Turtle

  THOMSON, S., Kennett, R., FitzSimmons, N., Featherston, P., Alacs, E. & Georges, A., 2011, In: Chelonian Research Monographs. 5, p. 1-7 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Chelodina 100%
  • Rhinella marina 80%
  • sandstone 79%
  • turtles 62%
  • snakes 59%

• Chelodina oblonga Gray 1841: Northern Snake-Necked Turtle

  Kennett, R., Fordham, D., Alacs, E., Corey, B. & GEORGES, A., 2014, In: Chelonian Research Monographs. 5, p. 1-13 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Chelodina 100%
  • turtles 62%
  • snakes 59%
  • dry season 55%
  • wet season 41%

• Comparing and combining distance-based and character-based approaches for barcoding turtles

  Reid, B., Le, M., McCord, W., Iverson, J., Georges, A., Bergmann, T., Amato, G., DeSalle, R. & Naro-Maciel, E., 2011, In: Molecular Ecology Resources. 11, p. 956-967 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Turtles 100%
  • barcoding 85%
  • turtle 81%
  • turtles 78%
  • wildlife 73%
  61 Citations (Scopus)

• Contemporary genetic structure of an endemic freshwater turtle reflects Miocene orogenesis of New Guinea

  GEORGES, A., UNMACK, P., Reid, B. N., Le, M. & McCord, W., 2014, In: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 111, 1, p. 192-208 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • New Guinea 100%
  • genetic structure 98%
  • turtle 89%
  • turtles 86%
  • orogeny 85%
  28 Citations (Scopus)

• Contemporary genetic structure of an endemic freshwater turtle reflects Miocene orogenesis of New Guinea (vol 111, pg 192, 2014)

  Georges, A., Zhang, X., Unmack, P., Reid, B. N., Le, M. & Mccord, W. P., 2014, In: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 111, p. 192-208

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Defining priority areas through social and biological data for the pig-nosed turtle (Carettochelys insculpta) conservation program in the Kikori Region, Papua New Guinea

  Eisemberg, C., Rose, M. & GEORGES, A., 2015, In: Journal for Nature Conservation. 28, p. 19-25 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • turtle 100%
  • pig 92%
  • protected area 82%
  • sandbank 55%
  • program 48%

• Demonstrating decline of an iconic species under sustained indigenous harvest -- the pig-nosed turtle (Carettochelys insculpta) in Papua New Guinea.

  Eisemberg, C., Rose, M., Yaru, B. & Georges, A., 2011, In: Biological Conservation. 144, 9, p. 2282-2288 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Carettochelys insculpta 100%
  • Papua New Guinea 61%
  • turtle 57%
  • pig 53%
  • harvest 47%
  23 Citations (Scopus)

• Differential intron retention in Jumonji chromatin modifier genes is implicated in reptile temperature-dependent sex determination

  Deveson, I. W., Holleley, C. E., Blackburn, J., Graves, J. A. M., Mattick, J. S., Waters, P. D. & Georges, A., Jun 2017, In: Science Advances. 3, 6, p. 1-9 9 p., e1700731.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  55 Citations (Scopus)

  3 Downloads (Pure)

• Ecological and physiological impacts of salinisation on freshwater turtles of the lower Murray River

  Bower, D., Death, C. & Georges, A., 2012, In: Wildlife Research. 39, 8, p. 705-710 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • salinization 100%
  • ecological impact 98%
  • turtle 95%
  • turtles 91%
  • rivers 69%
  8 Citations (Scopus)

• Evolutionary transitions between mechanisms of sex determination in vertebrates

  Quinn, A., Sarre, S., Ezaz, T., Marshall Graves, J. & Georges, A., 2011, In: Biology Letters. 7, 3, p. 443-448 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Vertebrates 100%
  • vertebrates 83%
  • Temperature 79%
  • gender 68%
  • Sex Determination Processes 65%
  70 Citations (Scopus)

• First record of hatchling overwintering inside the natal nest of a chelid turtle

  Roe, J. & GEORGES, A., 2015, In: Australian Journal of Zoology. 63, 4, p. 287-291 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • overwintering 100%
  • nest 84%
  • turtle 83%
  • turtles 79%
  • nests 61%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Global Biodiversity Assessment and Hyper-Cryptic Species Complexes: More Than One Species of Elephant in the Room?

  Adams, M., Raadik, T., Burridge, C. & GEORGES, A., 2014, In: Systematic Biology. 63, 4, p. 518-533 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Biodiversity 100%
  • species complex 96%
  • cryptic species 80%
  • Galaxias olidus 71%
  • biodiversity 59%
  106 Citations (Scopus)

• High-coverage sequencing and annotated assembly of the genome of the Australian dragon lizard Pogona vitticeps

  GEORGES, A., Li, Q., Lian, J., O'Meally, D., DEAKIN, J., Wang, Z., Zhang, P., Fujita, M., Patel, H., Zhou, Y., MATSUBARA, K., Waters, P., Graves, J., SARRE, S. & Zhang, G., 2015, In: Giga Science. 4, 1, p. 1-10 10 p., 45.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Lizards 100%
  • Genes 66%
  • Genome 50%
  • Reptiles 24%
  • Scaffolds 21%
  55 Citations (Scopus)

  4 Downloads (Pure)

• Highly Differentiated ZW Sex Microchromosomes in the Australian Varanus Species Evolved through Rapid Amplification of Repetitive Sequences

  MATSUBARA, K., SARRE, S., GEORGES, A., Matsuda, Y., Graves, J. & EZAZ, T., 2014, In: PLoS One. 9, 4, p. 1-9 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Varanus 100%
  • W chromosome 94%
  • Sex Chromosomes 82%
  • Nucleic Acid Repetitive Sequences 81%
  • repetitive sequences 78%
  28 Citations (Scopus)

  9 Downloads (Pure)

• How do climate-linked sex ratios and dispersal limit range boundaries?

  Boyle, M., Schwanz, L., HONE, J. & GEORGES, A., 2014, In: BMC Ecology. 14, p. 1-10 10 p., 19.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • sex ratio 100%
  • sex determination 82%
  • climate 64%
  • gender 49%
  • persistence 23%
  9 Citations (Scopus)

  2 Downloads (Pure)

• Isolation and characterisation of novel microsatellite and mitochondrial DNA markers for the Eastern Water Dragon (Physignathus lesueurii)

  Frère, C. H., Prentis, P. J., Ezaz, T. & Georges, A., 2012, In: Conservation Genetics Resources. 4, 1, p. 113-116 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  5 Citations (Scopus)

• Mitochondrial variation among Australian freshwater turtles (genus Myuchelys), with special reference to the Endangered M. bellii

  Fielder, D., Vernes, K., Alacs, E. & Georges, A., 2012, In: Endangered Species Research. 17, 1, p. 63-71 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • mitochondrial DNA 100%
  • turtle 91%
  • divergence 74%
  • isolated population 37%
  • biodiversity loss 33%
  12 Citations (Scopus)

• Molecular evolution of Dmrt1 accompanies change of sex-determining mechanisms in reptilia

  Janes, D., Organ, C., O'Meally, D., SARRE, S., GEORGES, A., Graves, J., Valenzuela, N., Literman, R., Rutherford, K., Gemmell, N., Iverson, J., Tamplin, J., Edwards, S. V. & EZAZ, T., Dec 2014, In: Biology Letters. 10, 12, p. 1-4 4 p., 20140809.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Reptiles 100%
  • Molecular Evolution 95%
  • sex reversal 93%
  • Reptilia 93%
  • gender 45%
  14 Citations (Scopus)

• Movement and habitat use of Australia's largest snake-necked turtle: implications for water management

  Bower, D., Hutchinson, M. & Georges, A., 2012, In: Journal of Zoology. 287, 1, p. 76-80 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • snake 100%
  • water management 97%
  • habitat use 97%
  • turtle 92%
  • turtles 88%
  12 Citations (Scopus)

• Myuchelys bellii (Gray 1844) – Western Saw-shelled Turtle, Bell’s Turtle

  Fielder, D., Chessman, B. & GEORGES, A., 2015, In: Chelonian Research Monographs. Online, p. 1-7 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

• Myuchelys georgesi (Cann 1997) – Bellinger River Turtle

  Cann, J., Spencer, R., Welsh, M. & GEORGES, A., 2015, In: Chelonian Research Monographs. Online, p. 1-9 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

• Non-Homologous Sex Chromosomes in Two Geckos (Gekkonidae: Gekkota) with Female Heterogamety

  MATSUBARA, K., Gamble, T., Matsuda, Y., Zarkower, D., SARRE, S., GEORGES, A., Graves, J. & EZAZ, T., 2014, In: Cytogenetic and Genome Research. 143, 4, p. 251-258 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Lizards 100%
  • Sex Chromosomes 95%
  • Chromosomes 57%
  • Chromosomes, Human, 6-12 and X 26%
  • Chromosomes, Human, 21-22 and Y 25%
  11 Citations (Scopus)

• Phylogenetic Uncertainty and Taxonomic Re-revisions: An Example from the Australian Short-necked Turtles (Testudines: Chelidae)

  Spinks, P., GEORGES, A. & Shaffer, H., 1 Sep 2015, In: Copeia. 103, 3, p. 536-540 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Chelidae 100%
  • Testudines 88%
  • turtle 66%
  • turtles 63%
  • uncertainty 61%
  6 Citations (Scopus)

• Phylogeography of the Australian freshwater turtle Chelodina expansa reveals complex relationships among inland and coastal bioregions

  Donnellan, S. & GEORGES, A., 2014, In: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 111, 4, p. 789-805 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Chelodina 100%
  • phylogeography 78%
  • turtle 64%
  • turtles 62%
  • biogeographical region 35%
  11 Citations (Scopus)

• Reptile bycatch in a pest-exclusion fence established for wildlife reintroductions

  Roe, J. & GEORGES, A., 2014, In: Journal for Nature Conservation. 22, 6, p. 577-585 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • reintroduction 100%
  • pest 94%
  • bycatch 91%
  • reptile 90%
  • turtle 88%
  18 Citations (Scopus)

• Resolution of the enigmatic phylogenetic relationship of the critically endangered Western Swamp Tortoise Pseudemydura umbrina (Pleurodira: Chelidae) using a complete mitochondrial genome

  ZHANG, X., Unmack, P. J., Kuchling, G., Wang, Y. & Georges, A., 1 Oct 2017, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 115, p. 58-61 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Pseudemydura umbrina 100%
  • Chelidae 79%
  • Wetlands 68%
  • tortoise 68%
  • Turtles 64%
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Resource partitioning among five sympatric species of freshwater turtles from the wet-dry tropics of northern Australia

  Welsh, M. A., Doody, J. S. & Georges, A., 2017, In: Wildlife Research. 44, 3, p. 219-229 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• Responses of an Australian freshwater turtle to drought-flood cycles along a natural to urban gradient

  Roe, J. & GEORGES, A., 2017, In: Austral Ecology. Online, p. 1-14 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• Salinity of the coastal nesting environment and its association with body size in the estuarine pig-nosed turtle

  Eisemberg, C., Rose, M., Yaru, B. & GEORGES, A., 2015, In: Journal of Zoology. 295, 1, p. 65-74 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Carettochelys insculpta 100%
  • turtle 57%
  • body size 55%
  • pig 53%
  • sandbank 52%
  7 Citations (Scopus)

• Sex determination mode does not affect body or genital development of the central bearded dragon (Pogona vitticeps)

  Whiteley, S. L., Holleley, C. E., Ruscoe, W. A., Castelli, M., Whitehead, D. L., Lei, J., Georges, A. & Weisbecker, V., 4 Dec 2017, In: EvoDevo. 8, 1, p. 1-15 15 p., 25.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Pogona vitticeps 100%
  • sex determination 90%
  • genitalia 57%
  • Genitalia 54%
  • Sex Determination Processes 52%
  12 Citations (Scopus)

  24 Downloads (Pure)

• Sex reversal triggers the rapid transition from genetic to temperature-dependent sex

  HOLLELEY, C., OMEALLY, D., SARRE, S., Graves, J., EZAZ, T., MATSUBARA, K. & GEORGES, A., 2015, In: Nature. 523, 7558, p. 79-82 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Temperature 100%
  • Animals 90%
  • Sex Chromosomes 63%
  • Climate change 34%
  • Fish 34%
  144 Citations (Scopus)

• Significant genetic structure despite high vagility revealed through mitochondrial phylogeography of an Australian freshwater turtle (Chelodina longicollis)

  Donnellan, S. & GEORGES, A., 2015, In: Marine and Freshwater Research. 66, 11, p. 1045-1056 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Chelodina 100%
  • phylogeography 78%
  • genetic structure 71%
  • turtle 64%
  • turtles 62%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Spatial and temporal patterns of harvesting of the Vulnerable pig-nosed turtle Carettochelys insculpta in the Kikori region, Papua New Guinea

  Eisemberg, C., Rose, M., Yaru, B. & GEORGES, A., 2015, In: Oryx. 49, 4, p. 659-668 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Carettochelys insculpta 100%
  • Papua New Guinea 61%
  • turtle 57%
  • pig 53%
  • harvest 47%
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Suburbs: Dangers or Drought Refugia for Freshwater Turtle Populations?

  Roe, J. & Georges, A., 2011, In: The Journal of Wildlife Management. 75, 7, p. 1544-1552 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • suburban areas 100%
  • refugium 91%
  • refuge habitats 90%
  • suburb 89%
  • turtle 86%
  26 Citations (Scopus)

• The Genome 10K Project: A Way Forward

  Koepfli, K-P., Paten, B., Antunes, A., Belov, K., Bustamante, C., Castoe, T., Clawson, H., Crawford, A., Diekhans, M., Distel, D., Durbin, R., Earl, D., Fujita, M., Gamble, T., GEORGES, A., Gemmell, N., Gilbert, T., Marshall Graves, J., Green, R., Hickey, G. & 25 others, Jarvis, E., Johnson, W., Komissarov, A., Korf, I., Kuhn, R., Larkin, D., Lewin, H., Lopez, J., Ma, J., Marques-Bonet, T., Miller, W., Murphy, R., Pevzner, P., Shapiro, B., Steiner, C., Tamazian, G., Venkatesh, B., Wang, J., Wayne, R., Wiley, E., Yang, H., Zhang, G., Haussler, D., Ryder, O. & O’Brien, S., 2015, In: Annual Review of Animal Biosciences. 3, 1, p. 57-111 55 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Genome 100%
  • genome 81%
  • Vertebrates 55%
  • vertebrates 41%
  • Gift Giving 29%
  172 Citations (Scopus)

• The risk of inter-specific competition in Australian short-necked turtles

  Spencer, R-J., GEORGES, A., Lim, D. & Reid, A., Jul 2014, In: Ecological Research. 29, 4, p. 767-777 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • interspecific competition 100%
  • turtle 84%
  • turtles 81%
  • diet 68%
  • rivers 30%
  11 Citations (Scopus)

• Transitions Between Sex-Determining Systems in Reptiles and Amphibians

  Sarre, S., Ezaz, T. & Georges, A., 2011, In: Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics. 12, p. 391-406 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Reptiles 100%
  • Amphibians 88%
  • Temperature 26%
  • Sex Chromosomes 24%
  • Chromosome Mapping 22%
  83 Citations (Scopus)

• Under what conditions do climate-driven sex ratios enhance versus diminish population persistence?

  Boyle, M., HONE, J., Schwanz, L. & GEORGES, A., 2014, In: Ecology and Evolution. 4, 23, p. 4522-4533 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • sex ratio 100%
  • climate conditions 82%
  • persistence 69%
  • climate 64%
  • sex determination 61%
  28 Citations (Scopus)

  6 Downloads (Pure)
• Chapter

  Amphibians and reptiles

  Pusey, B., Cook, B. & Georges, A., 2011, Aquatic Biodiversity in Northern Australia: Patterns, threats and future. Pusey, B. (ed.). Darwin, Australia: Charles Darwin University Press, p. 93-110 18 p.

  Research output: A Conference proceeding or a Chapter in Book › Chapter

  • reptile 100%
  • amphibian 97%
  • biodiversity 65%
  • rainfall 28%
  • habitat 27%

• Mary River Turtle Elusor Macrurus Cann and Legler, 1994

  Fielder, D. & Georges, A., 2012, Queenland's Threatened Animals. Services, P. S. E. (ed.). Australia: CSIRO Publishing, p. 201-202 2 p.

  Research output: A Conference proceeding or a Chapter in Book › Chapter

  • turtles 100%
  • tail 79%
  • rivers 75%
  • sexual dimorphism 49%
  • skin (animal) 37%

• Responses of freshwater turtles to drought: The past, present and implications for future climate change in Australia

  Roe, J. & Georges, A., 1 Apr 2011, Turtles: Anatomy, Ecology and Conservation. Cosgrove, M. J. & Roe, S. A. (eds.). United States: Nova Science Publishers Inc, p. 169-189 21 p.

  Research output: A Conference proceeding or a Chapter in Book › Chapter › peer-review

  • Droughts 100%
  • Climate Change 88%
  • Turtles 83%
  • Fresh Water 76%
  • Global Warming 67%
• Conference contribution

  Australian marsupial species identification

  Wilson-Wilde, L., Norman, J., Robertson, J., Sarre, S. & Georges, A., 2011, Forensic Science International: Genetics Supplement Series. Netherlands: Elsevier, Vol. 3. p. 543-544 2 p. (Genetics supplement series; vol. 3, no. 1).

  Research output: A Conference proceeding or a Chapter in Book › Conference contribution › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Diprotodontia 100%
  • Metatheria 59%
  • species identification 52%
  • forensic sciences 39%
  • Burramyidae 33%
  1 Citation (Scopus)
• Exhibition

  Connections: Brazil and Australia

  Gates, M., Mow, K., Georges, A. & Pinherio-Penna, M., 2011

  Research output: Non-textual form › Exhibition

  • Brazil 100%
• Other

  eDNA Surveillance for High Risk Invasive Fish

  GEORGES, A., EZAZ, T., Hardy, C. M., LINTERMANS, M., Taggart, J. B. & SARRE, SD., 2012, CRC for Invasive Animals and Murray Darling Basin Authority,. 9 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Other

  Open Access

  • ornamental fish 100%
  • fish industry 49%
  • monitoring 45%
  • fish 40%
  • Percopsidae 32%