Larval fish


Research leader:

Lynnath Beckley

Research team:

Barbara Muhling


Key research

  • Barbara Muhling - Exploration of the ichthyoplankton in deeper waters off the south-western Australian coast, which is carried out in conjunction with CSIRO, who are concomitantly investigating the physical and chemical oceanography, phytoplankton and zooplankton in these waters.

Related publications

Gaughan, D.J., Neira, F.J., Beckley, L.E. and Potter, I.C. 1990. Composition, seasonality and distribution of the ichthyoplankton in the lower Swan Estuary, south-western Australia. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 53, 367-376.
Gill, H.S. and Morgan, D.L. 1998. Larval development of Nannatherina balstoni Regan (Nannopercidae), with a description of ontogenetic changes in diet. Ecology of Freshwater Fish 27: 1-9.

Gill, H.S. and Morgan, D.L. 1999. Larval development in the salamanderfish, Lepidogalaxias salamandroides. Copeia 1999: 219-224.
Gill, H.S. and Morgan, D.L. 2003. Ontogenetic changes in the diet of Galaxiella nigrostriata (Shipway, 1953) (Galaxiidae) and Lepidogalaxias salamandroides Mees, 1961 (Lepidogalaxiidae). Ecology of Freshwater Fish 12: 151-158.
Leis, J.M., Trnski, T. and Beckley, L.E. 2002. Larval development of Pagellus natalensis and evaluation of larval morphology for indicating relationships in the perciform fish family Sparidae. Marine and Freshwater Research 53, 367-376.
Neira, F.J. and Potter, I.C. 1992. Movement of larval fishes through the entrance channel of a seasonally open estuary in Western Australia. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 35, 213-234.
Neira, F.J. and Potter, I.C. 1992. The ichthyoplankton of a seasonally closed estuary in temperate Australia. Does an extended period of opening influence species composition? Journal of Fish Biology 41, 935-953.
Neira, F.J. and Potter, I.C. 1994. The larval fish assemblage of the Nornalup-Walpole Estuary, a permanently open estuary on the southern coast of Western Australia. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 45, 1193-1207.
Neira, F.J., Potter, I.C. and Bradley, J.S. 1992. Seasonal and spatial changes in the larval fish fauna within a large temperate Western Australian estuary. Marine Biology 112, 1-16.