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Russell J. Shiel and Walter Koste; Rotifer communities of billabongs in northern and south-eastern Australia. Hydrobiologia 104:41-47, 1983
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Diversity and equitability of rotifer communities from billabongs (oxbows or cut-off meanders) in northern and southeastern Australia are compared. In both areas littoral taxa predominated in open water. Diversity values (Shannon-Wiener, H') were higher than recorded for tropical assemblages elsewhere. Up to 80 rotifers species co-occurred in Northern Territory billabongs. Brachionids notably were absent; there was an apparent displacement of tropical assemblages into temperate Australia.