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Peter J. Unmack is affiliated with the University of Canberra in Australia. Their research spans multiple disciplines within environmental and biological sciences, focusing primarily on freshwater fish ecology and conservation.

The main fields of study in their work include Environmental Science, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these broader areas, their subfields of study emphasize Nature and Landscape Conservation, Genetics, Aquatic Science, Ecology, and Ecological Modeling.

The scientist's research addresses a range of topics. Key areas include Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Genetic Diversity and Population Structure, Fish Biology and Ecology Studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Fish Biology, Ecology, and Behavior, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, and Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior.

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Peter J. Unmack are:

  • "Natural hybridization reduces vulnerability to climate change" (2023), published in Nature Climate Change
  • "Prolonged morphological expansion of spiny-rayed fishes following the end-Cretaceous" (2022), published in Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • "Big trouble for little fish: identifying Australian freshwater fishes in imminent risk of extinction" (2020), published in Pacific Conservation Biology
  • "Assessing the benefits and risks of translocations in depauperate species: A theoretical framework with an empirical validation" (2020), published in Journal of Applied Ecology
  • "Uniparental Genome Elimination in Australian Carp Gudgeons" (2021), published in Genome Biology and Evolution

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several other researchers. Notable co-authors include Michael P. Hammer, Luciano B. Beheregaray, Mark Adams, Chris J. Brauer, and Mark Lintermans.

Their studies have been published predominantly in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Marine and Freshwater Research, Molecular Ecology, and Biological Conservation.

Best Publications

  • Freshwater Ecoregions of the World: A New Map of Biogeographic Units for Freshwater Biodiversity Conservation

    Robin Abell;Michele L. Thieme;Carmen Revenga;Mark Bryer

  • dartr: An r package to facilitate analysis of SNP data generated from reduced representation genome sequencing.

    Bernd Gruber;Peter J. Unmack;Oliver F. Berry;Arthur Georges

  • Biogeography of Australian freshwater fishes

    Peter J. Unmack

  • RARITY, FRAGMENTATION, AND EXTINCTION RISK IN DESERT FISHES

    William F. Fagan;Peter J. Unmack;Colleen Burgess;W. L. Minckley

  • Genomewide SNP markers breathe new life into phylogeography and species delimitation for the problematic short-necked turtles (Chelidae: Emydura) of eastern Australia.

    Arthur Georges;Bernd Gruber;Greg B. Pauly;Duanne White

  • Prolonged morphological expansion of spiny-rayed fishes following the end-Cretaceous

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  • Natural hybridization reduces vulnerability to climate change

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  • RARITY, FRAGMENTATION, AND THE SCALE DEPENDENCE OF EXTINCTION RISK IN DESERT FISHES

    William F. Fagan;Craig Aumann;Christina M. Kennedy;Peter J. Unmack

  • Comparative phylogeography of five sympatric Hypseleotris species (Teleostei: Eleotridae) in south‐eastern Australia reveals a complex pattern of drainage basin exchanges with little congruence across species

    Christine E. Thacker;Peter J. Unmack;Lauren Matsui;Neil Rifenbark

  • A rethink on Retropinna: conservation implications of new taxa and significant genetic sub-structure in Australian smelts (Pisces : Retropinnidae)

    Michael P. Hammer;Michael P. Hammer;Mark Adams;Peter J. Unmack;Keith F. Walker

  • Phylogeny and biogeography of rainbowfishes (Melanotaeniidae) from Australia and New Guinea

    Peter J. Unmack;Gerald R. Allen;Jerald B. Johnson

  • Phylogeographic structure in the threatened Yarra pygmy perch Nannoperca obscura (Teleostei: Percichthyidae) has major implications for declining populations

    Michael P. Hammer;Michael P. Hammer;Peter J. Unmack;Mark Adams;Jerald B. Johnson

  • Impact of ocean barriers, topography, and glaciation on the phylogeography of the catfish Trichomycterus areolatus (Teleostei: Trichomycteridae) in Chile

    Peter J. Unmack;Andre P. Bennin;Evelyn M. Habit;Pedro F. Victoriano

  • Multi-locus fossil-calibrated phylogeny of Atheriniformes (Teleostei, Ovalentaria).

    Daniela Campanella;Lily C. Hughes;Peter J. Unmack;Devin D. Bloom

  • Marine–freshwater transitions are associated with the evolution of dietary diversification in terapontid grunters (Teleostei: Terapontidae)

    Aaron M. Davis;Peter J. Unmack;Bradley Pusey;J. B. Johnson

  • Big trouble for little fish: Identifying Australian freshwater fishes in imminent risk of extinction

    Mark Lintermans;Hayley M. Geyle;Stephen Beatty;Culum Brown

  • On the roles of landscape heterogeneity and environmental variation in determining population genomic structure in a dendritic system

    Christopher Brauer;Peter Unmack;Steven Smith;Steven Smith;Louis Bernatchez

  • Biogeography of the genus Craterocephalus (Teleostei: Atherinidae) in Australia

    Peter J. Unmack;Thomas E. Dowling

  • Fish persistence and fluvial geomorphology in central Australia

    Peter J. Unmack

  • The role of continental shelf width in determining freshwater phylogeographic patterns in south‐eastern Australian pygmy perches (Teleostei: Percichthyidae)

    Peter J. Unmack;Peter J. Unmack;Peter J. Unmack;Michael P. Hammer;Mark Adams;Mark Adams;Jerald B. Johnson

  • Two new species of dwarf rainbowfishes (Atheriniformes: Melanotaeniidae) from northern Australia and southern New Guinea

    Michael P. Hammer;Gerald R. Allen;Keith C. Martin;Mark Adams

  • Freshwater fishes of northern Australia.

    Bradley J. Pusey;Damien W. Burrows;Mark J. Kennard;Colton N. Perna

  • Freshwater ecoregions of the world

    Robin Abell;Michele L. Thieme;Carmen Revenga;Mark Bryer

Frequent Co-Authors

Luciano B. Beheregaray
Luciano B. Beheregaray Flinders University
Arthur Georges
Arthur Georges University of Canberra
Bradley James Pusey
Bradley James Pusey University of Western Australia
David L. Morgan
David L. Morgan Murdoch University
Mark Lintermans
Mark Lintermans University of Canberra
Jane M. Hughes
Jane M. Hughes Griffith University
William F. Fagan
William F. Fagan University of Maryland, College Park
Thomas E. Dowling
Thomas E. Dowling Wayne State University
Richard P. Duncan
Richard P. Duncan University of Canberra
Keith F. Walker
Keith F. Walker University of Adelaide

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