PhD; BSc (Hons)
Research Fellow, Australian Rivers Institute
Contact details for Dr Dan Schmidt
Research Expertise
- Population genetics of freshwater taxa
- Consequences of interspecies hybridisation
- Phylogenetics of Australian fauna
Publications
- Schmidt, D.J., Bond, N. R., Adams, M., Hughes, J.M. (2011) Cytonuclear evidence for hybridogenetic reproduction in natural populations of the Australian carp gudgeon (Hypseleotris: Eleotridae). Molecular Ecology, submitted
- Schmidt, D.J., Crook, D.A., O’Connor, J.P., Hughes, J.M. (2011) Genetic analysis of threatened Australian grayling Prototroctes maraena suggests recruitment to coastal rivers from an unstructured marine larval source population. Journal of Fish Biology 78: 98-111.
- Baggiano, O., Schmidt, D.J., Sheldon, F., Hughes, J.M. (2011) The role of altitude and associated habitat stability in determining patterns of population genetic structure in two species of Atalophlebia (Ephemeroptera: Leptophlebiidae). Freshwater Biology 56 (2): 1365-2427.
- Bentley, A., Schmidt, D.J. and Hughes, J.M. (2010) Extensive intraspecific genetic diversity of a freshwater crayfish in a biodiversity hotspot. Freshwater Biology 55 (9): 1861-1873.
- Woods, R.J., Macdonald, J. I., Crook, D.A., Schmidt, D.J. and Hughes, J.M. (2010) Contemporary and historic patterns of connectivity among populations of an inland river fish species inferred from genetics and otolith chemistry. Canadian Journal of Fisheries ad Aquatic Sciences 67: 1098-1115.
- Real, K. M., Schmidt, D. J. and Hughes, J. M. (2009) Mogurnda adspersa microsatellite markers: multiplexing and multi-tailed primer tagging. Conservation Genetics Resources 1(1): 411-414.
- Hughes, J.M., Schmidt, D.J. and Finn, D.S. (2009) Genes in streams: using DNA to understand movement of freshwater fauna and their riverine habitat. Bioscience 59(7): 573-583.
- Hughes, J.M., Schmidt, D.J., McLean, A. and A. Wheatley (2008) Population genetic structure in stream insects: what have we learned? Chapter 14 in C. Macadam, J. Lancaster, R. Briers, Eds. Aquatic Insects: Challenges to populations CABI Publishers.
- Eastwood, R., Braby, M.F., Schmidt, D.J. and J. M. Hughes (2008) Taxonomy, ecology, genetics and conservation status of the pale imperial hairstreak Jalmenus eubulus (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae): a threatened butterfly from the brigalow belt, Australia. Invertebrate Systematics 22: 407-423.
- McLean, A.J., D. J. Schmidt and J. M. Hughes (2008) Do lowland habitats represent barriers to dispersal for a rainforest mayfly, Bungona narilla, in south-east Queensland? Marine and Freshwater Research. 59: 761-771.
- Schmidt, D.J., Hughes, JM. (2006) Genetic affinities among subspecies of a widespread Australian lycaenid butterfly, Ogyris amaryllis (Hewitson). Australian Journal of Zoology 54: 429-446.