fish assemblages from the two periods were also similar, with zoobenthivores and piscivores well represented in estuaries across the above geological time scale (Gess & Whitfield 2020).
2.7 Acknowledgements
We thank estuarine ichthyologists from around the world for access to their work and without which this review would not have been possible. We are also grateful for the graphics assistance of Susan Abraham who worked with us on the preparation of figures in this chapter.
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