Active and resting stages of zooplankton and its seasonal evolution in a hypersaline temporary pond of the Mediterranean coast (the "Vecchia Salina", SE Italy)

Scientia Marina

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 491-500

  Moscatello, Salvatore ^a   Belmonte, Genuario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cyst; Hypersaline environments; Mediterranean; Resting stages; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; EPHEMERAL POOL; HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENT; RESTING STAGE; SALINE LAKE; SEASONAL VARIATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

ANOSTRACA; CILIOPHORA; FABREA SALINA; HEXARTHRA; HEXARTHRA FENNICA; PROALES; PROALES SIMILIS; ROTIFERA; SALINA;

EID: 13244270159     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2004.68n4491     Document Type: Article

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