Dormant egg bank characteristics and hatching pattern of the Phallocryptus spinosa (Anostraca) population in the Makgadikgadi Pans (Botswana)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 571, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 123-132

  Hulsmans, Ann ^a   Bracke, Sofie ^a   Moreau, Kelle ^a   Riddoch, Bruce J ^b   De Meester, Luc ^a   Brendonck, Luc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Anostracans; Branchinella ornata; Hatching requirements; Resting egg bank characteristics; Sua Pan

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; ECOLOGY; FOOD PRODUCTS; POPULATION STATISTICS; SEDIMENTATION;

ANOSTRACANS; BRANCHINELLA ORNATA; HATCHING REQUIREMENTS; RESTING EGG BANK CHARACTERISTICS; SUA PAN;

BIODIVERSITY;

BIRD; CRUSTACEAN; DIET; EGG BANK; FOOD QUALITY; HATCHING; MIGRATORY SPECIES; PALEARCTIC REGION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SALT PAN; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; WETLAND;

AFRICA; BOTSWANA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ANOSTRACA; AVES; BRANCHINELLA ORNATA; PHALLOCRYPTUS;

EID: 33748894853     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0233-x     Document Type: Article

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