Cyst formation in tubificidae (naidinae) and opistocystidae (annelida, oligochaeta) as an adaptive strategy for drought tolerance in fluvial wetlands of the Paraná river, Argentina

Wetlands

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 488-494

  Montalto, Luciana ^a   Marchese, Mercedes ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE LIMNOLOGÍA CONICET UNL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Annelida; Argentina; Cyst formation; Drought resistance; Floodplain habitats; Naidinae; Oligochaeta; Opistocystidae; Paran River

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANNELID; CYST; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; WETLAND;

ARGENTINA; PARANA RIVER; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANNELIDA; DERO; DERO MULTIBRANCHIATA; INVERTEBRATA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); OPISTOCYSTIDAE; TRIEMINENTIA; TUBIFICIDAE;

EID: 33749467328     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/23     Document Type: Article

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