Co-occurrence of free-swimming and quiescent nauplii in a spring hatching of two Chirocephalus diaphanus Prévost, 1803 (Anostraca) populations from mountain pasture pools

Crustaceana

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 707-715

  Zarattini, Paola ^a   Mura, Graziella ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTYPE; COCOON; COEXISTENCE; CRUSTACEAN; CYST; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; HATCHING DATE; LARVA; MOUNTAIN REGION; POOL;

ANOSTRACA; CHIROCEPHALUS DIAPHANUS;

EID: 34547891525     PISSN: 0011216X     EISSN: 15685403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854007781360685     Document Type: Article

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