Heterocypris (crustacea: Ostracoda) from the isole pelagie (sicily, italy): Hatching phenology of resting eggs

Italian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 223-231

  Rossi, Valeria ^a   Bartoli, Marco ^a   Bellavere, Carlo ^a   Gandolfi, Andrea ^a   Salvador, Elisa ^a   Menozzi, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dormancy; Egg bank; Ephemeral ponds; Habitat predictability

Indexed keywords

DORMANCY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EPHEMERAL POOL; HATCHING; PHENOLOGY;

AGRIGENTO; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; PELAGI ISLANDS; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

ARIA; CRUSTACEA; HETEROCYPRIS; OSTRACODA;

EID: 8344271043     PISSN: 11250003     EISSN: 17485851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11250000409356576     Document Type: Article

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