Crustacean Zooplankton Communities in Chilean Inland Waters

Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-90-04-17460-3
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 12, 112 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 249 g

Reihe: Crustaceana Monographs

The crustacean zooplankton of Chilean inland waters has been studied mainly in large Patagonian lakes, while that plankton in other Chilean water bodies has as yet been insufficiently investigated. The species actually reported upon herein require revision as regards their taxonomy and biogeography. On the basis of studies in the Patagonian lakes, oligotrophy has been determined as the main factor regulating zooplankton assemblages, whereas in southern shallow ponds the main regulating factors are oligotrophy and conductivity combined. No detailed studies for other Chilean water bodies are available to date.
This book provides a checklist with updated information of the species of crustacean zooplankton in Chilean inland waters, while the results of an ecological study offer data for understanding the distribution and abundance of those faunal elements in the area.

Zielgruppe

All those interesed in ecology, freshwater ecology and environmental studies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rios-Escalante, Patricio R, De los

Weitere Mitwirkende

Fransen, Charles

Vaupel Klein, Carel von

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Tierökologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Taxonomie und Systematik
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Wirbellose (Invertebrata) Krebstiere (Crustacea)
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Meeres- und Süßwasserökologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Introduction to the planktonic Crustacea reported from Chilean inland waters
A checklist of the Branchiopoda (Anostraca and Cladocera)
A checklist of the Copepoda: Calanoida
A checklist of the Copepoda: Cyclopoida
The ecology of the crustacean zooplankton in the saline lakes of northern Chile
The ecology of the crustacean zooplankton in central Chilean small lakes and reservoirs
The ecology of the crustacean zooplankton in glacial lakes of northern and central Patagonia
The ecology of the crustacean zooplankton in central and southern Patagonian shallow ponds
Acknowledgements
References

Über Autor(innen)

Patricio R. De los Ríos-Escalante., Dr. (2004) in Sciences with a mention in Systematics and Ecology, Austral University of Chile, is Professor at the Catholic University of Temuco. He has published extensively on zooplankton ecology and distribution in Chilean inland waters.