Lakes and ponds are scattered on Earth's surface as islands in the ocean. The organisms
inhabiting these ecosystems have thus developed strategies to pass the barrier represented …

Many representatives of freshwater zooplankton produce at some stage in their life cycle
resting stages. A variable portion of the eggs of the previous growing period will hatch at the …

An in-depth look at the basic aspects of dormancy in cyclic parthenogenetic organisms is
now possible thanks to research efforts conducted over the past two decades with rotifer …

Mediterranean temporary ponds (MTPs) comprise an endangered habitat with several
endemic species that can be found in many countries, mainly in the Mediterranean region …

Wind is suspected to be a primary dispersal mechanism for large branchiopod cysts on the
Colorado Plateau. We used a wind tunnel to investigate wind velocities capable of moving …

Abstract Branchinecta sandiegonensis (Crustacea: Anostraca) is a narrow range endemic
fairy shrimp discontinuously distributed in ephemeral pools on coastal mesas in San Diego …

The number and quality of temporary wetlands are declining worldwide and many of the
remaining habitats are used as pastures and drinking sites for livestock. Livestock can …

Abstract Our 1995" Checklist of the Anostraca" covered all species described through 31
December 1993 along with those described in the volume from the Second International …

Aquatic invertebrates display a wide array of alternative reproductive modes from apomixis
to hermaphroditism and cyclical parthenogenesis. These have important effects on genetic …

To investigate their distribution and total numbers, resting eggs of the anostracan
Chirocephalus ruffoi were collected from the bed of a temporary pool in southern Italy …