In the light of the recent surge of interest in small and often temporary wetlands as model
systems for ecological and evolutionary research, this article reviews current knowledge on …

Ephemeral pools occur worldwide, provide habitat for organisms with a variety of life history
strategies, and may have served as evolutionary refugia for some taxa since Mesozoic …

Physical and chemical variables of ephemeral rainwaterpond habitats in the Maracaibo
basin and Llanos regionof Venezuela were investigated to assess environmentalfeatures …

Souffreau C., Vanormelingen P., Sabbe K. and Vyverman W. 2013. Tolerance of resting cells
of freshwater and terrestrial benthic diatoms to experimental desiccation and freezing is …

Five temporary forest pools at Noxubee National WildlifeRefuge, Noxubee Co., Mississippi
were surveyed monthly for three yearstogain a better understanding of the dynamics of …

The effect of pool size (area and depth) on species diversity and physicochemical
characteristics of rock pool habitats on Domboshawa Mountain, northern Zimbabwe, was …

The seasonal dynamics in habitat characteristics of temporary freshwater pools were studied
in relation to hydroperiod and geographical location for a set of 36 pristine pools in and …

Rock pools on granite outcrops occur worldwide and are poorly studied, despite their
intrinsic biological interest. In semi-arid Botswana, such habitats occur mainly on the granite …

An enigma of the Colorado Plateau high desert is the “pothole”, which ranges from shallow
ephemeral puddles to deeply carved pools. The existence of prokaryotic to eukaryotic …

A variety of biotic and abiotic variables have been shown to affect length of larval period and
size of juveniles at metamorphosis in amphibians. However, influence of water quality on …