Dormancy and dispersal as mediators of zooplankton population and community dynamics along a hydrological disturbance gradient in inland temporary pools

L Brendonck, T Pinceel, R Ortells - Hydrobiologia, 2017 - Springer
At some stage in their life cycle, most zooplankton in temporary waters produce dormant
eggs that assemble in a persistent egg bank to cope with unfavourable conditions. As part of …

Niche differentiation in rotifer cryptic species complexes: a review of environmental effects

A Walczyńska, D Fontaneto, A Kordbacheh, S Hamil… - Hydrobiologia, 2024 - Springer
Adaptation to different ecological niches is considered one of the main drivers of species
diversification, also in cryptic species complexes, notwithstanding their morphological stasis …

Allocation patterns in modes of reproduction in two facultatively sexual cryptic rotifer species

C Gabaldon, MJ Carmona - Journal of Plankton Research, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Many zooplankters rely on diapausing stages to survive unsuitable conditions in time-
varying habitats. In facultative sexual rotifers, reproductive effort allocated to the sexually …

Body size variability across habitats in the Brachionus plicatilis cryptic species complex

A Walczyńska, M Serra - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
The body size response to temperature is one of the most recognizable but still poorly
understood ecological phenomena. Other covarying environmental factors are frequently …

Trait flexibility of generalist invertebrates exposed to contrasting predation and drying stressors.

ML Galatowitsch, AR McIntosh - Freshwater Biology, 2016 - search.ebscohost.com
How different generalist species are able to exploit heterogeneous landscapes likely
depends on whether their life-history strategies confer resilience to multiple environmental …