Ecotoxicology of organisms adapted to life in temporary freshwater ponds in arid and semi-arid regions

J Lahr - Archives of Environmental Contamination and …, 1997 - Springer
Hot arid and semi-arid zones are characterized by an abundance of temporary ponds. Most
of these depend on rain for their existence. These habitats are distinguished by fluctuating …

Species richness, endemism and ecology of crustacean assemblages in northern California vernal pools

JL King, MA Simovich, RC Brusca - Hydrobiologia, 1996 - Springer
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 …

Community structure in temporary freshwater pools: disentangling the effects of habitat size and hydroregime

B Vanschoenwinkel, ANN Hulsmans… - Freshwater …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Hydroregime (duration, frequency and predictability of the aquatic phase) is a key feature of
temporary aquatic habitats that not only moulds community structure and diversity (species …

[PDF][PDF] Ichnology of an early permian intertidal flat: the Robledo Mountains Formation of southern New Mexico, USA

NJ Minter, SJ Braddy - 2009 - academia.edu
The Early Permian Robledo Mountains Formation of the Robledo Mountains in Dona Ana
County, southern New Mexico, contains a diverse and abundant nonmarine trace fossil …

Multispecies coexistence of branchiopods (Anostraca, Notostraca & Spinicaudata) in temporary ponds of Chaouia plain (western Morocco): sympatry or syntopy …

A Thiéry - Studies on Large Branchiopod Biology and …, 1991 - Springer
The study of the structure of communities of Crustacean branchiopods Anostraca,
Notostraca and Spinicaudata of temporary ponds in Morocco revealed the existence of a …

Palaeoecology of an Early Permian playa lake trace fossil assemblage from Castle Peak, Texas, USA

NJ Minter, K Krainer, SG Lucas, SJ Braddy… - Palaeogeography …, 2007 - Elsevier
The Early Permian Choza Formation of the Clear Fork Group at Castle Peak in Texas, USA,
contains a diverse and remarkably abundant trace fossil assemblage comprising exquisitely …

Distribution and diversity of aquatic macroinvertebrate assemblages in a semi-arid region earmarked for shale gas exploration (Eastern Cape Karoo, South Africa)

A Mabidi, MS Bird, R Perissinotto - PLoS One, 2017 - journals.plos.org
This study aims to investigate macroinvertebrate assemblage structure and composition
across the three major waterbody types (temporary rivers, depression wetlands and semi …

Hatching phenology, life history and egg bank size of fairy shrimp Branchipodopsis spp.(Branchiopoda, Crustacea) in relation to the ephemerality of their rock pool …

B Vanschoenwinkel, M Seaman, L Brendonck - Aquatic Ecology, 2010 - Springer
In temporary aquatic habitats, permanence and the severe disturbance associated with
desiccation are strong selective agents expected to lead to differentiation in life history …

Resting eggs of Anostraca, Notostraca and Spinicaudata (Crustacea, Branchiopoda) occurring in France: identification and taxonomical value

A Thiéry, C Gasc - Hydrobiologia, 1991 - Springer
The external egg morphology of the phyllopod species recorded in France is described by
means of SEM Differences in diameter and ornamentation of envelope are stressed. We …

A review of Triops granarius (Lucas, 1864) sensu lato (Notostraca: Triopsidae) of southern Africa and Madagascar, with comments on the group

DC Rogers, M Schwentner, T Dalu… - The Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
We review the current knowledge surrounding the Triops granarius morphological species
group globally, and present a revision of the southern African T. granarius forms based on …