Paleolimnological evidence for increased sexual reproduction in chydorids (Chydoridae, Cladocera) under environmental stress

To investigate the extent to which anthropogenic perturbations such as eutrophication and trace metal pollution (i.e., environmental stress sensu Odum 1985) influence the reproductive modes of cladoceran populations, we analyzed the abundance of subfossils of the chydorids Alonella nana (Baird, 1850...

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Main Authors: Marina MANCA, Suzanne LEVINE, Tomi P. LUOTO, Liisa NEVALAINEN
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2011-08-01
Series:Journal of Limnology
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Online Access:http://www.jlimnol.it/index.php/jlimnol/article/view/25