Ephippial and subitaneous egg abortion: relevance for an obligate parthenogenetic Daphnia population
We experimentally analysed the importance of egg abortion in the reproduction strategies of Daphnia pulicaria (Forbes) in Lake Río Seco, a high mountain lake. Adult animals were exposed to different treatments under continuous or dynamic conditions (temperature and photoperiod) to test whether the s...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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PAGEPress Publications
2011-02-01
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Series: | Journal of Limnology |
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Online Access: | http://www.jlimnol.it/index.php/jlimnol/article/view/64 |