Crustacean zooplankton communities in Chilean inland waters / / by Patricio R. De los Rios-Escalante.

• Author: De los Rios-Escalante, Patricio R.
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Crustaceana Monographs 12.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (117 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

The crustacean zooplankton of Chilean inland waters has been studied mainly in large Patagonian lakes, while that plankton in other Chilean water bodies has as yet been insufficiently investigated. The species actually reported upon herein require revision as regards their taxonomy and biogeography. On the basis of studies in the Patagonian lakes, oligotrophy has been determined as the main factor regulating zooplankton assemblages, whereas in southern shallow ponds the main regulating factors are oligotrophy and conductivity combined. No detailed studies for other Chilean water bodies are available to date. This book provides a checklist with updated information of the species of crustacean zooplankton in Chilean inland waters, while the results of an ecological study offer data for understanding the distribution and abundance of those faunal elements in the area.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Patricio R. De los Ríos-Escalante -- Introduction to the planktonic Crustacea reported from Chilean inland waters / Patricio R. De los Ríos-Escalante -- A checklist of the Branchiopoda (Anostraca and Cladocera) / Patricio R. De los Ríos-Escalante -- A checklist of the Copepoda: Calanoida / Patricio R. De los Ríos-Escalante -- A checklist of the Copepoda: Cyclopoida / Patricio R. De los Ríos-Escalante -- The ecology of the crustacean zooplankton in the saline lakes of northern Chile / Patricio R. De los Ríos-Escalante -- The ecology of the crustacean zooplankton in central Chilean small lakes and reservoirs / Patricio R. De los Ríos-Escalante -- The ecology of the crustacean zooplankton in glacial lakes of northern and central Patagonia / Patricio R. De los Ríos-Escalante -- The ecology of the crustacean zooplankton in central and southern Patagonian shallow ponds / Patricio R. De los Ríos-Escalante -- Acknowledgements / Patricio R. De los Ríos-Escalante -- References / Patricio R. De los Ríos-Escalante -- Taxonomic index / Patricio R. De los Ríos-Escalante.