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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Main Authors: Carmen PÉREZ-MARTÍNEZ, Francisco Javier VALDÉS, Susana ROMO, José M. CONDE-PORCUNA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2011-02-01
Series:Journal of Limnology
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Online Access:http://www.jlimnol.it/index.php/jlimnol/article/view/64