Ecological characterization and cladocerans, calanoid copepods and large branchiopods of temporary ponds in a Mediterranean island (Sicily, southern Italy)

Marrone, Federico; Barone, Rossella; Naselli-Flores, Luigi

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“…Up to eight copepod species were found, seven of which being small to large-sized cyclopoids, and only one of calanoids, namely, the ubiquitous C. numidicus. The latter was one of the nine calanoid taxa reported from temporary ponds of Sicily (Marrone et al 2006a).…”

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“…The Mediterranean Region represents an important biodiversity spot, in which freshwater environments host endemic as well as cosmopolitan taxa (Marrone et al 2006a). Located in the central part of the Mediterranean Basin, Sardinia is of great significance for the biodiversity of aquatic species, in both temporary ponds and perennial water bodies.…”

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First record of planktonic crustaceans in Sardinian reservoirs

Fadda

Marková²,

Kotlı́k³

et al. 2011

Biologia

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Sardinian man-made lakes are reservoirs of species richness, hosting zooplankton taxa from the Mediterranean region and North Africa. To provide a first record of the taxa composition and diversity of zooplankton communities, we sampled 15 reservoirs during [2008][2009], from the north of the island to the south, representative of a range of size, depth, renewal time, and trophy. The survey was complemented by seasonal sampling in one of the largest lakes studied. Water samples collected from surface to bottom provided data on hydrochemistry and trophy. Crustacean dormant stages were inspected from sediments of the richest, and most diverse, Lake Sos Canales. RDA suggested that productivity, water depth, renewal time and altitude were the main variables related to taxa composition. The ubiquitous Copidodiaptomus numidicus, and its persistence in the water column, resulted from the production of subitaneous eggs throughout the year, an adaptive strategy in perennial water bodies. Genetic analyses of DNA sequences of the diagnostic gene ND5 placed the Sardinian Daphnia pulex in the North American group. Moreover, the ND5 sequence found in Sardinia was identical with that of an asexual hybrid clone between the American D. pulex and American D. pulicaria that replaced native D. pulex throughout Africa. The presence of this ND5 haplotype in Sardinia shows that this invasive clone also poses an invasive threat to native populations in Europe.

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Section: Diversity and Seasonalitymentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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First record of planktonic crustaceans in Sardinian reservoirs

Fadda

Marková²,

Kotlı́k³

et al. 2011

Biologia

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“…Many factors are known to influence branchiopod assemblages including habitat type, size of the water body, hydroperiod, pH, salinity and temperature and biotic conditions such as vegetation presence, competition and predation (Thiéry, 1991;MaedaMartínez et al, 1997 and references therein;Boven et al, 2008). Various aspects of such assemblages have been investigated from the temperate regions of the old world and the new (Hamer and Appleton, 1991a;Thiéry, 1991;Maeda-Martínez et al, 1997;Petrov and Cvetković, 1997;Eder et al, 1997;Hamer and Martens, 1998;Thiéry and Puente, 2002;Marrone et al, 2006;Boven et al, 2008;Waterkeyn et al, 2009). However, limited information is available from the Oriental biogeographical region, including India.…”

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Distribution and assemblages of large branchiopods (Crustacea: Branchiopoda) of northern Western Ghats, India

Padhye

Dahanukar²

2015

J Limnol

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“…The phytoplankton of temporary waters is very specific, dominated by species adopted to variable and often extreme environmental conditions (MArrone et al 2006, naselli-flores & Barone 2012. Local instability may promote the exceptionally high species richness frequently observed in ephemeral habitats.…”

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Phytoplankton succession in an artificial, periodically drained small water body

Celewicz-Gołdyn

Dotka

2014

Steciana

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ABstrAct. This study was undertaken to monitor the course of a secondary succession of phytoplankton in temporary water bodies, based on a man-made periodically drained pond. Results of phycological analyses showed, that small Chlorophyceae from the order Chlorococcales predominated qualitatively throughout the study period. Chlorophyceae, e.g. stress-resistant Haematococcus pluvialis, developed best as the first algae (after the pond was re-filled). In the next stages of diatom succession (Ulnaria ulna) predominated quantitatively, followed by the longest period of Cyanobacteria (Aphanothece elabens) predominance, replaced again by Chlorophyceae (Tetraëdron minimum and Oocystis lacustris). Total abundance of algae, similarly as that of Cyanobacteria, were positively correlated with temperature and pH of water.

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Ecological characterization and cladocerans, calanoid copepods and large branchiopods of temporary ponds in a Mediterranean island (Sicily, southern Italy)

Cited by 48 publications

References 7 publications

First record of planktonic crustaceans in Sardinian reservoirs

First record of planktonic crustaceans in Sardinian reservoirs

Distribution and assemblages of large branchiopods (Crustacea: Branchiopoda) of northern Western Ghats, India

Phytoplankton succession in an artificial, periodically drained small water body

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