Spatial Niche Differentiation of Sympatric Branchiopoda in a Highly Unpredictable Ephemeral Pool

Temperature effects on life history traits of two sympatric branchiopods from an ephemeral wetland

“…Siangtian Pond is a seasonally temporary wetland and inundates after heavy rains mainly during typhoons. The pond can be sometimes 80 m in diameter with a depth of up to 5 m. The water level can fall for about 30 cm per day, keeping the ponds inundated for commonly only 2–3 weeks [ 8 , 9 ].…”

“…At Siangtian Pond of Yangmingshan National Park, Taipei, Taiwan [ 8 ], the fairy shrimp Branchinella kugenumaensis (Ishikawa 1895) and the clam shrimp Eulimnadia braueriana Ishikawa, 1895 coexisted for a long time. Siangtian Pond, a temporary wetland that is dry for most of the year and becomes water-filled following heavy rainfalls during typhoons [ 9 ].…”

“…It inundates commonly from June to November with average water temperatures ranging from 21°C to 26°C (see Table A in S1 File for inundation records during the years of 2006–2012). Both species showed spatial niche differentiation in the sympatric pond [ 8 ]. The fairy shrimp B .…”

Observations on Phallocryptus Spinosa (Branchiopoda, Anostraca) Populations from the high Plateaus of Northeastern Algeria

“…This co-existence, and also with other Anostracan, had been documented by several authors, in Greece (Mura & Hadjistephanou, 1987), Italy (Mura, 1993, Moscatello et al, 2002, France (Defaye et al, 1998;Thiery & Puente, 2002), Iran (Mura & Takami, 2000), Botswana (Hulsmans et al, 2006) and Tunisia (Ben Naceur et al, 2009). It is considered as a complex phenomenon (Maeda-Martinez et al, 1997) complicating the adaptive strategies of these Anostraca life histories and leading to differences in the temporal or spatial distribution (Mura, 1993, Wang et al, 2012. The developing season for P. spinosa varies from a site to another.…”

A Atividade De Captura De Caranguejos E Siris Nos Manguezais De Macau-Rn

“…It was possible to see that there was a difference in species permanence in the hydroperiod, since B. iheringi was predominant at the beginning and only afterward E. pampa predominated. Many authors describe the importance of this variation in the permanence of the species for equilibrium in the reestablishment of communities of intermittent environments (BRENDONCK, 1996;WANG et al, 2012;PINCEEL et al, 2017;STENERT et al, 2017). This variation can be affected by competition for food or space for reproduction.…”