Morphological analysis of characteristics of shrimps from parthenogenetic and bisexual Artemia populations from a vast territory from the Urals to the Sayan Mountains was made. A normal distribution of the majority of parameters and a different degree of their interrelation and dependence on some environmental factors (salinity, ion composition, and ratio) were recorded. The analysis included seasonal, interannual, and sexual variability of Artemia . The greatest influence of salinity and separately of main ions (except for carbonates, hydrocarbonates, and calcium) on the abdomen and furca structure is shown. No correlation was found between water salinity and body length. The cluster analysis of a complex of morphological parameters showed grouping of populations by salinity of lakes instead of their geographical position and sexual structure of populations.
Morphometric analysis of 24 populations of Artemia brine shrimps from lakes of Western Siberia and the Urals was performed during the growing season of 2010. Differentiation among these populations was revealed, with the level of total water mineralization being the main differentiating factor. Fluctuating asym metry in the number of setae on the right and left branches of the furca was observed in the brine shrimps. Its level showed a tendency to decrease with an increase in total water mineralization in the lakes.
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