Community structure of branchiopods (Anostraca, Notostraca and Conchostraca) in the Banat province in Yugoslavia

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

“…Similar recurring assemblages of different orders have been reported from USA, Mexico and Africa (Hamer and Appleton, 1991b;Thiéry, 1991;Maeda-Martínez et al, 1997). Triops granarius, in the current study was observed only in assemblages, an observation also noted for the congeneric species T. cancriformis (Petrov and Cvetković, 1997;Boven et al, 2008;Waterkeyn et al, 2009). Congeneric appearances of anostracans are widespread (Daborn, 1977;Donald, 1983;Timms and Sanders, 2002) with co-occurrences of Streptocephalus species seen commonly (Moore, 1966;Mertens and Dumont, 1989;Hamer and Appleton, 1991a), but his was not observed in this study.…”

“…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.…”

Distribution and conservation status of fairy shrimps (Crustacea: Anostraca) in the astatic soda pans of the Carpathian basin: the role of local and spatial factors

“…Petkovski (1993) described three localities of this species in Vojvodina: two in the vicinity of Melenci (registered in 1965 and1989) and the pan Okanj (registered in 1971). The former habitats were proved to exist also later on by Petrov and Cvetković (1997). Nonetheless, we found B. orientalis instead of C. carnuntanus in Okanj (S02).…”

“…ferox was recorded in Serbia only from pools in the vicinity of Melenci in 1965, 1989(Petkovski, 1991Petrov and Cvetković, 1997). Therefore, the Northern Bela Bara (S08) is its second registered occurrence in Vojvodina and in Serbia, and the first record for Serbian soda pans.…”

“…Temporal differences in life cycle can play an important role in avoiding interspecies competition in a shared habitat, which is a widely observed phenomenon among anostracans (Petrov and Cvetković, 1997;Abatzopoulos et al, 1999;Moscatello et al, 2002;Thiéry and Puente, 2002;Waterkeyn et al, 2009). According to Thiéry (1991), simultaneous differences in body length can also contribute to resource partitioning as such species presumably feed on particles with different size.…”