Hatching of Cladocera (Crustacea: Branchiopoda) resting eggs from permanently hydrated and temporarily dehydrated sediments of an Amazon lake
Camila de Araújo Couto,
Raize Castro-Mendes,
Renan Gomes do Nascimento
et al.
Abstract:Aim i) to characterize the composition of the Cladocera species hatched from the resting eggs of permanently hydrated and temporarily dehydrated sediments; ii) to test whether periodic dehydration reduces the hatching of the resting eggs. Methods Cladocera resting eggs were collected from the sediment of Tupé lake, Amazonas, Brazil. Sampling was performed in the dry season, when the sediment was found in two conditions: Permanently Hydrated Sediment (PHS) in the lake main channel and Temporarily Dehydrated Se… Show more
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