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  • Microdistribution and high diversity of Copepoda (Crustacea) in a small cave in central Slovenia
    Brancelj, Anton
    The microdistribution and diversity dynamics of Copepoda (Crustacea) were studied in a 75 m long horizontal karstic cave in the central part of Sloveniafrom February to December 2000. The only water ... sources in the cave aredrips from percolating water. The cave has thin roof, varying from 2 to 10 m. The period studied was characterised by long dry periods, interspersed withseveral intensive rain-storms and periods of moderate rain. Water bodies were of three different types: small basins on the walls, basins on calcareoussinter on the floor and puddles in the clay. The volume of basins varied from about 0.1 1 to more then 50 1. In total, 1989 specimens of 12 taxawere collected from 19 puddles and basins on eight sampling dates. One cyclopoid and eleven harpacticoid taxa were collected, three of them being newto science. All taxa but one (PhylLognathopus vigueri) are stygobionts. Thecopepod community was dominated by Speocyclops infernus, representing aboutone half of all copepod specimens collected in the cave. Very few copulasor egg-carrying females were observed during sampling.
    Source: Hydrobiologia. - ISSN 0018-8158 (Letn. 477, 2002, str. 59-72)
    Type of material - article, component part
    Publish date - 2002
    Language - english
    COBISS.SI-ID - 15480537

source: Hydrobiologia. - ISSN 0018-8158 (Letn. 477, 2002, str. 59-72)
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