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  • Coexistence of species of two amphipod genera : Niphargus timavi (Niphargidae) and Gammarus fossarum (Gammaridae)
    Fišer, Cene ...
    The co-occurrence of amphipods Niphargus timvavi and Gammarus fossarum was studied. A small brook in SW Slovenia was sampled monthly for one year. Below the primary spring the brook sinks, flows for ... about 150 m below the surface and springs again. Gammarus fossarum never reached the stretch above the sink. Both species were found at all sampling sites below the secondary spring throughout the year, but the abundance of the two varied along the stream spatially and temporarily. Differences in life cycles between G. fossarum and N. timavi were not informative; however, the estimated reproductive potential of G. fossarum was much higher than of N. timavi. A result of the higher reproductive potential may be the dominance of gammarids in permanent waters, while N. timavi may invade a surrounding fissure system where it survives gammarid competition and summer desiccations when the gammarid population becomes extinct.
    Source: Journal of natural history. - ISSN 0022-2933 (Letn. 41, št. 41/44, 2007, str. 2641-2651)
    Type of material - article, component part
    Publish date - 2007
    Language - english
    COBISS.SI-ID - 2238600

source: Journal of natural history. - ISSN 0022-2933 (Letn. 41, št. 41/44, 2007, str. 2641-2651)
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