List of issues > Series «Biology. Ecology». 2009. Vol. 1
Study of cyclomorphosis in two baikalian daphniid species
Author(s)
S. I. Pitulko, V. M. Korzun
Abstract
Distribution of two speсies of daphnia morphotypes in Lake Baikal area: Daphnia galeata and D. hyalina, and influence of invertebrate predator Leptodora kindti have been studied. It has been shown that the degree of cyclomorphic morphological variations is controlled by the conditions in different lake parts and a density of Leptodora. High predators density result in the increase of the spined and decrease of normal morphotype of daphnia.
Keywords
daphnia, cyclomorphosis, morphotype, head height, tail spine length
UDC
595.324.2