«IZVESTIYA IRKUTSKOGO GOSUDARSTVENNOGO UNIVERSITETA». SERIYA «BIOLOGIYA. ECOLOGIYA»
«THE BULLETIN OF IRKUTSK STATE UNIVERSITY». SERIES «BIOLOGY. ECOLOGY»
ISSN 2073-3372 (Print)

List of issues > Series «Biology. Ecology». 2010. Vol. 1

Morphological variability in Daphnia galeata populations (Cladocera: Anomopoda) from the lakes of the Todza Depression (the Bol’shoi Yenisei River basin)

Author(s)
E. I. Zuykova, N. A. Bochkarev
Abstract

Comparative study on the morphology of Daphnia galeata Sars populations from the lakes of the Todzha depression have carried out. It is revealed, that practically all samples from the different populations were differed among themselves in body length. We did not find any differences in the number of anal teeth and fertility between most of the populations. D. galeata showed high morphological variability in helmet length and some traits of head. We assume that variability of D. galeata is population-level variation and determines by ecological conditions of the lakes.

Keywords
Daphnia galeata, lacustrine populations, morphological variability
UDC
575.2.591.4.591.524.12

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