«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

Seasonal dynamics of the quantitative morphometric characters of Epischura baicalensis Sars in natural population of Southern Baikal

Author(s)
O. O. Rusanovskaya, E. L. Ermakov
Abstract

Seasonal dynamics of cephalothorax length (CL), caudal setae length (CSL) and II exopodites of 5th swimming legs length (LL) on females and males of 5th-4th copepodid stages of Epischura baicalensis in Southern Baikal natural population ones was investigated. On the adult females CL and LL was assessed, on the adult males – CL and CSL. It was shown, that max values of CL in summer, min – in begin (spring) or in end (winter) year was
observed. In spring and summer in population dominate crustacean with high CSL, in autumn and winter – low or medium ones. High values of LL characterized in spring-summer and low in autumn-winter. Different problems of Epischura biology for solution which received data might be value was discussed.

Keywords
epischura, morphometric characters, cephalothorax, caudal setae, exopodite, copepodites, natural population
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