Articulo
Distribution and characterization of chilean populations of the brine shrimp artemia (crustacea, branchiopoda, anostraca)
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SALT LAKE RESEARCH;
INT J SALT LAKE RES
Registro en:
D91S1035
D91S1035
NO ENCONTRADO
1037-0544
Autor
Zúñiga-Romero, Oscar
Wilson-Pinto, Rodolfo
Amat, Francisco
Hontoria, Francisco
Institución
Resumen
Hypersaline habitats in Chile, from marine solar salt pans to saline lagoons and pools in Andean salars, were prospected in search of Artemia populations. These saline ecosystems were characterized through physico-chemical parameters and ionic composition of their brines. Biometrics of cysts and nauplii, as well as morphometrics by using multivariate discriminant analysis for adult specimens evidenced that the Chilean populations of brine shrimp belong to A. franciscana. Cross-breeding results supported the former hypothesis of conspecific Chilean populations, and their differences with A. persimilis, also endemic to the New World, but restricted to Argentinean sites. FONDEF 1 FONDEF 8