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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Rotifers of the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, South Africa
Hydrobiologia, Volume 313-314, No. 1, Year 1995
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Description
The Kalahari Gemsbok National Park in the Northern Cape Province, South Africa, is bounded by two dry river beds in which 39 artificial water sources have been provided for the use of the wild animals. The water in these sources varies from fresh to highly saline and an opportunity is thus provided to determine, not only which rotifer species are able to colonise such sources, but what their salinity tolerances are. The rotifer fauna, studied in summer and winter, is dominated by mixed populations of Brachionus calyciflorus, B. plicatilis and Hexarthra jenkinae, with only a few other monogononts and bdelloids. The most striking feature of the rotifer fauna in these troughs is the very low species diversity encountered. © 1995 Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Authors & Co-Authors
Brain, Charles K.Bob
South Africa, Pretoria
Transvaal Museum
Fouriel, Iléma
South Africa, Pretoria
Transvaal Museum
Shiel, R. J.
Australia, Wodonga
The Murray-darling Freshwater Research Centre
Statistics
Citations: 10
Authors: 3
Affiliations: 2
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1007/BF00025964
ISSN:
00188158
e-ISSN:
15735117
Research Areas
Environmental
Study Locations
South Africa