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Titre :	Life history strategy of Chirocephalus ruffoi (Crustacea, Anostraca) in Mediterranean temporary mountain pools
Auteurs :	G. Mura, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	Hydrobiologia (462 OCT 15 2001)
Article en page(s) :	145-156
Résumé :	Some temporary pools in the Pollino National Park (1780-1900 m a.s.l) are inhabited by Chirocephalus ruffoi Cottarelli & Mura, 1984, an endemic Italian anostracan. These pools predictably fill by snowmelting in spring, but the timing and the duration of their flooding is unpredictable. Depending on climate, in some years, they also erratically fill by unpredictable rainfall in autumn. Field monitoring and continuous temperature data recordings were performed, in order to define habitat characteristics and related adaptive strategies of the resident population. The life cycle of C ruffoi begins in late spring after snow melt and is strongly affected by temperature regime and pool duration. Significant differences (F = 4.62, P

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