A revision of Artemia biodiversity in Macaronesia
Abstract In a biogeographical context, the term Macaronesia broadly embraces the North Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores, Madeira, Selvagens, the Canary Islands, and Cape Verde. The peculiar arid climatic conditions in some of these places have led to the development of marine salt exploitations,...
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crspringernat:10.1186/2046-9063-8-25 2023-05-15T17:32:55+02:00 A revision of Artemia biodiversity in Macaronesia Hontoria, Francisco Redón, Stela Maccari, Marta Varó, Inmaculada Navarro, Juan Carlos Ballell, Lluis Amat, Francisco 2012 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2046-9063-8-25 https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1186/2046-9063-8-25.pdf en eng Springer Science and Business Media LLC Aquatic Biosystems volume 8, issue 1 ISSN 2046-9063 Water Science and Technology Aquatic Science Ecology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics journal-article 2012 crspringernat https://doi.org/10.1186/2046-9063-8-25 2022-01-04T08:28:53Z Abstract In a biogeographical context, the term Macaronesia broadly embraces the North Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores, Madeira, Selvagens, the Canary Islands, and Cape Verde. The peculiar arid climatic conditions in some of these places have led to the development of marine salt exploitations, which can be counted among the hypersaline habitats of the brine shrimp Artemia (Branchiopoda, Anostraca). Parthenogenetic populations of this anostracan were described in the Canary Islands during the last decades of the 20th century, while the American Artemia franciscana species was recently found in the Cape Verde archipelago. Following an invasive pattern, this exotic species has recently reached the Canary Islands, too. This paper reports information dealing with biotope loss (solar saltworks) in this biogeographical region, together with possible consequences concerning the arrival of invasive species, two factors that frequently promote dramatic biodiversity losses. The discussion of this threat focuses mainly on the Canary Islands archipelago where native species of Artemia still exist. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Springer Nature (via Crossref) Aquatic Biosystems 8 1 |
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Abstract In a biogeographical context, the term Macaronesia broadly embraces the North Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores, Madeira, Selvagens, the Canary Islands, and Cape Verde. The peculiar arid climatic conditions in some of these places have led to the development of marine salt exploitations, which can be counted among the hypersaline habitats of the brine shrimp Artemia (Branchiopoda, Anostraca). Parthenogenetic populations of this anostracan were described in the Canary Islands during the last decades of the 20th century, while the American Artemia franciscana species was recently found in the Cape Verde archipelago. Following an invasive pattern, this exotic species has recently reached the Canary Islands, too. This paper reports information dealing with biotope loss (solar saltworks) in this biogeographical region, together with possible consequences concerning the arrival of invasive species, two factors that frequently promote dramatic biodiversity losses. The discussion of this threat focuses mainly on the Canary Islands archipelago where native species of Artemia still exist. |
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Hontoria, Francisco Redón, Stela Maccari, Marta Varó, Inmaculada Navarro, Juan Carlos Ballell, Lluis Amat, Francisco |
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Hontoria, Francisco Redón, Stela Maccari, Marta Varó, Inmaculada Navarro, Juan Carlos Ballell, Lluis Amat, Francisco |
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A revision of Artemia biodiversity in Macaronesia |
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A revision of Artemia biodiversity in Macaronesia |
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A revision of Artemia biodiversity in Macaronesia |
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A revision of Artemia biodiversity in Macaronesia |
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A revision of Artemia biodiversity in Macaronesia |
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