The distribution and habitat preference of ostracods (Crustacea: Ostracoda) in a coastal sand‐dune lake, Loch of Strathbeg, north‐east Scotland

• Published in: Freshwater Biology
• Main Author: BENZIE, JOHN A. H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1989
• Subjects: Dune Lake; Chara aspera; Mite
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2427.1989.tb01104.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1365-2427.1989.tb01104.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1365-2427.1989.tb01104.x

SUMMARY. 1. Ostracods were a numerically abundant component of the benthos >0.1 mm in size (up to 20% of the total) in the Loch of Strathbeg. 2. Distinct assemblages of species were associated with some habitats: Cypridopsis vidua (Müller) and Herpetocypris reptans (Baird) with Eleocharis palustr...