Reproduction of Pisidium casertanum (Poli, 1791) in Arctic lake

• Published in: Royal Society Open Science
• Main Authors: Bespalaya, Yulia, Bolotov, Ivan, Aksenova, Olga, Kondakov, Alexander, Paltser, Inga, Gofarov, Mikhail
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: The Royal Society Publishing 2015
• Subjects: Biology (Whole Organism); Arctic; Arctic Lake
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4448796/; https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.140212

Freshwater invertebrates are able to develop specific ecological adaptations that enable them to successfully inhabit an extreme environment. We investigated the brooding bivalve of Pisidium casertanum in Talatinskoe Lake, Vaigach Island, Arctic Russia. Here, quantitative surveys were conducted, wit...