Phylogeography of the Chydorus sphaericus Group (Cladocera: Chydoridae) in the Northern Palearctic

• Published in: PLOS ONE
• Main Authors: Kotov, Alexey A., Karabanov, Dmitry P., Bekker, Eugeniya I., Neretina, Tatiana V., Taylor, Derek J.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science 2016
• Subjects: Research Article; Yenisey; yenisey river
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5167426/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27992559; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0168711

The biodiversity and the biogeography are still poorly understood for freshwater invertebrates. The crustacean Chydorus sphaericus-brevilabris complex (Cladocera: Chydoridae) is composed of species that are important components of Holarctic freshwater food webs. Recent morphological and genetic stud...