On the occurrence of males and production of ephippial eggs in populations of Daphniopsis studeri (Cladocera) in lakes of the Vestfold and Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Gibson, JAE, Dartnall, HJG, Swadling, KM
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer-Verlag 1998
• Subjects: Biological Sciences; Ecology; Freshwater Ecology; East Antarctica; Larsemann Hills; Vestfold; Antarc*; Antarctica; Polar Biology
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1007/s003000050227; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/11083

Populations of the cladoceran Daphniopsis studeri Ruhe in freshwater and brackish lakes of eastern Antarctica have been thought to consist solely of females that reproduce parthenogenetically by the production of ameiotic subitaneous eggs. This note reports the presence of male D. studeri and the pr...