Browsing by Author "Alonso Garcia-amilivia, Miguel Null"

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    Branquiópodos de las masas de agua lacustre del Parque Nacional Cajas (Andes Australes, Ecuador) inventario y notas autoecológicas
    (2017) Alonso Garcia-amilivia, Miguel Null; Mosquera, Pablo; Hampel, Henrietta; Vázquez Zambrano, Raúl Fernando
    Extensive sampling of 202 lentic water bodies (lakes, lagoons and ponds) located between 3150 and 4460 m a.s.l. in the Cajas National Park (South Ecuadorian Andes) has revealed the high interest of these mountain enclaves in tropical latitudes for the investigation of faunal and ecological aspects of the branchiopod fauna. The first results allowed to recognize 21 species, 15 of them new to Ecuador, of which 2 are in process of description to be published as new to science. All species are characteristic of little mineralized and oligotrophic waters, 8 of them appear in the plankton and the rest in the limnetic littoral benthos.
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    Crustáceos bentónicos y macrófitos como indicadores de calidad ecológica en los lagos de los Andes Australes de Ecuador
    (2017) Alonso Garcia-amilivia, Miguel Null; Mosquera, Pablo; Hampel, Henrietta; Vázquez Zambrano, Raúl Fernando
    The taxonomic composition of the litoral benthic limnetic crustacean communities, (branchiopods, copepods and ostracods) and macrophytes of the lacustrine water bodies of the Cajas National Park located in the Southern Andes of Ecuador have been studied in order to identify the most suitable taxa to be used as indicators of the ecological status of lakes. Among the crustaceans (22 taxa) three groups were differentiated. A first group with taxa of higher indicator value including Branchinecta papillata, Ilyocryptus spinosus, Alonella sp, Pleuroxus sp. Paralona pigra and Alona sp. gr. manueli. A second group with medium indicator value including Alona glabra, Alona guttata, Microcyclops sp. Eucyclops sp. and Paracyclops sp. The third group was formed by taxa of the lower indicator value, either because of its eurioic and / or cosmopolitan character or because of its rarity. Macrophytes have been evaluated as good indicators of the ecological and conservation status of the lakes. The taxa which were submerged, floating and rooted in the sediment were identified to be a good indicator for the water body, and helophytes and hygrophytes for the limnetic litoral zone.