TY - JOUR T1 - First record of Branchinella spinosa (Milne-Edwards) (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: Anostraca) from Greece JF - International Journal of Salt Lake Research Y1 - 1999 A1 - Theodoros J. Abatzopoulos A1 - Brendonck, L. A1 - Sorgeloos, Patrick SP - 351 EP - 360 KW - first KW - inland KW - record KW - temporary KW - water KW - ενδοχώρα KW - καταγραφή KW - νερό KW - προσωρινό KW - πρώτη AB -

As the result of a first screening of temporary inland water habitats, Branchinella spinosa is here recorded for the first time in Greece. This finding extends the circum-Mediterranean part of its vast distribution. The species was collected from a shallow astatic coastal salt-marsh that is mainly fed by rainwater, where it coexists but rarely co-occurs with Artemia parthenogenetica. Branchinella spinosa is only the fourth anostracan species currently known from Greece. The poor knowledge of anostracan richness and abundance is mainly due to limited sampling efforts in this area. As temporary aquatic habitats are threatened by several anthropogenic activities, especially agriculture and land clearing for urbanisation and tourism, there is an urgent necessity for further monitoring and protection of these precious habitats.

VL - 8 UR - https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF02442120 N1 - Cited By (since 1996): 3Export Date: 6 September 2006Source: Scopus ER -