ROTIFERA (MONOGONONTA) FROM LAKE KOTHIA, A HIGH-ALTITUDE LAKE IN THE BOLIVIAN ANDES

Authors
SEGERS H MENESES L DELCASTILLO M
Citation
H. Segers et al., ROTIFERA (MONOGONONTA) FROM LAKE KOTHIA, A HIGH-ALTITUDE LAKE IN THE BOLIVIAN ANDES, Archiv fur Hydrobiologie, 132(2), 1994, pp. 227-236
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Marine & Freshwater Biology",Limnology
Journal title
Archiv fur Hydrobiologie → ACNP
ISSN journal
00039136
Volume
132
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
227 - 236
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-9136(1994)132:2<227:R(FLKA>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
The rotifer fauna of Kothia Lake, a high-altitude lake near La Paz, Bo livia, and of an adjacent weedy pond is studied. Lecane boliviana n. s p. is described and Lepadella degreefi De Smet redescribed. Ten specie s are recorded from the neotropical region for the first time. Overall , the fauna consists mainly of cosmopolitan, cold-stenothermal species together with one apparently endemic, one that was previously conside red a Galapagos endemic, one antarctic and several arctic taxa.