On the evolution of Lake Baikal amphipods

Authors
Kamaltynov, RM
Citation
Rm. Kamaltynov, On the evolution of Lake Baikal amphipods, CRUSTACEANA, 72, 1999, pp. 921-931
Citations number
30
Categorie Soggetti
Aquatic Sciences
Journal title
CRUSTACEANA
ISSN journal
0011216X → ACNP
Volume
72
Year of publication
1999
Part
8
Pages
921 - 931
Database
ISI
SICI code
0011-216X(199911)72:<921:OTEOLB>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
It is suggested that the ancestors of the Baikalian amphipods originated in Central Asian brackish-water basins in the Late Mesozoic, while the geolog ical history of the Baikalian rift valley and subsequent Cenozoic glaciatio ns influenced the evolution of the group.