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AuthorKardousha, Mahmoud M.
Available date2020-08-27T10:08:53Z
Publication Date2017
Publication NameArab World Geographer
ResourceScopus
ISSN14806800
URIhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85042747402&partnerID=40&md5=5be2ce0e5c4c3cf059551cabc463d64f
URIhttp://hdl.handle.net/10576/15787
AbstractDuring an intensive survey of fresh water macroinvertebrates from vernal and permanent inland waters of Qatar, at the wet seasons of 2016 and 2017, seven species of crustaceans (one cladoceran, one notostaracan, two anostracans, two diplostracans, and one mysid) are reported. The findings of Cladocera is the water flea Daphnia magna; the Notostraca are represented by the tadpole shrimp Triops longicaudatus; the Anostraca included 2 fairy shrimps Branchipus schaefferi and Streptocephalus simplex; the Diplostraca are represented by the clam shrimps Leptestheria sp and Eocyzicus sp and the mysid shrimp Taphromysis sp. Except for the tadpole shrimp, all the remaining species are here recorded for the first time in Qatar. The diversity of fresh water Crustacea especially large branchiopods, reflects that they play an important ecological role in the inland water ecosystem of the state. Their distribution and economic importance are also discussed.
SponsorThis work was supported by Department Biological and Environmental sciences, Qatar U niversity. The author is grateful to the Department for kind help and support provided. Thanks, are also extended to the senior student Fatemah Fahrie for her kind help in sample collection. Deep thanks to Dr. Ghazi Falah from the U niversity of Akron, U SA for his perusal revision of the article and to Dr. Esmat Zaidan from Qatar U niversity for her un-denied efforts and continuous encourage during the preparation of the article.
Languageen
PublisherUniversity of Akron
SubjectArabian Peninsula
Branchiopoda
Fresh water Crustacea
Mysida
Qatari inland water ecosystem
TitleNew records of freshwater crustaceans from vernal pools of Qatar including large branchiopods and a Mysid Shrimp, a natural resource of economic importance for the aquaculture industry
TypeArticle Review
Pagination237-251
Issue Number3-Feb
Volume Number20
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