Predation on recent Marine and Fresh-Water Ostracod populations of The Central Region of The Republic Argentina

The presence of evidence of depredation in ostracods valves from marine and freshwater environments of the central region of the republic Argentina are studied in this paper. In samples from intertidal environment (Puerto Rosales) a total of 800 shells of ostracods were recovered of which only 0.50%...

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Autores: Kihn, Romina Gisela, Gomez, Eduardo Alberto
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/12568
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/12568
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Ostracodos
Puerto Rosales
Santa Rosa
Predation
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Sumario:The presence of evidence of depredation in ostracods valves from marine and freshwater environments of the central region of the republic Argentina are studied in this paper. In samples from intertidal environment (Puerto Rosales) a total of 800 shells of ostracods were recovered of which only 0.50% (4 valves) presented evidence of predation. In freshwater environments (Laguna Don Tomás) a total of 1447 valves were recovered of which only 1.10% (16 valves) presented evidence of predation. Two types of depredation fossil traces were determined: Oichnus simplex Bromley and Oichnus paraboloides Bromley. Oichnus simplex Bromley predominate over drilling Oichnus paraboloids Bromley attributed to predatory gastropods activity, both marine and continental environments. There was not relationship between the borehole diameter and the size of the predated valves. The ornamentation of the valves is not a character that conditions predation, since the species predated have different type of ornamentation from thin ribs to crosslinks with very prominent ribs.