Estimating the size of ovigerous females of Moina minuta (Cladocera - Crustacea) in Amapá Lake, Rio Branco, state of Acre, Brazil
Moina minuta, a tropical species of Cladocera, was selected for the study of medium size at maturity and female egg production, due to its abundance and frequency in samples during low-water season in 1997 and high-water season in 1998, in Amapá Lake, Western Amazônia. The primiparous female had a s...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2008 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM) |
| Repositorio: | Acta Scientiarum Biological Sciences |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:periodicos.uem.br/ojs:article/2278 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://www.periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciBiolSci/article/view/2278 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Moina minuta fêmeas ovígeras Amazônia 2.00.00.00-6 Ciências Biológicas |
| Sumario: | Moina minuta, a tropical species of Cladocera, was selected for the study of medium size at maturity and female egg production, due to its abundance and frequency in samples during low-water season in 1997 and high-water season in 1998, in Amapá Lake, Western Amazônia. The primiparous female had a size of 330 µm and 340 µm in low and high water, respectively. Moina individuals reached maximum size during high water (595µm). The medium size of the ovigerous females, in low water was 501 µm, producing an average of 4.41 eggs/female, while in high water, it was 533µm, with an average egg production of 4.84 eggs/female. The results, analyzed by the t test and Fischer’s F test, showed that there were no statistical differences in size among individuals (t= -10.69, F=1.20 and P>0.1227), nor among ovigerous females (t= -4.45, F=1.02 and P>0.8906), considering the two seasons. |
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