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dc.creatorRíos-Escalante,Patricio De los
dc.creatorMeruane,Jaime
dc.creatorMorales,María Cristina
dc.creatorRudolph,Erich
dc.creatorFuentealba,Carmen
dc.creatorBoxshall,Geoff
dc.date2013-11-01
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-03T13:27:30Z
dc.date.available2019-05-03T13:27:30Z
dc.identifierhttps://scielo.conicyt.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-560X2013000500005
dc.identifier.urihttp://revistaschilenas.uchile.cl/handle/2250/87930
dc.descriptionThe Chilean inland water crustaceans are characterized by a combination of endemic and cosmopolitan species: some occur throughout the territory of continental Chile, while others are restricted to specific latitudinal regions. This study examined the zoogeographical patterns exhibited by Chilean inland water crustaceans. We considered six regions: Northern Chile (18°-27°S), North-Central Chile (27°-30°S), Central Chile (30°-38°S), Northern Patagonia (38°-41°S), Central Patagonia (41°-51°S), and Southern Patagonia (51°-55°S), and these were identified based on literature records of inland water crustaceans. The classification analysis generated dendrograms for the following groups considered in this categories: all inland water crustaceans (Branchiopoda, Copepoda and Malacostraca), the zooplanktonic crustaceans (Branchiopoda and Copepoda), the Malacostraca alone, and each group separately. Analysis of total data and of the zooplankton group taxa alone revealed the existence of a main grouping consisting of the three Patagonian zones plus Central Chile, that is distinct from that of Northern Chile and North-Central Chile. Similarly, analysis of the malacostracan data revealed the existence of two main groups, one comprising the three Patagonian zones plus Central Chile, contrasted with a second group of Northern and North-Central Chile combined. Our results are in agreement with other panbiogeographical studies of South American crustaceans and insects. Possible factors responsible for generating this pattern are the dispersal and colonization potential of zooplanktonic crustaceans and the marked endemism of the malacostracans.
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dc.publisherPontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. Facultad de Recursos Naturales. Escuela de Ciencias del Mar
dc.relation103856/vol41-issue5-fulltext-5
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.sourceLatin american journal of aquatic research v.41 n.5 2013
dc.subjectBranchiopoda
dc.subjectCopepoda
dc.subjectAmphipoda
dc.subjectDecapoda
dc.subjectendemism
dc.subjectdispersal
dc.subjectChilean inland waters
dc.titleZoogeography of Chilean inland water crustaceans


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