Large branchiopods (Branchiopoda: Anostraca, Notostraca and Spinicaudata) from the salt lakes of Algeria

Submitted: 7 December 2011
Accepted: 7 December 2011
Published: 1 August 2006
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We conducted a survey of large branchiopods (Crustacea, Branchiopoda) of the major salt lakes of Algeria, particularly those of the eastern Hauts Plateaux. The aim of the survey was to complement a previous survey that focused on the freshwater habitats of Numidia, northeast Algeria. The study revealed 8 species, with one taxon new to Algeria and North Africa (Chirocephalus salinus). Data on the status, phenology and habitats of collected and previously known species are presented for 19 taxa. The distribution of many species has been greatly extended and the co-occurrence of Artemia tunisiana and Branchinella spinosa has been recorded. The studied salt lakes, owing to a large production of fairy shrimps, support a great number of wintering and breeding waterbirds, but are subject to increasing human pressure.

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SAMRAOUI, Boudjéma, Khemissa CHAKRI, and Farrah SAMRAOUI. 2006. “Large Branchiopods (Branchiopoda: Anostraca, Notostraca and Spinicaudata) from the Salt Lakes of Algeria”. Journal of Limnology 65 (2):83-88. https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2006.83.

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