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Updating Geographic Distribution of Artemia urmiana Günther, 1890 (Branchiopoda: Anostraca) in Europe: An Integrated and Interdisciplinary Approach
Author(s) -
Abatzopoulos Theodore J.,
Amat Francisco,
Baxevanis Athanasios D.,
Belmonte Genuario,
Hontoria Francisco,
Maniatsi Stefania,
Moscatello Salvatore,
Mura Graziella,
Shadrin Nickolaj V.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
international review of hydrobiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.524
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1522-2632
pISSN - 1434-2944
DOI - 10.1002/iroh.200911147
Subject(s) - anostraca , biological dispersal , branchiopoda , geography , distribution (mathematics) , biogeography , endemism , ecology , population , peninsula , salt lake , biology , zoology , crustacean , cladocera , paleontology , demography , mathematical analysis , mathematics , sociology , structural basin
Artemia urmiana (a species previously considered endemic of Lake Urmia, NW Iran) has been found in Lake Koyashskoe, a hypersaline lake on the Black Sea coast of the Crimean peninsula (Ukraine). Therefore, this is the first record of A. urmiana in Europe which updates its distribution. The species identification was based on an integrated and interdisciplinary approach using discriminant analysis of the morphometric characters, scanning electron microscopy, and molecular profile analysis. The data derived from the above mentioned approaches converge to significant similarity of the population under investigation with A. urmiana . The updated geographic distribution of the species, deriving from the present report, asks for additional contribution of other disciplines ( e.g ., avian dispersal of cysts, history of salt trade) to be finally clarified. At present we suggest that the punctuated geographic distribution of A. urmiana is probably linked to its low dispersal capability, and we suppose that its presence in two distant sites could be explained by historical human salt trade between Lake Urmia and the ancient port of Kimmerik, whose remains have been found in the present Lake Koyashskoe. (© 2009 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)