Ref ID : 1038
Birger Pejler and Bruno Berzins; On the ecology of Colurellidae (rotifera). Hydrobiologia 263:61-64, 1993
Reprint
In File
Notes
A material consisting of 45 colurellid rotifers from diverse waters in south and central Sweden was analyzed to reveal their relationships to their substrate. Periphytic substrates were generally preferred. Most species are obviously mobile and more or less euryecious, but a few show a predilection for bog environments. Some colurellids are euryhaline, but when inhabiting fresh water they prefer rivers and other environments with a high oxygen concentration, probably because of problems with osmoregulation.