Energy loss in an aestivating population of the tropical snail pila globosa

✍ Scribed by M.A. Haniffa

• Book ID: 104614955
• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1978
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 719 KB
• Volume: 61
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1573-5141
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00018748

✦ Synopsis

depending on the onset of monsoon, amount and distribution of precipitation, as well as on the morphometric The dried peripheral area of pond Idumban (62 ha) increased features of the pond . To tide over the dry period, several from 3 .2 ha in January to 31 .9 ha in April . Pila globosa, which freshwater animals complete their life span within a very were abundant in the littoral area, did not commence aestivation during this period, perhaps due to low temperature and/or high short period (e .g . Streptocephalus dichotomus: 15 weeks,