Two-stage life cycle of a Cordylophora population in the Netherlands

✍ Scribed by P. J. Roos

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1979
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 427 KB
• Volume: 62
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1573-5141
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00043540

✦ Synopsis

A population of Cordylophora caspia was studied during a number of years in interconnected waters of different salinity and pollution . The distribution pattern of the colonies is only partly accounted for by these properties of the water . Part of it is also due to the availability of suitable substratum .

Evidence is given that colonies of Cordylophora grow and survive on stones along the banks, but flourish during the summer on free-floating water-lily stalks .