caa a22 4500 47709676X CHVBK 20180405111529.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19960901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF01997141 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF01997141 The macrobenthic fauna of a former perennial and now episodically filled mexican saline lake [Elektronische Daten] [Javier Alcocer, Alfonso Lugo, Elva Escobar, Malinali Sánchez] Totolcingo (El Carmen), a large and now episodically filled playa lake in the east-ernmost portion of the Mexican Plateau, filled with water in 1993. Water persisted for just one month (May). Alkaline (pH ≈ 10), saline (K25 up to 30,000μS/cm) waters, dominated by NaHCO3 and Na2CO3, characterized the lake. The fauna was depauperate. The components of the fauna wereEphydra (Hydropyrus)hians Say (ephydrid),Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri Claparède (tubificid), andBerosus sp. (Coleoptera). The species in the lake were widely dispersed and typical inhabitants of saline lakes. Possible reasons for the depauperate fauna include (a) overall physical and chemical conditions, (b) unpredictable hydrology, and (c) the short (one month) inundation period prevented colonization. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1997 episodic playa lakes nationallicence macroinvertebrates nationallicence Mexico nationallicence salt lakes nationallicence temporary waters nationallicence Alcocer Javier Aquatic Ecology Laboratory, Environmental Conservation & Improvement Project, UIICSE, UNAM Campus Iztacala. Av. de los Barrios s/n, Los Reyes Iztacala, Tlalnepantla, 54090, Edo. de México, México aut Lugo Alfonso Aquatic Ecology Laboratory, Environmental Conservation & Improvement Project, UIICSE, UNAM Campus Iztacala. Av. de los Barrios s/n, Los Reyes Iztacala, Tlalnepantla, 54090, Edo. de México, México aut Escobar Elva Benthic Ecology Laboratory, Institute of Marine Sciences and Limnology, UNAM, Apdo. Postal 70-405, 04510, Ciudad Universitaria, México, D.F. aut Sánchez Malinali Aquatic Ecology Laboratory, Environmental Conservation & Improvement Project, UIICSE, UNAM Campus Iztacala. Av. de los Barrios s/n, Los Reyes Iztacala, Tlalnepantla, 54090, Edo. de México, México aut International Journal of Salt Lake Research Kluwer Academic Publishers 5/3(1996-09-01), 261-274 1037-0544 5:3<261 1996 5 10770 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01997141 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01997141 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Alcocer Javier Aquatic Ecology Laboratory, Environmental Conservation & Improvement Project, UIICSE, UNAM Campus Iztacala. Av. de los Barrios s/n, Los Reyes Iztacala, Tlalnepantla, 54090, Edo. de México, México aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lugo Alfonso Aquatic Ecology Laboratory, Environmental Conservation & Improvement Project, UIICSE, UNAM Campus Iztacala. Av. de los Barrios s/n, Los Reyes Iztacala, Tlalnepantla, 54090, Edo. de México, México aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Escobar Elva Benthic Ecology Laboratory, Institute of Marine Sciences and Limnology, UNAM, Apdo. Postal 70-405, 04510, Ciudad Universitaria, México, D.F aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sánchez Malinali Aquatic Ecology Laboratory, Environmental Conservation & Improvement Project, UIICSE, UNAM Campus Iztacala. Av. de los Barrios s/n, Los Reyes Iztacala, Tlalnepantla, 54090, Edo. de México, México aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- International Journal of Salt Lake Research Kluwer Academic Publishers 5/3(1996-09-01), 261-274 1037-0544 5:3<261 1996 5 10770 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer