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A gradient of interstitial Niphargus rhenorhodanensis populations in two karst/floodplain transition zones of the French Jura

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The Bou-Rouch technique was used to sample two small alluvial plains in two different karst areas. One was mainly supplied by karst water (Verna), the other by both karst and surface water (Pissoir).

Physical and chemical characteristics varied with time (seasons) and location of sampling sites at both stations.

The distribution of Niphargus rhenorhodanensis populations was influenced by the geographical characteristics of the outlets. Only a small number of individuals was found near the outlet and none in the floodplain when the outlet was located at a base-level (Verna). Individuals were more numerous and their presence constant at all sites and dates when the outlet was located at the overflow level of the massif (Pissoir).

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  1. Laboratoire de Biologie Animale et Ecologie, Equipe d'Hydrobiologie et Ecologie Souterraines, Université Claude Bernard Lyon I, U.R.A. C.N.R.S. 1451, 43 Bd du 1 novembre 1918, F-69622, Villeurbanne cedex, France

    Jacques Mathieu & Fabrice Jeannerod

  2. Laboratoire d'Hydrobiologie et Ecologie Générale, Université Mohammed Ier, Faculté des Sciences, B.P. 524, Oujda, Morocco

    Khadija Essafi-Chergui

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Mathieu, J., Essafi-Chergui, K. & Jeannerod, F. A gradient of interstitial Niphargus rhenorhodanensis populations in two karst/floodplain transition zones of the French Jura. Hydrobiologia 286, 129–137 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00006244

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