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Hydration time influences microcrustacean hatching in intermittent wetlands: in situ and ex situ approaches

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Organisms living in intermittent wetlands present adaptations to cope with the inundation-desiccation process. Microcrustaceans are commonly found in intermittent wetlands because they present reproductive strategies able to synchronize with the hydroperiod. To know the dynamic of the microcrustaceans, that inhabit these wetlands of the subtropical coastal plain, which predominate the Pampas biome in Brazil, we analyzed the influence of hydration time and temperature on the hatching of microcrustaceans, comparing in situ and ex situ approaches. We followed hatching 34 days after in situ flooding and tested three temperatures (10, 15, and 20°C) 30 days after laboratory flooding. In both approaches, we classified the hydration time as the beginning, middle, and end of the hydroperiod. We recorded a total of 41 taxa distributed in Cladocera (26 taxa), Ostracoda (8), Copepoda (3), Anostraca (1), and Conchostraca (1). We observed that in situ hydration time was the most important factor for hatching. Ex situ hydration time was also important, but the increase in temperature positively affected the hatching of organisms. We also found that in both approaches, the beginning of hydration time is the most important period for the hatching of microcrustaceans.

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Acknowledgements

To the reviewers for the contributions those were fundamental to our manuscript. To Dr. Koen Martens for the discerning revision of the final version of the manuscript. To the technicians of the Laboratory of Limnology of the Federal University of Rio Grande (FURG) CláudioTrindade, Leonardo Furlanetto, and Clara Silva. To Dr. Paulina Maia Barbosa and technician Rosa Maria Menendez of the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) for the support in the Cladocera, Conchostraca, and Anostraca identification. To the colleagues of the invertebrate group for the support in the readings and corrections of the manuscript. To Dr. Fabiana Barbosa and Dr. Paul Kinas of the Federal University of Rio Grande (FURG) for their support in statistical analysis. MGSB received a scholarship from the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior—Brazil (CAPES)—Financing code 001. LUH received financial support from the National Council for Research and Development (CNPq, Proc.#421632/2016-0 and Proc.#305203/2017-7).

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    Maiby Glorize da Silva Bandeira, Karoline Pereira Martins, Cleber Palma-Silva, Luiz Ubiratan Hepp & Edélti Faria Albertoni

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    Luiz Ubiratan Hepp

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da Silva Bandeira, M.G., Martins, K.P., Palma-Silva, C. et al. Hydration time influences microcrustacean hatching in intermittent wetlands: in situ and ex situ approaches. Hydrobiologia 847, 3227–3245 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-020-04315-w

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