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Document Type
Research
Abstract
The aquatic metazoan fauna and physicochemical features of the Silver Lake Fen, Dickinson County, Iowa, were investigated. The pools displayed high values of alkalinity, calcium and total hardness, sulfate and dissolved solids; neutral to alkaline conditions; and extreme diurnal variability in dissolved gasses, pH and temperature. Fifty metazoan species have been collected from this unique and rigorous habitat, with nine species being most abundant and widespread. Possible causal factors dealing with population dispersion are discussed.
Publication Date
1964
Journal Title
Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science
Volume
71
Issue
1
First Page
486
Last Page
495
Copyright
©1964 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Eickstaedt, Lawrence
(1964)
"An Ecological Analysis of Silver Lake Fen I. The Aquatic Metazoan Fauna,"
Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 71(1), 486-495.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol71/iss1/74