Article: A key to the common seed shrimp (Crustacea: Ostracoda) of the playa lakes of the Llano Estacado region of northwestern Texas.(Report)

Playa lakes of the Southern High Plains represent one of the more unique inland aquatic habitats of North America and have received considerable attention due to both their unusual biological and physical characteristics (Reeves 1966; Rowell 1971; Home 1974; Osterkamp & Wood 1987; Proctor 1990; Smith 2003; Haukos & Smith 2004). Due to the temporary nature of these habitats, they are characterized by periods of intermittent drying and wetting, and undergo wide fluctuations in physical and chemical conditions (Reeves 1966; Sublette & Sublette 1967; MacKay et al. 1990).

Faunal diversity of several playas of eastern New Mexico and western Texas has been studied by ...

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