La vida en los charcos de agua dulce de Nueva Esparta (Venezuela)

Abstract

[EN] In the coastal region and neighboring islans of NE Venezuela, the climate is extremely dry during an important part of the year, and temporary pools are of common occurrence afther the rains. Everywhere in the world, life is such kind of temporary pools is highly interesting, speceially in the regions whre aquatic life is mostly restricted to this sort of transient environments. Collections were made in a number of pools in the islands Margarita (September 1960) and Cubagua (January 1961). [...]

[ES] Los charcos y lagunas que se desecan periodicamente, permaneciendo sin agua durante la estación seca constituyen biótopos sumamente ionteresantes por multiples razones. Su estudio presenta particular incentivo cuanto constituyen el tipo único o predominante de medios adecuados al desarrollo de la vida acuática presentes en una región. [...]