Deivid Arimatea Saldanha de Melo

Dormant cysts are resistant to acute malathion toxicity, but hatching phenology is altered in Dendrocephalus brasiliensis (Crustacea: Anostraca)

Dendrocephalus brasiliensis Pesta, 1921 is an anostracan characteristic of temporary aquatic environments whose persistence depends on the viability of dormant cysts accumulated in the sediment. This study tested the hypothesis that nauplii are more sensitive to malathion than cysts and that exposure to the latter...