@article{fdi:010025395,
  title = {{H}istorical changes in the environment of lake {T}iticaca : evidence from ostracod ecology and evolution},
  author = {{M}ourguiart, {P}hilippe},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{L}ake {T}itcaca is a high-altitude, nearly closed, basin lake in the tropical belt of {S}outh {A}merica. {T}he lake is subjected to the influence of the intertropical convergence zone ({ITCZ}) during the summer months, and is characterized by a flora and fauna that, while not as diverse as that of many other ancient lakes, nevertheless has groups such as molluscs and ostracods which show a fascinating ecological and morphological variability (polymorphism). {F}or these and other groups, {L}ake {T}iticaca is an ideal natural laboratory for studies of evolution. {T}his chapter demonstrates how, by applying transfer functions to quantitative information on the response of extant ostracod communities to habitat heterogeneity and environmental variability, past environments of {L}ake {T}iticaca can be reconstructed. {R}esults show the recent history of {T}iticaca (since 8000 14{C} years bp) to have been characterized by major lake-level fluctuations which separated the basin into three palaeolakes at various intervals of geological time, and which have possibly influenced population dynamics in the lake for groups such as fishes, molluscs and ostracods. {T}he high-amplitude palaeoenvironental variations indicated by the transfer function also seem to have had important effects on the dynamics of ostracod populations. {S}pecial attention is given to the formation of habitats and evolution of the lake ecosystem during the past 10 000 years, with particular emphasis on the ostracod crustaceans within the subfamily {L}imnocytherinae, a key ostracod group in the central {A}ndes, and their highly variable carapace morphology. {I}t is possible to distinguish among several morphs (or subspecies ?) within this group but the overlap is significant and individuals are sometimes difficult to classify... ({D}'apr{\`e}s r{\'e}sum{\'e} d'auteur)},
  keywords = {{OSTRACODE} ; {FOSSILE} ; {PALEOENVIRONNEMENT} ; {PALEOLIMNOLOGIE} ; {DIVERSITE} {SPECIFIQUE} ; {SPECIATION} ; {REPARTITION} {GEOGRAPHIQUE} ; {MILIEU} {LACUSTRE} ; {HOLOCENE} ; {ETUDE} {COMPARATIVE} ; {ANDES} ; {BOLIVIE} ; {TITICACA} {LAC} ; {HUARON} {LAC} ; {JUNIN} {LAC}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{A}dvances in {E}cological {R}esearch},
  volume = {31},
  numero = {},
  pages = {497--520},
  year = {2000},
  DOI = {10.1016/{S}0065-2504(00)31027-3},
  ISBN = {0-12-013931-6},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010025395},
}