Dejoux Claude auteur aut IRD text journalArticle eng text/pdf reformatted digital access The benthic invertebrates fauna of most of the saline lakes of the Sud Lipez region (Bolivia, Altiplano) has been until now quite unstudied. Samples collected during an extensive survey of 12 lakes and two small inflow rivers allow a first list of the main macroinvertebrates living in the biotopes. The heterogeneous nature of these saline lakes with their freshwater springs and phreatic inflows offers a variety of habitats to macroinvertebrates. The benthic fauna in lakes with salinity > 10 g l-1 is not so low in density but includes few species and is dominated by Orthocladinae and Podonominae larvae. In contrast, the freshwater springs and inflows are colonized by a diverse fauna with a mixture of both freshwater and saline taxa, but dominated by Elmidae and Amphipoda. The lakes are quite isolated and, apart from some cosmopolitan organisms, their fauna can be quite distinctive. (Résumé d'auteur) specialized LAC SALE FAUNE BENTHIQUE INVERTEBRE AQUATIQUE MACROFAUNE ABONDANCE BIOTOPE ANALYSE QUALITATIVE FACTEUR ABIOTIQUE RELATION ESPECE ENVIRONNEMENT BOLIVIE 036MILSAU01 267 257-267 1993 0168-6259 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:40941 10.1007/BF00018807 0168-6259 [F B40941] https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:40941 https://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/pleins_textes_6/b_fdi_35-36/40941.pdf IRD - Base Horizon / Pleins textes 1995-01-02 2015-07-02 fdi:40941 fre