Page:The Habitat of the Eurypterida.djvu/77

From Wikisource
Jump to navigation Jump to search
This page has been proofread, but needs to be validated.
BUFFALO SOCIETY OF NATURAL SCIENCES
71

is very abundant in the western part of the Baltic, but is replaced eastward by Bosmina longirostris; another abundant euryhaline form is Podon intermedius. The replacing fresh water types are such as Cyclops quadricornis, Daphnella brachyura, Daphnia quadrangula and

Fig. 1. Sketch Map or Baltic Showing Permillage Variations in Salinity

Bosmina longirostris (Pouchet and de Guerne, 223, 919, 920). The mollusca show a similar change, the Littorina species, for instance, being replaced by Limnæa, while along the coast where the salinity is low both of these forms live together, and there also Neritina fluviatilis, a river form is found.