Journal: BMC Ecology and Evolution
Article Title: Population structure and microscale morphological differentiation in a freshwater snail from the Chilean Altiplano
doi: 10.1186/s12862-023-02196-w
Figure Lengend Snippet: Sampling localities of Heleobia ascotanensis used in the present study. A Map showing the Ascotán Saltpan and the 13 springs analyzed. B Detail of springs 2 to 6. C and D correspond to photographs of springs 2 and 9, respectively. Each photograph shows representative individuals of each population (the black circle represents 5 mm). All photographs by Moisés A. Valladares. The map was made using QGIS Geographic Information System v3.4.9 with ESRI world imagery (ESRI, DigitalGlobe, GeoEye, Earthstar Geographics, CNES/Airbus DS, USDA, USGS, AeroGRID, IGN, and the GIS User Community) ( http://www.qgis.org , accessed on April 10, 2023)
Article Snippet: The map was made using QGIS Geographic Information System v3.4.9 with ESRI world imagery (ESRI, DigitalGlobe, GeoEye, Earthstar Geographics, CNES/Airbus DS, USDA, USGS, AeroGRID, IGN, and the GIS User Community) ( http://www.qgis.org , accessed on April 10, 2023) According to the environmental regulations in Chile, H. ascotanensis has been classified by the Ministry of the Environment as an endangered species (RCE DS38/2015), a classification based mainly on the decrease in the species’ habitat quality and since the species is estimated to occupy a range of less than 18 km 2 [ ].
Techniques: Sampling