Zoology in the Middle East 47: 117-120 (2009)

Biometric comparison of two parthenogenetic populations of Artemia Leach, 1819 from the Urmia Lake basin, Iran (Anostraca: Artemiidae)

Alireza Asem1, Behrooz Atashbar2*, Nasrullah Rastegar-Pouyani3 and Naser Agh2

1)Protectors of Urmia Lake National Park Society (NGO), Urmia, Iran
2)Artemia and Aquatic Animals Research Institute, Urmia University, Iran
3)Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Razi University, 67149 Kermanshah, Iran
Corresponding author: Behrooz Atashbar (atashbarb@yahoo.com)