Title
Zooplankton Densities In A Hydrilla Infested Lake
Abbreviated Journal Title
Hydrobiologia
Keywords
Biology; Mathematical & Computational Biology; Statistics & Probability
Abstract
The number of individuals and species of zooplankton were sampled concurrently with Hydrilla biomass and water quality for one year in a small, eutrophic central Florida lake. Throughout the study, rotifer species and individuals dominated the zooplankton. The abundance of the zooplankton tended to remain high when Hydrilla biomass was at its seasonal low during late winter and early spring. When hydrilla growth increased in the late spring and summer months causing a decrease in total alkalinity, specific conductivity, water color, turbidity, orthophosphate and chlorophyll a concentrations; the abundance of the zooplankton declined. During this time, there was a shift from limnetic to littoral species, principally rotifers. Hydrilla growth did not affect the mean number of cladoceran or copepod species, but may have led to an increase in rotifer species.
Journal Title
Hydrobiologia
Volume
111
Issue/Number
132
Publication Date
1-1-1984
Document Type
Article
DOI Link
Language
English
First Page
127
Last Page
748
WOS Identifier
ISSN
0018-8158
Recommended Citation
Schmitz, Don C. and Osborne, John A., "Zooplankton Densities In A Hydrilla Infested Lake" (1984). Faculty Bibliography 1980s. 343.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib1980/343
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