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Seasonal dynamics of crustacean zooplankton community structure in Erhai Lake, a plateau lake, with reference to phytoplankton and environmental factors

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The seasonal dynamics of a crustacean zooplankton community in Erhai Lake was investigated from May 2010 to April 2011. In total, 11 species were recorded, including six (6 genera) cladoceran and five (5 genera) copepod species. The crustacean zooplankton densities ranged from 24.3 to 155.4 ind./L. In winter and spring, the large-bodied cladoceran Daphnia galeata dominated the crustacean plankton community. In summer and autumn, when the colonial or filamentous algae dominated the phytoplankton communities, the small-bodied species (e.g. B osmina fatalis, Ceriodaphnia quadrangular, and Mesocyclops leuckarti) replaced the large-bodied ones. One-way ANOVA and redundancy analysis revealed that community structure was dependent upon total nitrogen, total phosphorus, water temperature, transparency, and the biomass of small algae. The variation in both phytoplankton structure and environmental variables were important factors in the seasonal succession of crustacean zooplankton structure in Erhai Lake.

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  1. School of Life Science, Anhui Key Laboratory of Resource and Plant Biology, Huaibei Normal University, Huaibei, 235000, China

    Wei Yang  (杨威), Daogui Deng  (邓道贵) & Sai Zhang  (张赛)

  2. College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China

    Cuilin Hu  (胡翠林)

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Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 31070387) and the National Water Pollution Control and Management Technology Major Projects of China (No. 2008ZC07105-005)

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Yang, W., Deng, D., Zhang, S. et al. Seasonal dynamics of crustacean zooplankton community structure in Erhai Lake, a plateau lake, with reference to phytoplankton and environmental factors. Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 32, 1074–1082 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00343-014-3204-5

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