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Table 3

Qualitative and quantitative structure of zooplankton based on dominating and frequent taxa in the individual reservoirs (mean ± SD).

Taxa CH
KA
PN
Mean ±SD Mean ±SD Mean ±SD
Rotifera (ind. L−1) 926 587 255 160 146 95
Ascomorpha ovalis (Bergendal, 1892)     46** 42 41** 33
Asplanchna priodonta Gosse, 1850 12 18 1 1 5 5
Brachionus angularis Gosse, 1851 6 5     <1 0
Brachionus calyciflorus Pallas,1766 12 21        
Brachionus spp.         1 1
Colurella spp. <1 0     <1 0
Filinia longiseta (Ehrenberg, 1834) 68* 56     <1 0
Hexarthra mira (Hudson, 1871) 12 13 2 3    
Keratella cochlearis (Gosse, 1851) 42 25 1 1 1 1
Keratella quadrata (Müller, 1786) 4 4        
Keratella tecta (Gosse, 1851) 48 47     14* 20
Keratella valga (Ehrenberg, 1834) 130* 71 1 1 1 1
Lecane spp. 1 1 1 1    
Lepadella ovalis (Müller, 1786) <1 0     <1 0
Notholca acuminata (Ehrenberg, 1832)         2 2
Notholca squamula (Müller, 1786)         3 2
Polyarthra longiremis Carlin, 1943 526** 495 193** 186 50** 62
Polyarthra vulgaris Carlin, 1943 43 45        
Pompholyx sulcata Hudson, 1885 10 11 7 7 6 5
Synchaeta sp. 11 12 3 3 18** 30
Testudinella patina (Herman, 1783)         1 1
Trichocerca similis (Wierzejski, 1893)         1 1
Rotifera other species 1 1     2 1
Cladocera (ind. L−1) 116 125 43 31 3 4
Coronatella rectangula Sars, 1861     <1 0    
Bosmina longirostris (Schoedler, 1866) 31 49 3 2 2 2
Daphnia cucullata Sars, 1862 85* 85 39* 32 1 2
Diaphanosoma brachyurum (Liévin, 1848)     <1 0    
Leptodora kindtii (Focke, 1844)     1 1    
Copepoda (ind. L−1) 269 233 144 129 4 3
Cryptocyclops bicolor (Sars, 1863)     3 3    
Cyclops strenuus Fischer, 1851 <1 0 1 1    
Eucyclops speratus (Lilljeborg, 1901)         <1 0
Thermocyclops crassus (Fischer, 1853) 7 9 5 7    
Harpacticoida 7 12 1 2 <1 0
copepodites 112* 68 40* 42 1 1
nauplii 143** 144 94** 71 3 2
Number of species (ind.) 17 1 12 3 14 5
Abundance of zooplankton (ind. L−1) 1311 945 442 319 153 103
Rotifera (%) 73.1 23.1 59.4 28.0 93.3 5.6
Cladocera (%) 7.5 10.4 8.9 3.6 2.9 3.8
Copepoda (%) 19.4 14.5 31.7 25.4 3.8 2.4
Biomass of zooplankton (mg L−1) 10.32 11.1 4.95 4.47 0.34 0.40
Rotifera (%) 30.3 37.3 8.4 10.3 75.7 20.9
Cladocera (%) 55.2 37.9 73.2 25.0 15.1 22.9
Copepoda (%) 14.6 9.1 18.4 16.1 9.2 12.8

** Eudominant (≥10%), * Dominant (5–9.9%).

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