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The effect of salinity levels on the structure of zooplankton communities

Author(s) -

Ewa Paturej,

Agnieszka Gutkowska

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

archives of biological sciences

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.217

H-Index - 25

eISSN - 1821-4339

pISSN - 0354-4664

DOI - 10.2298/abs140910012p

Subject(s) - zooplankton , salinity , abundance (ecology) , biodiversity , biomass (ecology) , environmental science , temperature salinity diagrams , oceanography , community structure , ecology , fishery , biology , geology

The objective of this study was to determine the qualitative and quantitative structure of zooplankton communities in the Vistula Lagoon and to establish whether zooplankton abundance and biodiversity are affected by salinity levels. Samples for biological analyses were collected in the summer (June-September) of 2007-2011 at eleven sampling sites. Statistical analysis revealed a significant correlation between salinity levels and the number of species (r= -0.2020), abundance (r= 0.1967) and biomass (r= 0.3139) of zooplankton. No significant correlations were found between salinity and the biodiversity of zooplankton. The results of the study suggest that salinity affects the abundance and structure, but not the diversity of zooplankton communities in the Vistula Lagoon

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