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Contribution to the Knowledge of the Philippine Freshwater Zooplankton: New Records of Monogonont Rotifera
Author(s) -
Tuyor J. B.,
Segers H.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
international review of hydrobiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.524
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1522-2632
pISSN - 1434-2944
DOI - 10.1002/iroh.199900018
Subject(s) - littoral zone , zooplankton , ecology , fauna , taxon , biology , limnology , geography , phytoplankton , fishery , nutrient
A total of 50 taxa of monogonont rotifers is recorded from 10 samples collected in different freshwater bodies in Laguna province, Luzon, and Lake Danao, Leyte island, Visayas, the Philippines. Of these, 15 are new to the Philippine fauna. The majority of the species collected, including the new records, are common, cosmopolitan (70%) or tropicopolitan (18%) littoral/periphytic species. The richest taxocoenosis was registered among submerged Ceratophyllum sp. in Lake Danao.