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Effects of Artificial Destratification on Zooplankton in Parvin Lake, Colorado
Author(s) -
Lackey Robert T.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
transactions of the american fisheries society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.696
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1548-8659
pISSN - 0002-8487
DOI - 10.1577/1548-8659(1973)102<450:eoadoz>2.0.co;2
Subject(s) - zooplankton , abundance (ecology) , daphnia , environmental science , ecology , fishery , oceanography , biology , geology
Parvin Lake, Colorado, a 19 ha montane reservoir, was artificially destratified for 1 year. Abundance of cladocerans (collectively) and Daphnia schødleri was lower during destratification. Abundance of rotifers (collectively) was lower during winter months and higher during summer months of the destratification year. Abundance of copepods (mainly Diaptomus spp.) was not statistically different during destratification. Depth distribution of zooplankton was generally unaffected, but Diaptomus spp. tended to occur in deeper water during the destratification year.