The influence of sampling strategy on the apparent population dynamics of planktonic rotifers |
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Authors: | Heidi Berner-Fankhauser |
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Institution: | (1) Zoologisches Institut der Universität, Baltzerstrasse 3, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland |
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Abstract: | Rotifer composition and density, chlorophyll-a content, secchi depth and temperature were investigated with high sampling frequency (every third day in summer, weekly in winter) in the eutrophic lake Bielersee from April 1981 to April 1982. Long intervals between sampling, especially from spring to autumn, lead to contradictory interpretation of abundance dynamics of both total rotifer community and single species. Short intervals between sampling revealed a sequence of mass developments of the different species. As an example, alternating gradation phases are shown for Synchaeta grandis and Synchaeta stylata. |
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Keywords: | rotifers sampling strategy population dynamics Synchaeta competition |
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