A synopsis of ecological information on the saline lake rotifer Brachionus plicatilis Müller 1786

Walker, Keith F.

doi:10.1007/978-94-009-8665-7_13

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“…Attayde and Bozelli [18] stated that the rotifer species B. plicatilis was a good indicator of mesosaline conditions. According to Epp and Winston [19] and Walker [20] rotifers are osmo-conformers and can tolerate salinities ranging from 1 to 97 ‰. In this study the water temperature in June and July was higher than in the other periods (26°C and 24.4°C, respectively).…”

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confidence: 62%

On the Limnology of Deep and Saline Lake Burdur in Turkey

Girgin

Kazancı²,

Dügel

2004

Acta hydrochim. hydrobiol.

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Limnological characteristics of Lake Burdur in Lake District in south‐western Turkey are presented. It is a deep, tectonic (estimated max. depth 100 m), athalassic, highly alkaline, and saline lake. A set of physical and chemical variables was monitored, phyto‐ and zooplankton was sampled from surface layer of the lake during 1997. Physico‐chemical variables indicated that the lake is hyposaline and composed of some hydrochemically different water layers formed by groundwater sources located on the bottom of the lake. The phytoplankton composition of Lake Burdur consisted of Cyanophyta, Chlorophyta, Bacillariophyta, Dinophyta, and Chrysophyta. The abundance and number of species of Chlorophyta and Cyanophyta were higher than the other taxa. The zooplankton composition of the Lake consisted of Rhizopoda, Rotifera, and Crustacea. Number of species of Rotifera was higher than the other taxa. The diversities of the phyto‐ and zooplankton were calculated according to the Shannon‐Weaver diversity index. The diversity of each group was found to be low in the lake.

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confidence: 62%

On the Limnology of Deep and Saline Lake Burdur in Turkey

Girgin

Kazancı²,

Dügel

2004

Acta hydrochim. hydrobiol.

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“…The dominant rotifers (Synchaeta and Brachionus) found in the Rhode h v e r are commonly considered as exploiters of small prey, as the same or similar species have been either cultured or found to feed readily on microflagellate prey (Synchaeta: Pourriot 1965, Blackbourn 1974, Stemberger & Gilbert 1985, Egloff 1988Brachionus: Doohan 1973, Dewey 1976, Pilarska 1977, Pourriot & Rougier 1979, Walker 1981, Yufera & Pascual 1985, Scmid-Araya 1991. In work conducted in the fall in the Rhode River, rotifers and microflagellates showed inverse oscillations; rotifer abundance was successfully modeled as a function of microflagellate density (Dolan & Gallegos 1991).…”

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Trophic role of planktonic rotifers in the Rhode River Estuary, spring-summer 1991

Dolan¹,

Gallegos²

1992

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.

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“…Por lo tanto, además de ser un taxón dominante, éste copépodo podría ser evaluado como una de las mayores fuentes de biomasa animal disponible para los flamencos. Aunque los rotíferos son en general organismos dominantes en aguas dulces, Brachinus plicatilis (Müller, 1786) es una especie halofílica, que puede habitar salinidades de 1 a 97 g/L (Walker, 1981;Williams et al, 1995). Están presente en las vertientes y en espejo de Lagunilla, así como en Copaquire, en este caso parece presentar una baja tolerancia a la salinidad, ya que solo presentó abundancias importantes , particularmente en este último, donde alcanzó una densidad máxima en un medio de baja salinidad (0,63 ppt).…”

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