Beyond Daphnia: a plea for a more inclusive and unifying approach to freshwater zooplankton ecology

Abstract

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Temporal dynamics of invertebrate community assembly in Lake Victoria since the late Pleistocene based on chitinous remains

“…As aquatic invertebrates are sensitive to both bottom-up and top-down trophic controls, observed shifts in community composition are potentially indicative of changes in both the lake environment and food-web structure (Brahney et al, 2010;Eggermont & Heiri, 2012;Frolova et al, 2017;Heiri et al, 2003;Korponai et al, 2011;Labaj et al, 2021;Sweetman & Smol, 2006;Verschuren, Tibby, et al, 2000). Examining multiple invertebrate taxonomic groups in parallel, with different ecological affinities, strengthens inferences about the underlying causes of compositional change of communities (De Meester et al, 2023;Ursenbacher et al, 2020;Verschuren, Tibby, et al, 2000).…”