“…Ceriodaphnia lacustris, D. thomsoni, D. pulex and D. pulicaria have also been found in habitats with moderate (5-13) salinities (Weider and Hebert, 1987;Barry et al, 2005;Northcote and Hall, 2010). However, most cladocerans are restricted to freshwater (Alonso, 1996) and are only able to cope with low salinities (usually < 2; see Sarma et al, 2006) (for field data, see Jeppesen et al, 1994;Schallenberg et al, 2003;Marques et al, 2006;Santangelo et al, 2008). In fact, Schallenberg et al (2003) predicts that severe alterations of zooplankton community structure and abundance may occur at salinities > 1.2.…”