Zooplankton in Rainbow Bay, a Carolina bay pond: population dynamics in a temporary habitat

• Published in: Freshwater Biology
• Main Authors: TAYLOR, BARBARA E., MAHONEY, DIANE L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1990
• Subjects: Dry Pond; Copepods; Rotifer
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2427.1990.tb00735.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1365-2427.1990.tb00735.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1365-2427.1990.tb00735.x

SUMMARY. Rainbow Bay is a temporary freshwater pond in South Carolina, U.S.A., that typically fills in winter and dries in spring or summer. We studied population dynamics of zooplankton in 1984 and 1985 when it held water for 282 and 57 days, respectively. The zooplankton were diverse, including on...