Regional Pelagic Rotifer Biodiversity in a Tropical Karst Lake District
The species richness, composition, abundance, and biomass of pelagic rotifers were determined in 17 karst lakes of the “Lagunas de Montebello” National Park, Chiapas, Mexico. The species richness of the region (21 species) and single lakes (1–12 species) was smaller than that of other Mexican, tropi...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:201406f23dc042398c22cf71f3150c5c 2023-05-15T18:49:41+02:00 Regional Pelagic Rotifer Biodiversity in a Tropical Karst Lake District Rocío Fernández Javier Alcocer Luis A. Oseguera 2020-11-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.3390/d12120454 https://doaj.org/article/201406f23dc042398c22cf71f3150c5c EN eng MDPI AG https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/12/12/454 https://doaj.org/toc/1424-2818 doi:10.3390/d12120454 1424-2818 https://doaj.org/article/201406f23dc042398c22cf71f3150c5c Diversity, Vol 12, Iss 454, p 454 (2020) species richness abundance biomass trophic status zooplankton Montebello Biology (General) QH301-705.5 article 2020 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.3390/d12120454 2022-12-30T20:26:46Z The species richness, composition, abundance, and biomass of pelagic rotifers were determined in 17 karst lakes of the “Lagunas de Montebello” National Park, Chiapas, Mexico. The species richness of the region (21 species) and single lakes (1–12 species) was smaller than that of other Mexican, tropical, and temperate lakes. It is worth noting the high dissimilarity in species composition—about half (52%) of the species were observed in only 1–3 lakes. A total of eight rotifer families, all from the Monogononta subclass, were recorded. Keratella americana was the species with the highest occurrence (13 lakes), followed by Ptygura sp. (8 lakes). The abundance (0 to 536 ind L −1 ) and biomass (0 to 21 µg L −1 ) of rotifers were low. The highest values of species richness, abundance, and biomass were found in eutrophic lakes, and the lowest in oligotrophic lakes. The low values of rotifer biodiversity, abundance, and biomass in the Montebello lakes are probably the product of the interaction of different factors—such as environmental homogeneity (all water bodies are karst lakes), the low availability of “good-quality” food, and predation by cyclopoid copepods in the eutrophic lakes, and the low availability of food, and competitive interference by calanoid copepods and cladocerans in the oligotrophic lakes. Article in Journal/Newspaper Copepods Rotifer Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Diversity 12 12 454 |
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The species richness, composition, abundance, and biomass of pelagic rotifers were determined in 17 karst lakes of the “Lagunas de Montebello” National Park, Chiapas, Mexico. The species richness of the region (21 species) and single lakes (1–12 species) was smaller than that of other Mexican, tropical, and temperate lakes. It is worth noting the high dissimilarity in species composition—about half (52%) of the species were observed in only 1–3 lakes. A total of eight rotifer families, all from the Monogononta subclass, were recorded. Keratella americana was the species with the highest occurrence (13 lakes), followed by Ptygura sp. (8 lakes). The abundance (0 to 536 ind L −1 ) and biomass (0 to 21 µg L −1 ) of rotifers were low. The highest values of species richness, abundance, and biomass were found in eutrophic lakes, and the lowest in oligotrophic lakes. The low values of rotifer biodiversity, abundance, and biomass in the Montebello lakes are probably the product of the interaction of different factors—such as environmental homogeneity (all water bodies are karst lakes), the low availability of “good-quality” food, and predation by cyclopoid copepods in the eutrophic lakes, and the low availability of food, and competitive interference by calanoid copepods and cladocerans in the oligotrophic lakes. |
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Regional Pelagic Rotifer Biodiversity in a Tropical Karst Lake District |
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Regional Pelagic Rotifer Biodiversity in a Tropical Karst Lake District |
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Regional Pelagic Rotifer Biodiversity in a Tropical Karst Lake District |
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