Winter decrease of zooplankton abundance and biomass in subalpine oligotrophic Lake Atnsjøen (SE Norway)

• Published in: Journal of Limnology
• Main Author: Jensen, Thomas Correll
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Rotifers; cladocerans; copepods; winter limnology; ice; northern lakes; VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480::Limnologi: 498; Fron; Norway; Copepods; Rotifer
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2649135; https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2019.1877

Despite the rapidly changing winter conditions in temperate ecosystems, little attention has been devoted to the effects of these changes on lake ecology. Few studies on the seasonal changes in abundance and biomass of the major groups of the metazooplankton community (i.e,. rotifers, cladocerans an...