Using Daphnia Ephippia Pigmentation and Size to Determine Past Trophic Levels of Twin Ponds, Vermont

• Main Author: Graham, Lauren;
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Brookfield (Vt.);Ecology;Environmental sciences;Aquatic habitats;Freshwater habitats;Ponds;Ponds - Vermont; Arctic; Canada; East Pond; Ojala; Osborne; Twin Ponds; Climate change; Global warming; Phytoplankton; Zooplankton; Copepods
• Online Access: http://archives.norwich.edu/cdm/ref/collection/scholarship/id/14

The purpose of this study was to examine how trophic interactions have changed over the last 500 years in response to weather events and human impacts. Past trophic levels of Twin Ponds in Brookfield, Vermont was determined by analyzing a short sediment core. The ephippia in this mesotrophic pond we...