Zooplankton dynamics during autumn circulation in a small, wind-sheltered, Mediterranean lake

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 441-452

  Alvarez Cobelas, M ^a   Baltanas A ^b   Velasco, J L ^c   Rojo, C ^d  

^a INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Competition; Herbivory; PEG model; Predation; Seasonal succession; Temperature

Indexed keywords

FISH; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; PREDATION; STRATIFICATION; WATER COLUMN; ZOOPLANKTON;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ALGAE; ARCTODIAPTOMUS SALINUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CERIODAPHNIA RETICULATA; CILIOPHORA; COPEPODA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA LONGISPINA; HEXARTHRA FENNICA; POLYARTHRA DOLICHOPTERA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 33745108739     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF05137     Document Type: Article

References (60)

1. Adrian, R., and Frost, T. M. (1993). Omnivory in cyclopoid copepods: comparison of algae and invertebrates as food for three, differently sized species. Journal of Plankton Research 15, 643-658.
2. Alvarez-Cobelas, M., Baltanás, A., Velasco, J. L., and Rojo, C. (2002). Daily variations in the optical properties of a small lake. Freshwater Biology 47, 1051-1063. doi:10.1046/J.1365-2427.2002.00825.X
3. Alvarez-Cobelas, M., Velasco, J. L., Valladolid, M., Baltanás, A., and Rojo, C. (2005a). Daily patterns of mixing and nutrient concentrations during early autumn circulation in a small sheltered lake. Freshwater Biology 50, 813-829. doi:10.1111/J.1365-2427.2005.01364.X
4. Alvarez-Cobelas, M., Rojo, C., and Angeler, D. G. (2005b). Mediterranean limnology: current status, gaps and the future. Journal of Limnology 64, 13-29.
5. Andrew, T. E., and Fitzsimmons, A. G. (1992). Seasonality, population dynamics and production of planktonic rotifers in Lough Neagh, Northern Ireland. Hydrobiologia 246, 147-164. doi:10.1007/BF00014702
6. Anneville, O., Ginot, V., Druart, J. C., and Angeli, N. (2002). Long-term study (1974-1998) of seasonal changes in the phytoplankton of Lake Geneva: a multi-table approach. Journal of Plankton Research 24, 993-1008. doi:10.1093/PLANKT/24.10.993
7. Berner-Fankhauser, H. (1987). The influence of sampling strategy on the apparent population dynamics of planktonic rotifers. Hydrobiologia 147, 181-188. doi:10.1007/BF00025740
8. Berninger, U. G., Wickham, S. A., and Finlay, B. J. (1993). Trophic coupling within the microbial food web: a study with fine temporal resolution in a eutrophic freshwater ecosystem. Freshwater Biology 30, 419-432.
9. Bloem, J., Bär-Gilissen, M. J. B., and Cappenberg, T. E. (1986). Fixation, counting, and manipulation of heterotrophic nanoflagellates. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 52, 1266-1272.
10. Burns, C. W., and Schallenberg, M. (1996). Relative impacts of copepods, cladocerans and nutrients on the microbial food web of a mesotrophic lake. Journal of Plankton Research 18, 683-714.
11. Carpenter, S. R., Morrice, J. A., Elser, J. J., St. Amand, A. L., and MacKay, N. A. (1993a). Phytoplankton community dynamics. In 'The Trophic Cascade in Lakes'. (Eds S. R. Carpenter and J. F. Kitchell.) pp. 189-209. (Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK.)
12. Carpenter, S. R., Lathrop, R. C., and Muñoz-del-Rio, A. (1993b). Comparison of dynamic models for edible phytoplankton. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 50, 1757-1767.
13. Cleven, E. J., and Weisse, T. (2001). Seasonal succession and taxon-specific bacterial grazing rates of heterotrophic nanoflagellates in Lake Constance. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 23, 147-161.
14. Cornett, R. J., and Rigler, F. H. (1980). The areal hypolimnelic oxygen deficit: an empirical test of the model. Limnology and Oceanography 25, 672-679.
15. DeMott, W. R. (1989). The role of competition in zooplankton succession. In 'Plankton Ecology: Succession in Plankton Communities'. (Ed. U. Sommer.) pp. 195-252. (Springer Verlag: Heidelberg, Germany.)
16. Forsyth, D. J., and James, M. R. (1991). Population dynamics and production of zooplankton in eutrophic Lake Okaro, North Island, New Zealand. Archiv fuer Hydrobiologie 120, 287-314.
17. Fussmann, G. (1993). Abundance, succession and morphological variation of planktonic rotifers during autumnal circulation in a hypertrophic lake (Heiligensee, Berlin). Hydrobiologia 255/256, 353-360. doi:10.1007/BF00025860
18. Gaedke, U., Hochstädter, S., and Straile, D. (2002). Interplay between energy limitation and nutritional deficiency: empirical data and food web models. Ecological Monographs 72, 251-270.
19. García-Avilés, J., Roblas, N., and Hidalgo, J. (1999). Biodiversidad de los Humedales del Parque Regional del Sureste. I. Vertebrados acuáticos. Document No. 28. (Centre de Investigaciones Ambientales de la Comunidad de Madrid: Madrid, Spain.)
20. Garnier, J., and Mourelatos, S. (1991). Contribution of grazing in phytoplankton overall losses in a shallow French lake. Freshwater Biology 28, 515-523.
21. Gasol, J. M., and Vaqué, D. (1993). Lack of coupling between heterotrophic nanoflagellates and bacteria: a general phenomenon across aquatic systems. Limnology and Oceanography 38, 657-665.
22. Gasol, J. M., Simmons, A. M., and Kalff, J. (1995). Patterns in the bottom-up versus top-down regulation of heterotrophic nanoflagellates in freshwater lakes. Journal of Plankton Research 17, 1879-1903.
23. Geller, W., Berberoviæ, R., Gaedke, U., Müller, H., Pauli, H. R., Tilzer, M. M., and Weisse, T. (1991). Relations among the components of autotrophic and heterotrophic plankton during the seasonal cycle 1987 in Lake Constance. Verhandlungen der Internationale Vereinigüng für Limnologie 24, 831-836.
24. Gliwicz, Z. M. (2003). 'Between Hazards of Starvation and Risk of Predation: the Ecology of Offshore Animals.' (International Ecology Institute: Oldendorf, Germany.)
25. Gliwicz, Z. M., and Pijanowska, J. (1989). The role of predation in zooplankton succession. In 'Plankton Ecology: Succession in Plankton Communities'. (Ed. U. Sommer) pp. 253-297. (Springer Verlag: Heidelberg, Germany.)
26. Hall, D. J., Threlkeld, S. T., Burns, C. W., and Crowley, P. H. (1976). The size-efficiency hypothesis and the size structure of zooplankton communities. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 7, 177-208. doi: 10.1146/ANNUREV.ES.07.110176.001141
27. Haney, J. F., and Hall, D. J. (1973). Sugar-coated Daphnia: a preservation technique for Cladocera. Limnology and Oceanography 18, 331-333.
28. Herzig, A. (1983). Comparative studies on the relationship between temperature and duration of embryonic development of rotifers. Hydrobiologia 104, 237-246. doi:10.1007/BF00045974
29. Hobbie, J. E., Daley, R., and Jasper, S. (1977). Use of Nucleopore filters for counting bacteria by fluorescence microscopy. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 33, 1225-1228.
30. Hutchinson, G. E. (1967). 'A Treatise on Limnology. 2: Introduction to Lake Biology and the Limnoplankton.' (John Wiley and Sons: New York, NY.)
31. James, M. R., Burns, C. W., and Forsyth, D. J. (1995). Pelagic cilitaed protozoa in two monomictic, southern temperate lakes of contrasting trophic state: seasonal distribution and abundance. Journal of Plankton Research 17, 1479-1500.
32. Jeppesen, E., Jensen, J. P., Søndergaard, M., Lauridsen, T., Pedersen, L. J., and Jensen, L. (1997). Top-down control in freshwater lakes: the role of nutrient state, submerged macrophytes and water depth. Hydrobiologia 342/343, 151-164. doi:10.1023/ A:1017046130329
33. Jeppesen, E., Jensen, J. P., Søndergaard, M., Fenger-Grøn, M., Bramm, M. E., Sandby, J., Møller, P. H., and Rasmussen, H. U. (2004). Impact of fish predation on cladoceran body weight distribution and zooplankton grazing in lakes during winter. Freshwater Biology 49, 432-447. doi:10.1111/J.1365-2427.2004.01199.X
34. Joint, I. R., and Pomroy, A. J. (1988). Allomeric estimation of the productivity of phytoplankton assemblages. Marine Ecology Progress Series 47, 161-168.
35. Lund, J. W. G., Kipling, C., and Le Cren, E. D. (1958). The inverted microscope method of estimating algal numbers, and the statistical basis of estimations by counting. Hydrobiologia 11, 143-170. doi:10.1007/BF00007865
36. McCann, K., and Hastings, A. (1997). Re-evaluating the omnivory-stability relationship in food webs. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B. Biological Sciences 264, 1249-1254. doi:10.1098/RSPB.1997.0172
37. McCauley, E. (1984). The estimation of the abundance and biomass of zooplankton in samples. In 'A Manual on the Assessment of Secondary Production in Freshwaters'. (Eds J. A. Downing and F. H. Rigler.) pp. 228-265. (Blackwell Scientific Publications: Oxford, UK.)
38. Miller, R. G., Jr. (1981). 'Simultaneous Statistical Inference.' (Springer Verlag: New York, NY.)
39. Mittelbach, G. G., and Persson, L. (1998). The ontogeny of piscivory and its ecological consequences. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 55, 1454-1465. doi:10.1139/CJFAS-55-6-1454
40. Oltra, R., and Miracle, M. R. (1992). Seasonal succession of zooplankton populations in the hypertrophic lagoon Albufera of Valencia (Spain). Archiv fuer Hydrobiologie 124, 187-204.
41. Ortega-Mayagoitia, E., Armengol, X., and Rojo, C. (2000). Structure and dynamics of zooplankton in a semi-arid wetland, the National Park Las Tablas de Daimiel (Spain). Wetlands 20, 629-638.
42. Peters, R. H. (1991). 'A Critique for Ecology.' (Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK.)
43. Pourriot, R. (1977). Food and feeding habits of Rotifera. Archiv für Hydrobiologie, Ergebnisse der Limnologie 8, 243-260.
44. Rigler, F. H., and Downing, J. A. (1984). The calculation of secondary productivity. In 'A Manual on the Assessment of Secondary Production in Freshwaters'. (Eds J. A. Downing and F. H. Rigler.) pp. 19-58. (Blackwell Scientific Publications: Oxford, UK.)
45. Robarts, R. D., Ashton, P. J., Thornton, J. A., Taussig, H. J., and Sephton, L. M. (1982). Circulation in a hypertrophie, warm, monomictic impoundment (Hartbeespoort Dam, South Africa). Hydrobiologia 97, 209-224. doi:10.1007/BF00007109
46. Roelke, D., Buyukates, Y., Williams, M., and Jean, J. (2004). Interannual variability in the seasonal plankton succession of a shallow, warm-water lake. Hydrobiologia 513, 205-218. doi:10.1023/ B:HYDR.0000018185.41861.07
47. Rojo, C., and Alvarez-Cobelas, M. (2001). Phytoplankton structure and dynamics at a daily temporal scale: response to thermal circulation. Archiv fuer Hydrobiologie 151, 549-569.
48. Saunders, P. A., Porter, K. G., and Taylor, B. E. (1999). Population dynamics of Daphnia spp. and implications for trophic interactions in a small, monomictic lake. Journal of Plankton Research 21, 1823-1845. doi:10.1093/PLANKT/21.10.1823
49. Sommer, U., Gliwicz, Z. M., Lampert, W., and Duncan, A. (1986). The PEG-model of seasonal succession of planktonic events in fresh waters. Archiv fuer Hydrobiologie 106, 433-471.
50. Sterner, R. W. (1989). The role of grazers in phytoplankton succession. In 'Plankton Ecology: Succession in Plankton Communities'. (Ed. U. Sommer.) pp. 107-170. (Springer Verlag: Heidelberg, Germany.)
51. Sterner, R. W., and Elser, J. J. (2002). 'Ecological Stoichiometry.' (Princeton University Press: Princeton, NY.)
52. Stich, H. B. (1989). Seasonal changes of diel vertical migrations of crustacean plankton in Lake Constance. Archiv fuer Hydrobiologie 83(Supplement), 355-405.
53. Vander Zander, M. J., and Vadeboncoeur, Y. (2002). Fishes as integrators of benthic and pelagic food webs in lakes. Ecology 83, 2152-2161.
54. Velasco, J. L., Alvarez-Cobelas, M., and Rubio, A. (1996). Influencia de la ruptura de la termoclina sobre la comunidad de rotíferos planctónicos de una laguna meromíctica (Las Madres, Madrid). Ecología 10, 523-532.
55. Visser, A. W., and Stips, A. (2002). Turbulence and zooplankton production: insights from PROVESS. Journal of Sea Research 47, 317-329. doi:10.1016/S1385-1101(02)00120-X
56. Vuille, T. (1991). Abundance, standing crop and production of microcrustacean populations (Cladocera, Copepoda) in the littoral zone of Lake Biel, Switzerland. Archiv fuer Hydrobiologie 123, 165-185.
57. Wei, W. W. S. (1990). 'Time Series Analysis.' (Addison-Wesley Inc.: Redwood City, CA.)
58. Weisse, T. (1988). Dynamics of autotrophic picoplankton in Lake Constance. Journal of Plankton Research 10, 1179-1188.
59. Weisse, T. (1991). The annual cycle of heterotrophic freshwater nanoflagellates: role of bottom-up versus top-down control. Journal of Plankton Research 13, 167-185.
60. Weisse, T. (1997). Growth and production of heterotrophic nanoflagellates in a meso-eutrophic lake. Journal of Plankton Research 19, 703-722.