Influence of Aquatic Plants from Different Ecological Groups on Distribution and Abundance of Zooplankton
S. A. KURBATOVA, Z. M. MYLNIKOVA, I. Yu. YERSHOV, S. N. BYKOVA, O. G. VINOGRADOVA
I. D. Papanin Institute for Biology of Inland Waters, RAS, 152742, Yaroslavl Oblast, Nekouzsky Region, Borok
Keywords: зоопланктон, погруженные растения, воздушно-водные растения, Carex riрaria, Elodea canаdensis, zooplankton, submerged aquatic plant, emergent aquatic plant
Abstract
The distribution of zooplankton in the pond, the entire area of which is occupied by phytocenoses with the dominance of plants from different ecological groups was studied. It was shown that in the phytocenosis of the submerged hydrophyte Elodea canаdensis zooplankton was included in the classical grazing food chain and algophages prevailed in the community. In the phytocenosis of the emergent plant Carex riparia zooplankton was connected to a greater extent with the links of the “microbial loop” and predators and bacterio-detritophages developed abundantly in the community.
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