Crustacean zooplankton assemblages in freshwaters of tropical australia

Throughout tropical Australia eulimnetic zooplankton is composed of 7 calanoid copepods, 5 cyclopoid copepods and 12 cladocerans. A further 10 cyclopoids and 9 cladocerans occur as littoral "strays", making 43 species in all. Dominants include Diaptomus lumholtzi, Mesocyclops notius, Therm...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Hydrobiologia 1988-07, Vol.164 (2), p.161-169
Hauptverfasser:	TIMMS, B. V, MORTON, D. W
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animal and plant ecology Animal, plant and microbial ecology Biological and medical sciences Cladocera Copepoda Crustacea Fresh water ecosystems Freshwater Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Synecology
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Zusammenfassung:	Throughout tropical Australia eulimnetic zooplankton is composed of 7 calanoid copepods, 5 cyclopoid copepods and 12 cladocerans. A further 10 cyclopoids and 9 cladocerans occur as littoral "strays", making 43 species in all. Dominants include Diaptomus lumholtzi, Mesocyclops notius, Thermocyclops decipiens, Diaphanosoma excisum, Ceriodaphnia cornuta , and Moina micrura . Momentary species composition averages 1.0 calanoids, 1.3 cyclopoids and 2.0 cladocerans. These assemblages are not only less complex than in temperate Australia, but also are not as rich as in most other tropical regions.
ISSN:	0018-8158 1573-5117
DOI:	10.1007/BF00008456