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Entomostracan Zooplankton Communities of Australian Freshwater Lakes and Ponds

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Limnology in Australia

Part of the book series: Monographiae Biologicae ((MOBI,volume 61))

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A new approach to describing zooplankton community structure reveals that cladoceran, calanoid and cyclopoid communities of the limnetic and littoral zones of Australian lakes differ in many respects from those in comparable environments in other regions. Cladoceran and cyclopoid communities in Australian lakes are generally less diverse than elsewhere. Calanoid communities are more diverse than in some regions. Cladocerans show lower numerical abundance relative to copepods in Australian lakes. The diversity of Australian pond zooplankton communities is similar to those elsewhere. The factors controlling zooplankton community structure, including lake physicochemistry, predation and competition, are reviewed. The role of these factors in determining community complexity in Australia is very poorly defined and a multivariate statistical approach to the further study of large numbers of localities is required. These studies, together with the results of intensive investigations of competition and predation, should determine the importance of specific factors in structuring zooplankton communities and explain why Australian communities differ from those elsewhere.

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Mitchell, B.D. (1986). Entomostracan Zooplankton Communities of Australian Freshwater Lakes and Ponds. In: De Deckker, P., Williams, W.D. (eds) Limnology in Australia. Monographiae Biologicae, vol 61. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4820-4_23

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