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Vertical distribution of zooplankton in a shallow peatland pond: the limiting role of dissolved oxygen

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 November 2013

Csaba F. Vad ,
Zsófia Horváth ,
Keve T. Kiss ,
Bence Tóth ,
Attila L. Péntek  and
Éva Ács
Csaba F. Vad*
Affiliation:
Doctoral School of Environmental Sciences, Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/A, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary Department of Systematic Zoology and Ecology, Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/C, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary
Zsófia Horváth
Affiliation:
Department of Systematic Zoology and Ecology, Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/C, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary Present address: WasserCluster Lunz, Dr. Carl Kupelwieser Promenade 5, AT-3293, Lunz am See, Austria.
Keve T. Kiss
Affiliation:
Danube Research Institute, MTA Centre for Ecological Research, Jávorka Sándor u. 14, H-2131 Göd, Hungary
Bence Tóth
Affiliation:
Danube Research Institute, MTA Centre for Ecological Research, Jávorka Sándor u. 14, H-2131 Göd, Hungary
Attila L. Péntek
Affiliation:
Doctoral School of Biological Sciences, Szent István University, Páter Károly u. 1, H-2103, Gödöllő, Hungary
Éva Ács
Affiliation:
Danube Research Institute, MTA Centre for Ecological Research, Jávorka Sándor u. 14, H-2131 Göd, Hungary
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*Corresponding author: vad.csaba@gmail.com
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Abstract

We investigated the diel vertical distribution patterns of microcrustacean zooplankton (Cladocera, Copepoda) in a shallow pond (max. depth: 70 cm) of the Öreg-turján peatland (Ócsa, Central Hungary) during three 24-h periods in July (19–20th), August (17–18th) and September (11–12th) 2011. Environmental variables showed remarkable vertical stratification. Oxygen concentration was close to zero in the entire water column from night until sunrise, while the lower strata (from 20 cm below the surface) were close to anoxic during all three diel cycles. It proved to be the main determinant of the vertical distribution of microcrustaceans. Accordingly, the highest proportion of individuals was present in the surface layer. Chlorophyll-a concentration and phytoplankton biomass were inversely distributed compared to zooplankton. Microcrustaceans (mainly Daphnia curvirostris) migrated to the middle layer only in August, which could be explained by a trade-off between food resources, dissolved oxygen (DO) and competition with littoral zooplankters. The diurnal density patterns of microcrustaceans suggested horizontal migration into the aquatic macrophytes during night, which could be a strategy to avoid Chaoborus predation. Our results show that strong vertical gradients of abiotic and biotic factors occur even in such shallow waterbodies. Among them, DO can maintain constant vertical aggregation of zooplankters by limiting their occurrence to the surface layers.

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chemical stratificationvertical gradientsmicro-scale distributionmicrocrustaceansanoxia
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Annales de Limnologie - International Journal of Limnology , Volume 49 , Issue 4 , 2013 , pp. 275 - 285
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© EDP Sciences, 2013

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