Eutrophication strengthens the response of zooplankton to temperature changes in a high-altitude lake.

ABSTRACT: To assess whether and how zooplankton communities respond to variations in temperature and how these assemblages change with eutrophication, we performed a large-scale, monthly survey from August 2011 to July 2012 to determine the seasonal and spatial variations in these communities in a high-altitude lake. A detrended correspondence analysis and a path analysis demonstrated that temperature and chlorophyll a were important factors influencing zooplankton. The path diagram showed that Daphnia was negatively affected directly by chlorophyll a and indirectly by temperature, whereas Bosmina was directly and positively affected by temperature. Daphnia spp. decreased in both absolute and relative biomass during warm seasons, whereas Bosmina spp. showed the opposite t

SUBMITTER: Li Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5058538 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature