Ref ID : 1561
Gerard Balvay and Monique Laurent; [Evolution quantitative a long terme des rotifers au cours de l'eutrophisation du Lac Leman] (Long-term quantitative evolution of rotifers during eutrophication in Lake Geneva). Aquat.Sci. 52:162-175, 1990
Reprint
In File
Notes
Eutrophication in Lake Geneva (= Lake Leman) appears primarily as changes in chemical characteristics and plankton populations, inducing quantitative changes in the rotifer assemblages and species combinations. In the course of eutrophication, an increase of the rotifer abundance was found, together with settlement of new species and increase of eutrophication tolerant species, and despite the decrease or disappearance of eutrophication sensitive species. The new equilibrium in the trophic state of Lake Geneva related with the decreasing inputs of nutrients, induces a new structure and less abundance of the total pelagic rotatorian community.