Crustacean Plankton Communities of the Matamek River System and their Variation with Predation

作者：G. F. Pope, J. C. H. Carter · 发表于：Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada · 年份：1975 · DOI：10.1139/f75-294 · 被引用次数：16 · 研究领域：Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior、Fish Ecology and Management Studies、Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics

The crustacean plankton communities of lakes with fish planktivores and low densities of Chaoborus larvae contained greater numbers of noncyclopoid crustacean predators but lower numbers of the larger herbivores. Lakes with brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) only and low densities of Chaoborus larvae, had plankton communities whose biomasses were dominated by the larger herbivores. The communities of lakes with no fish and high densities of larvae were dominated by the smaller herbivores, although the larger species were present in some. The noncyclopoid, crustacean predators were absent from almost all of these lakes.