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Original scientific paper

Population dynamics of the calanoid copepod Acartia italica Steurer in a small saline lake

Frano KRŠINIĆ ; Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Ivana Meštrovića 63, 21000 Split, Croatia
Irena CIGLENEČKI ; Ruđer Bošković Institute, Center for Marine and Environmental Research, Zagreb, Bijenička 54, 10001 Zagreb, Croatia
Zrinka LJUBEŠIĆ orcid id orcid.org/0000-0001-5502-3662 ; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Division of Biology, Rooseveltov trg 6, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Damir VILIČIĆ ; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Division of Biology, Rooseveltov trg 6, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia


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Abstract

The calanoid copepod Acartia italica is the only metazoan plankton species surviving and reaching high abundance in the middle Adriatic saline coastal Lake Rogoznica. Seasonal variations in the abundance of nauplii, copepodites, adults and their faecal pellets were assessed in the period January 2000 to December 2004. Development and behaviour of A. italica were regulated by thermohaline conditions, biology (phytoplankton, bacteria, ciliates), and chemistry (organic matter, dissolved oxygen, reduced sulphur species) of the lake. The diatom Chaetoceros curvisetus could provide important food for A. italica adult specimens; however, great diatom abundances could reduce copepod reproductive ability. This study show that top-down control which characterized the lake ecosystem before the disastrous anoxia event in 1997 were re-established again.

Keywords

Acartia italica; dinamika populacije; ekstremni okoliš

Hrčak ID:

117151

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/117151

Publication date:

1.12.2013.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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