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Has zooplankton 24 hour vertical distribution pattern in Lough Derg (Ireland) been changed over the period of ∼90 years?

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The vertical distribution of zooplankton was examined in Lough Derg, Ireland. Zooplankton was collected at one location every 2 m from the surface to the bottom during 24 hours at four-hour intervals. Zooplankton was identified to the species level and its density was calculated for each taxon, depth and hour. We recorded 9 rotifer, 3 copepod, and 4 cladoceran species. The highest total zooplankton density (rotifers, copepods, cladocerans, mysids and zebra mussel larvae) was recorded at 3 a.m. Rotifers preferred mainly a depth from 0 to 8 m, while copepods and cladocerans were observed within the whole water column during a 24 hour observation. It was a different pattern of diurnal migration than that Southern and Gardiner (1932) received, though they didn’t study rotifers. Probably food concentration and/or predators, or other environmental factors could influence the diel vertical migration of zooplankton from Loug Derg.

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  1. Institute of Nature Conservation, Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. A. Mickiewicza 33, 30-120, Kraków, Poland

    Agnieszka Pociecha

  2. Department of Zoology, National University of Ireland Galway, University Road, Galway, Ireland

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Pociecha, A., McCarthy, T.K. Has zooplankton 24 hour vertical distribution pattern in Lough Derg (Ireland) been changed over the period of ∼90 years?. Ocean and Hydro 40, 28–35 (2011). https://doi.org/10.2478/s13545-011-0026-3

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