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Using samples taken from the River Niger before and after impoundment and from the River Swashi, changes in numbers and species composition are analysed. Lake Kainji showed much greater development of zooplankton than in the rivers. The cladoceran Moina micrura and the rotifers Brachionus falcatus and B. caudatus were relatively more abundant in the rivers than in the lake, whilst the reverse was true of Bosmina spp. and Tropodiaptomus banforanus.
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Clarke, N.V. A comparison of the zooplankton of Lake Kainji and of the Rivers Niger and Swashi. Hydrobiologia 58, 17–23 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00018890
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