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Composition of aquatic invertebrates associated with macrophytes in Lake Tonle Sap, Cambodia

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Faunal composition of aquatic invertebrate communities associated with submerged parts of several species of macrophytes were studied in different areas in littoral Lake Tonle Sap in Cambodia, with special reference to those in root systems (interrhizon) of a free-floating water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes). Nine phyla of invertebrates were collected, of which oligochaetes, shrimps and Limnoperna mussels were abundant along with meiobenthic crustaceans. The macrophyte-associated invertebrates in Lake Tonle Sap might be unique in having abundant sessile animals, such as sponges, bryozoans and Limnoperna mussels. The Limnoperna mussels attached to macrophytes were more abundant in offshore and inundated forest than in secluded vegetational stands toward the shoreline. It suggests that water movement can be an important factor determining the distribution and abundance of the sessile animals by controlling larval dispersions and might be associated with the hydrological characteristic of the lake, i.e., the lake opens to the large Mekong River with drastic seasonal changes in water level.

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This study was a part of the cooperative research between Cambodia and Japan, “Evaluation of Mechanisms Sustaining the Biodiversity of Lake Tonle Sap,” supported financially by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for International Scientific Research (15405004). We are grateful to the Authority of the Protection and Management of Angkor and the Region of Siem Reap (APSARA), Cambodia, for supporting the project.

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  1. Faculty of Education, Hirosaki University, Hirosaki, Aomori, 036-8560, Japan

    Akifumi Ohtaka

  2. 8-25-9 Sakamoto, Otsu, Japan

    Tetsuya Narita

  3. Department of Earth Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

    Takahiro Kamiya

  4. Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

    Haruo Katakura

  5. Faculty of Education and Human Sciences, Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Japan

    Yuji Araki

  6. Authority of the Protection and Management of Angkor and the Region of Siem Reap (APSARA), Siem Reap, Cambodia

    Sokrithy Im & Rachna Chhay

  7. Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

    Shinji Tsukawaki

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Ohtaka, A., Narita, T., Kamiya, T. et al. Composition of aquatic invertebrates associated with macrophytes in Lake Tonle Sap, Cambodia. Limnology 12, 137–144 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10201-010-0330-4

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