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Cladocerans respond to differences in trophic state in deeper nutrient poor lakes from Southern Norway

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We investigated the role of trophic state in structuring the cladoceran assemblages in 35 relatively deep lakes of low nutrient levels in Southern Norway. The lakes cover gradients of altitude, latitude, longitude, area and total phosphorus concentration. The environmental control of the cladoceran assemblages was analyzed using canonical correspondence analysis. Total phosphorus was the most important variable in the minimal adequate model. Hence, the cladoceran assemblage changed with trophic state. Typical clear water species were displaced by indicators of eutrofication with increasing trophic levels. Littoral species constituted the majority of the species recorded. Littoral and pelagic species richness showed a unimodal relationship with trophic state. Along with the change in trophic state and shift in cladoceran assemblage, we observed an increase in the ratio of pelagic to littoral species as well as in the ratio of pelagic efficient bacterial feeders to total pelagic filter feeders. The study indicates that zooplankton could provide a valuable indicator of ecosystem’s structure and function in deeper nutrient poor lakes if included in water quality assessments according to the EU Water Framework Directive. Including sampling of the littoral zooplankton would improve diversity estimates and incorporate the response of the littoral zone to eutrophication.

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The study was supported by the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research and the Norwegian Directorate for Nature Management. M. Evju, E. Framstad, I. C. Myhre and three anonymous reviewers provided valuable suggestions and comments on the manuscript.

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    Thomas Correll Jensen, Inta Dimante-Deimantovica, Ann Kristin Schartau & Bjørn Walseng

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Jensen, T.C., Dimante-Deimantovica, I., Schartau, A.K. et al. Cladocerans respond to differences in trophic state in deeper nutrient poor lakes from Southern Norway. Hydrobiologia 715, 101–112 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-012-1413-5

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