Abstract
We present long-term data on rotifer biomass and its inter-annual variation in the Darss-Zingst estuary and the Vistula Lagoon, South Baltic Sea coast. The two water bodies showed a similar pattern with respect to the dominance structure of the rotifer community, though in the more eutrophic Darss-Zingst estuary there was always a more pronounced summer peak. It was also concluded that there was no simple coincidence between variation patterns of rotifer biomass and such environmental factors as water temperature and salinity, and that a more complex explanation for these variations should be sought.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Adamkiewicz-Chojnacka, B. & D. Lesniak, 1985. Evaluation of biomass of the rotifers (Rotatoria) in salt waters of the Vistula Bay in 1975, 1977 and 1978. Studia i Mat. Oceanol. 46, Biologia Morza 7: 273–308.
Heerkloss, R., B. Adamkiewicz-Chojnacka & W. Schnese, 1985. Biomasse der planktischen Copepoden in inneren Küstengewässern der südlichen Ostsee. Wiss. Ztschr. Univ. Rostock. Math,nat. R. 34: 26–29.
Heerkloss, R., W. Schnese & B. Adamkiewicz-Chojnacka, 1991a. Seasonal variation in the biomass of zooplankton in two shallow coastal water inlets differing in their stage of eutrophication. Int. Revue ges. Hydrobiol. 76: 397–404.
Heerkloss, R., W. Schnese & B. Adamkiewicz-Chojnacka, 1991b. Influence of eutrophication on seasonal variations of zooplankton biomass in shallow coastal lagoons of the Southern Baltic. Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria vol. XXI: 67–76.
Pourriot, R., 1977. Food and feeding habits of rotifers. Arch. Hydrobiol., Beih. Ergebn. Limnol. 8: 243–260.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Adamkiewicz-Chojnackal, B., Heerkloss, R. Inter-annual variation of rotifer biomass in two coastal lagoons of the Southern Baltic differing by degree of trophy. Hydrobiologia 313, 341–344 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00025967
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00025967