Dataset 427

Zooplankton time series from Lake Zurich

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Realm: Freshwater
Climate: Temperate
Biome: Small lake ecosystems
Central latitude: 47.330000
Central longitude: 8.560000
Duration: 32 years, from 1977 to 2008

4819 records

65 distinct species

Across the time series Diaptomus sp is the most frequently occurring species

Methods

All data refer to the total counts over the water column of the lake per date. The file with environmental variables includes average values over the water column and also the CV = coefficient of variation over the water column (see Pomati et al. 2012). data report biovolume levels per taxon (ug / L) instead of abundance Unit of abundance = IndCountInt, Unit of biomass = Biovolume

Citation(s)

Pomati, F., Matthews, B., Jokela, J., Schildknecht, A. & Ibelings, B. W. (2012) Effects of Re-Oligotrophication and Climate Warming on Plankton Richness and Community Stability in a Deep Mesotrophic Lake. Oikos, 121, 1317–1327.
Pomati, F., Tellenbach, C., Matthews, B., Venail, P., Ibelings, B. W. & Ptacnik, R. (2015) Challenges and Prospects for Interpreting Long-Term Phytoplankton Diversity Changes in Lake Zurich (Switzerland). Freshwater Biology, 60, 1052–1059. doi:10.1111/fwb.12416