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Rotifer vertical distributions in a meromictic basin of Lake Banyoles (Spain)

Maria Rosa MiracleM. T. Alfonso

subject

geographygeography.geographical_feature_categorybiologyEcologyRotiferEcological successionStructural basinKarstbiology.organism_classificationPopulation densityZooplanktonOceanographyMarlChimneyGeology

description

The vertical distribution of rotifer populations has been analyzed in a meromictic basin (III) of the karstic Lake Banyoles. This basin had, at the time of the study, an anaerobic monimolimnion from around 17 m in summer or 21 in winter to 25 m, its maximum depth. However, below this layer a warmer micro aerophiliczone with suspended marls is found in a chimney to a depth of 130 m.

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1606-0_49