Diurnal vertical migration patterns of Leptodora kindtii (Focke) (Crustacea: Cladocera) in a shallow eutrophic reservoir.
Diurnal vertical migration patterns of Leptodora kindtii (Focke) (Crustacea: Cladocera) in a shallow eutrophic reservoir.
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10.1002/iroh.19690540405
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1969-01-01
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Cummins, K. W.
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Costa, R. R.;Cummins, K. W.
In 1933 SEBESTYEN provided the first quantitative evidence of a daily vertical migration pattern for Leptodora kindtii (POCKE). Other workers, although not specifically involved in determining the precise pattern of vertical movements, have provided further records of diurnal migrations.(ANDREWS, 1948; MORDTTXHAI-BOLTOVSXAIA, 1956; HALL, 1959; CHEREMISOVA, 1960). SEBESTYEN reported (1960) that a “definite diurnal vertical migration” occurred in Leptodora populations, but did not detail the pattern. During an intensive four-year sampling (1965-1968) of Sanctuary Lake (Crawford Co., Pa.), differences were encountered in Leptodora population densities at various depths, demonstrating a vertical migration pattern for this predaceous zooplankter. Sanctuary Lake is a 1,000 hectare body of water which is a highly productive eutrophic lake forming an eastern armlike extension of an artificial impoundment known as Pymatuning Reservoir. Sanctuary Lake has a maximum depth of three meters, but most of the flatbottomed basin is two meters or less. Because of this shallow and rather uniform morphometry, physical-chemical conditions are quite homogeneous during ice-free periods (CUM-MINS et al., 1969).Preliminary investigation showed the general pattern of diurnal migration to be one in which more individuals were found at the surface during the evening and early morning while lesser numbers were observed at the surface after midmorning and in the afternoon. A difference in vertical movements between the smaller and larger animals was also observed.