The Rotifera of impoundments in Southeastern Australia
journal contribution
posted on 2023-04-03, 17:20authored byR. J Shiel, C. J Merrick, G. G Ganf
Murray-Darling Freshwater Research Centre
MDFRC item.
Seasonal changes in species composition of rotifers in seven southeastern Australian impoundments are documented. Reservoirs had different dominant species and low overall community similarity. Rotifers were dominant only in unstable, short retention-time reservoirs. Reservoirs with longer retention-times had microcrustacean communities with calanoid copepods most abundant. Intensive sampling of Mt Bold Reservoir demonstrated extremely rapid changes in the rotifer community.