%0 Journal Article
%T Factors describing the distribution of the zooplankton community in the Gulf of Finland in the context of interactions between native and introduced predatory cladocerans
%A Arno P£żllum£że
%A Jonne Kotta
%J Oceanologia
%D 2007
%I Elsevier
%X Mesozooplankton communities were studied monthlyat six sites in the Gulf of Finland during six ice-free seasons.The abundances of different zooplankton taxa were related totemperature, salinity, eutrophication level (total nitrogen andphosphorus), phytoplankton Chl a and density of predatorycladocerans, including the non-indigenous Cercopagis pengoiand the native Leptodora kindtii. The results indicated thatvariability in the zooplankton communities was correlated notonly with predation by mesozooplankton but also with bottom-upeffects. Predation by the non-indigenous C. pengoi may significantlyaffect the dynamics of Cladocera and Rotatoria in the Gulf ofFinland during the summer season.
%K Baltic
%K Mesozooplankton
%K Non-indigenous
%K Food web
%K Predation
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