Suspending particulates in rotifer-culturing pond ecosystem
轮虫培育池生态系统颗粒悬浮物的研究

A comparative study on the structure and dynamics of suspending particulates in static and current water rotifer-culturing ponds showed that the total content of suspending particulates varied from 6.76 to 65.39 mg.L-1, with an average of 11.50 mg.L-1 in static water ponds, among which, organic pariculates accounted for 66.8%, while inorganic particulartes occupied 33.2%. In the organic particulates, both particulate detritus and bacteria accounted for 31%, while phytoplankton and zooplankton occupied 30.5% and 5.3%, respectively. The amount of suspending particulates in current water ponds was 41.83 mg.L-1 in average, among which, organic pariculates accounted for 70.4%, while inorganic pariculates occupied 29.6%. In the organic pariculates, both particulate detritus and bacteria accounted for 39.2%, while phytoplankton and zooplankton occupied 30% and 1.2%, respectively. The content of suspending pariculates in static water ponds was less than those in current water ponds. Rotifer-culturing pond was a special type of ecosystem, where Brachionus plicatilis was the major consumer, its community structure was sample, and the abiotic factors were easy to be changed, which resulted in the dynamics of suspending pariculates content in ponds. The ratio of organic to total pariculates in rotifer-culturing ponds was higher, and the contents of both particulate detritus and bacteria were corresponding to that of plankton.