Zooplankton occurrences and community structure in Lakes Victoria and Nabugabo

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Kiggundi V, Egessa R, Mwebaza-Ndawula L (2020): Zooplankton occurrences and community structure in Lakes Victoria and Nabugabo. v1.0. National Fisheries Resources Research Institute. Dataset/Occurrence. http://ipt-uganda.gbif.fr/resource?r=lakevictoriazooplankton&v=1.0

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Palavras-chave

Occurrence; Lake Victoria; Zooplankton; Observation

Contatos

Cobertura Geográfica

Lake Victoria and Lake Nabugabo

Cobertura Taxonômica

Freshwater zooplankton

Cobertura Temporal

Dados Sobre o Projeto

This work was part of research and monitoring studies done in predetermined sites and localities of Lake Victoria and Nabugabo. The results generally indicated zooplankton community comprised of majorly three broad taxa groups; Copepoda, Cladocera and Rotifera (Mwebaza-Ndawula et al., 2004). The data presented provide useful basis for tracking community changes in comparison with observations form earlier studies (Rzoska (1957; Stuhlmann, 1888), Weltner, 1897; Mrazek, 1895; Daday, 1907; Verestchagin, 1915; Delachaux, 1917; Worthington, 1931). These earlier works provided the first quantitative account of the zooplankton on Lake Victoria. The current data show changes from the bigger Calanoida and Cladocera to the smaller cyclopoid copepods (Mwebaza-Ndawula, 1994) attributed to the changes in limnological conditions during the present century, which seem to be driven primarily by changes in nutrient input and regional climate (Waya & Mwambugu, 2004).

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Métodos de Amostragem

Zooplankton samples were collected with a conical plankton net (Nansen type; mesh size 60 µm; mouth diameter 0.25 m), towed vertically through the water column, as described by Mwebaza-Ndawula (1994). Each sample was washed with tap water in the laboratory over a 53 µm sieve to remove the preservative and then diluted to a suitable volume, depending on the concentration of organisms in each sample. Sub-samples of 2, 2, 5 and 10 mL were taken with a wide bore automatic pipette from a well agitated sample. The sub-sample series were performed to consider the more abundant organisms in 2, 2 mL series, and the rarer organisms in 2, 2, 5, 10 mL series. Each sub-sample was put into a counting chamber and examined under inverted microscope (Hund, Wetzlar, Germany) at X100 magnification for taxonomic determination, and X40 for counting and organism body measurements.

Descrição dos passos do método:

1. Collection of the zooplankton In the field, a conical plankton net (Nansen type; mesh size 60 µm; mouth diameter 0.25 m), towed vertically through the water column to have an integrated sample was used to collect the zooplankton. Three hauls were taken per site and were combined to make a composite sample.
2. Preserving the samples The composite sample was preserved with sugar-formalin mixture. The sugar was to stop the ballooning of cladocerans for easy identification.
3. Identification of zooplankton taxa In the laboratory, samples were washed using a sieve of 53 µm to remove the fixatives. Organisms were identified to the smallest taxonomic level possible using taxonomic keys (Sars, 1895, Pennak, 1953, Brooks, 1957, Rutner-Kolisko, 1974, Koste, 1978, Boxshall and Braide, 1991, Korinek, 1999). Density of organisms were calculated from the counts data, with reference to the sample net mouth diameter and water column depth at each sampling site (Mwebaza-Ndawula, 1998)

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