Zooplankton occurrences and abundance in the Lake Edward system, Uganda

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Kiggundu V, Egessa R, Mwebaza-Ndawula L (2021): Zooplankton occurrences and abundance in the Lake Edward system, Uganda. v1.0. National Fisheries Resources Research Institute. Dataset/Occurrence. http://ipt-uganda.gbif.fr/resource?r=lakeedwardsystemzoo&v=1.0

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Mots-clé

Occurrence; Uganda; Zooplankton; Lake Edward; Observation

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Couverture géographique

Lake Edward system, including two nearby small lakes (Chahafi and Kayumbu) in the Lake Victoria Basin)

Couverture taxonomique

The taxa include three broad groups of zooplankton: Copepoda, Cladocera and Rotifera

Couverture temporelle

Méthodes d'échantillonnage

This work was part of research and monitoring studies conducted in predetermined sites and localities on water bodies within the Lake Edward system, including two nearby small lakes in the Lake Victoria basin. The lakes covered include Edward, George, Mutanda, Mulehe, Chahafi, Nakasanda, Bunyonyi and Kayumbu. The rivers covered are Rwimi and Lubilia. The wetlands covered are Kyase, Kiruruma and Ruhuma. The sites sampled represent different habitats based on the factors such as depth, distances from shoreline and water flow (lentic or lotic). In lakes, zooplankton samples were collected with a conical plankton net (Nansen type; mesh size 60 µm or 100 µm; mouth diameter 0.25 m), towed vertically through the water column, as described by Fernando (2002) and Mwebaza-Ndawula (1994). In rivers and wetlands, sampling was done using Schindler trap with 5 litre capacity. 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.

Description des étapes de la méthode:

1. Collection of the zooplankton In lakes, a conical plankton net (Nansen type; mesh size 60 or 100 µm; mouth diameter 0.25 m), towed vertically through the water column to have an integrated sample was used to collect the zooplankton. Collection of samples in rivers and wetlands used a Schindler trap. Three hauls were taken per site and were combined to make a composite sample.
2. Preserving the samples Samples were preserved in a 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.

Citations bibliographiques

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2. Brooks, J. L. 1957. The systematics of North American Daphnia. Memoirs of the connecticut academy of Arts and Sciences, 13, 1-18.
3. Fernando, C. H. 2002. A Guide to Tropical Freshwater Zooplankton. Identification, Ecology and Impact on Fisheries, Leiden, The Netherlands, Backhuys Publishers.
4. Korinek, V. 1999. A guide to limnetic species of Cladocera of African inland waters (Crustacea, Branchiopoda). The International Association of Theoretical and Applied Limnology. SIL.
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7. Rutner-Kolisko, A. 1974. Planktonic rotifers: Biology and taxonomy, Biological Station Lunz of the Austrian Academy of Science. E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung.
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