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The effect of different fish communities on the cladoceran plankton assemblages of the Kis-Balaton Reservoir, Hungary

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In 1995 the authors studied the effect of differentfish communities on the structure of the cladoceranplankton in a shallow hypertrophic lake. After a fishkill of 1991, different fish communities developedin the Kazetta and the outer area of the Kis-Balatonreservoir. In the outer area of the reservoir, thedensities of plankton feeding fish species wereconsiderably higher than in the Kazetta. Thesedifferences induced changes in the structure anddynamics of the cladoceran plankton. The biomass ofsmall-bodied cladocerans (mainly Bosmina longispina)was higher and the biomass of the large-bodiedcladocerans (D. hyalina, D. magna) was lower in thewestern and eastern part of Kis-Balaton reservoir thanin the Kazetta. A peak in cladoceran biomass in theKis-Balaton reservoir was observed during the summer,close or during a bloom of filamentous cyanobacteria,whereas in the Kazetta a peak was observed during thespring, before the bloom of cyanobacteria. The adultfemales of D. hyalina were larger and produced moreeggs in the Kazetta than in the outer area of thereservoir.

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  1. Dept. Kis-Balaton, West-Transdanubian District Water Authority, H-8360, Keszthely, Csík F. sétány 1, Hungary

    János Korponai & Kálmán Mátyás

  2. Balaton Limnological Research Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-8237, Tihany, POB 35, Hungary

    Gábor Paulovits & István Tátrai

  3. School of Environmental Engineering, University of Veszprém, H-8201, Veszprém, POB 158, Hungary

    Nóra Kovács

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Korponai, J., Mátyás, K., Paulovits, G. et al. The effect of different fish communities on the cladoceran plankton assemblages of the Kis-Balaton Reservoir, Hungary. Hydrobiologia 360, 211–221 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1003125621301

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