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Seasonal changes of species diversity (Hr) and average spatial overlap (Ōjk) of planktonic rotifers in a mesotrophic lake were examined with respect to their dependence on habitat diversity (Hh) and on a predator (Asplanchna herricki). Hr was positively correlated with the density of A. herricki and with Hh. In the absence of A. herricki there was no correlation between Hr and Hh. Ōjk was negatively correlated with the density of A. herricki and with Hh; the correlation between Ōjk and Hh was independent of the presence of the predator.
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Matveeva, L.K. (1983). Community structure of planktonic rotifers in a mesotrophic lake. In: Pejler, B., Starkweather, R., Nogrady, T. (eds) Biology of Rotifers. Developments in Hydrobiology, vol 14. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7287-2_46
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