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Article

Comparisons of Zooplankton Community Structure between with- and without- Pesticide Applications on Rice Fields

by
Nattaporn Plangklang
and
Sujeephon Athibai
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Applied Taxonomic Research Center, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand
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Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Diversity 2021, 13(12), 644; https://doi.org/10.3390/d13120644
Submission received: 11 November 2021 / Revised: 22 November 2021 / Accepted: 27 November 2021 / Published: 4 December 2021
(This article belongs to the Section Animal Diversity)

Abstract

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Herbicide usage in rice fields over time may have a direct and indirect influence on the biodiversity of the fields. The impacts of herbicide usage on non-target organisms were assessed by examining the species richness and zooplankton density of two rice fields. One was 2.08 hectares in size and had been treated with pesticides during the sampling year (RF-PA). The second field, measuring 1.76 hectares, had received no pesticide treatment (RF-NPA). Every two weeks, zooplankton was quantitatively collected from ten sampling sites in each field. At each station, 20 L of measured water was filtered through a plankton net with a mesh size of 20 µm and preserved in 1% Lugol’s solution. The results revealed that RF-NPA and RF-PA had 112 and 88 species of zooplankton, respectively, with an abundance-based Jaccard index (Jabd) of 0.438. The total zooplankton density in RF-NPA was 24.4 ind./L, significantly higher than the 16.6 ind./L in RF-PA (p < 0.001). The Shannon-Wiener diversity index (H’) and evenness (J) were highest in RF-NPA at the second sampling (3.45 and 0.75, respectively). These results indicate that glyphosate application affects the diversity of species and density of zooplankton in rice fields.

1. Introduction

Insect infestation, weed competition, and fungal and bacterial pathogens are serious problems that lead to reduced rice production [1]. These problems are often solved by applying a wide range of pesticides to protect rice crops [2]. The quantity of pesticides used conforms to the number of pesticides imported into Thailand. Herbicides, insecticides, and fungicides are the main three pesticide imports [3]. In addition, it is a common practice to drain rice-field water into irrigation canals. From there, the water eventually flows into freshwater systems, causing rice fields and any surrounding water bodies to become severely contaminated with numerous types of pesticides [4]. In general, many pesticides are not only designed and developed to eradicate specific target pests, but also produce side effects on non-target organisms [5]. Thus, the contaminated water from rice fields can directly and indirectly affect small organisms as well as zooplankton [6].
Zooplankton play a critical role as a primary consumer in the food webs of an aquatic ecosystem [7]. Based on their community structures, rotifers, cladocerans, and some copepods are essential components of temporary habitats, and have a high diversity in temporary waters [8,9]. In the field of chemical monitoring, species richness and the density of zooplankton can be used as biological parameters that indicate the extent of substance contamination in aquatic environments [10,11]. The sensitivity of each zooplankton to chemicals appears to vary. For instance, some rotifers have been found to be more sensitive to pharmaceuticals than cladocerans [12]. Likewise, several cladoceran species have exhibited a significant increase in their populations after herbicide exposure (e.g., glifosato atanor and butachlor), whereas rotifers have demonstrated a reduction in only a small number of individuals [13,14]. The sensitivities of the developmental stages of copepods are also distinct: copepod nauplii have been found to be more sensitive to glyphosate herbicide than copepodites and the adult stages [15].
Previous investigations of the effects of herbicide application on zooplankton communities have been conducted in small areas of artificial microcosms. Rotifers appear to be more sensitive to pesticides than microcrustacean zooplankton, such as cladocerans or copepods [13,14,16]. Thus, we hypothesized that pesticide application might affect the community structure of zooplankton on the larger scale of a rice field. To evaluate this hypothesis, we compared the effects of pesticide application on the zooplankton assemblages of two rice fields. One had pesticides applied during the sampling year (RF-PA), while the other field had not received any pesticides during the year preceding the study (RF-NPA). We also compared environmental factors between the fields. The findings were used to assess the effects of pesticide application on the primary consumers in the rice field ecosystem.

2. Materials and Methods

2.1. Study Sites

The two rice fields are situated in Ban Non Lukki, Than Lalot Subdistrict, Phimai District, Nakhon Ratchasima Province, in Northeastern Thailand. One was 1.76 ha in size, had no pesticides applied for at least one year before the sampling of this study (RF-NPA: “Rice Field Non-Pesticide Application”), and was located at 15°10′55.1″ N and 102°23′46.7″ E. The other field, located was at 15°10′45.0″ N and 102°23′46.1″ E, was 2.08 ha in size, and had pesticides applied during the sampling year (RF-PA: Rice Field Pesticide Application). These two rice fields are situated at an elevation of 146 m. RF-NPA is only about 55 m at its closest point to RF-PA (Figure 1). Both fields had historical pesticide and herbicide applications (viz., chlorpyrifos and glyphosate) for at least ten years. Rice (Oryza sativa L. cv. KDML 105) that had been planted prior to the field samplings developed into the reproductive phase at days 99 and 106 in RF-NPA and RF-PA, respectively. In the case of RF-PA, chlorpyrifos (an insecticide, 40% w/v) with a 0.48 L/ha application rate had been used at the seedling stage, and glyphosate (a herbicide, 48% w/v) with a 1.7 L/ha application rate, had been applied at the reproductive stage.

2.2. Zooplankton Sampling and Identification

Zooplankton were quantitatively collected every two weeks from 10 sampling stations in each field. The first sampling (14 October 2018) was conducted one week after the application of glyphosate. After the second sampling period, the water in both rice fields dried out. At each sampling station, 20 L of sampled water were filtered through a plankton net (20 µm mesh size) before being preserved in 1% Lugol’s solution. All the zooplankton in the 40 samples were sorted, identified, and counted under a compound light microscope. Copepod specimens were dissected under a stereomicroscope using diluted glycerol as the mounting medium. Identification keys [17,18,19,20,21], as well as research papers (e.g., [22,23]), were used to identify the species.

2.3. Water Quality Measurement

Eight environmental variables were measured before collecting the water samples from the two fields. The water temperature (°C), electrical conductivity (EC; µS/cm), and total dissolved solids (TDS; mg/L) were measured with a multi-parameter meter, Hanna HI 98129, Hanna Instruments Inc., Woonsocket, RI, USA. The pH was measured with a pH meter, Index ID 1000, USA. Dissolved oxygen (DO; mg/L) and biochemical oxygen demand (BOD; mg/L) were determined by using the Winkler titration method [24]. Nitrate (mg/L) was analyzed colorimetrically with a spectrophotometer, Hach DR/2400, Hach Company, Loveland, CO, USA following the cadmium reduction method. Chlorophyll a content (µg/L) was determined by using an extracted-methanol method [25]. Pesticide residue in water (mg/L) was detected by using the gas chromatography-flame photometric detector (GC-FPD) method.

2.4. Data Analysis

The paired sample t-test and the independent-samples t-test were utilized to compare the differences in species richness, zooplankton density, and environmental variables of RF-NPA and RF-PA. The Spearman’s rank correlation analysis was used to determine the linear direction of the association between nitrate and chlorophyll a content. The data analyses were performed using IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows (version 26.0; IBM Corp., Armonk, NY, USA). In addition, the abundance-based Jaccard similarity index (Jabd) [26] was used to measure the similarity in the species compositions of the zooplankton of RF-NPA and RF-PA. The Shannon-Wiener diversity index (H′) [27] and Pielou’s evenness index (J) [28] were used to express species diversity and species-abundance distributions of zooplankton in the rice fields. In addition, the Sørensen−Dice index (Cs) [29] was applied to express the similarity in the species composition of the first and second samplings from each rice field. Additionally, the Dominance Candidate Index (DCi) [30] was used to ascertain the dominant species in each community. Furthermore, species accumulation [31] and the estimators of Chao, Chao2, Jacknife1, Jacknife2, and Bootstrap [32] were used to determine the number of species of zooplankton that could be found in each rice field. The calculations were performed with RStudio (version 3.6.1, RStudio, Boston, MA, USA).

3. Results

3.1. Environmental Factors of Rice Fields

The independent samples t-test indicated that there were no significant differences between RF-NPA and RF-PA in terms of water environmental factors (p > 0.05) in both the first and second samplings. The results of the paired sample t-test showed that the first sampling of RF-PA revealed a significantly higher value of EC than the second sampling (t(2) = 4.671, p = 0.041) with 667.67 µS/cm and 519.67 µS/cm, respectively. In RF-NPA, the first sampling revealed a higher value of water temperature, EC, and TDS than the second sampling; on the other hand, DO, nitrate content, and chlorophyll a content had significantly lower values in the first sampling than in the second sampling (p < 0.05) (Figure 2). The dissolved oxygen of both RF-NPA and RF-PA did not exceed 3.0 mg/L in the first and second samples. Nitrate content had a positive relationship with chlorophyll a (r = 0.665; p = 0.018). The water depth in RF-PA was around 20 cm during the first measurement, and dropped during the second sampling (15 cm). The water in RF-NPA, on the other hand, was around 30 cm deeper than in RF-PA, and the water level remained rather consistent for both the first and second sampling periods. The presence of organophosphate pesticide was not detected in the water samples from either RF-NPA or RF-PA.

3.2. Zooplankton Community Structure in RF-NPA and RF-PA

3.2.1. Species Composition

The species richness of the zooplankton of RF-NPA was higher than that of RF-PA (112 and 88 species, respectively) (Table 1). Both fields demonstrated a rather low similarity of species composition, achieving 0.434 with the abundance-based Jaccard similarity index (Jabd). Figure 3 depicts some of the zooplankton species found in the rice fields. A total of 112 species were found in RF-NPA, comprised of rotifers (79 species), cladocerans (21 species), and copepods (12 species). By comparison, 88 species, including 61 rotifers, 17 cladocerans, and 10 copepods, were found in RF-PA (Table 2). The total number of species in RF-NPA and RF-PA demonstrated a significant difference in the second sampling (p = 0.005). Based on relative richness, rotifers were the major component of zooplankton in both rice fields, with 70.5% in RF-NPA and 69.3% in RF-PA.
The total species richness of zooplankton in RF-PA showed a significant difference between the sampling times (p = 0.047). The overall species richness of the first and second samplings of RF-PA totaled 81 and 66 species, respectively. The similarity was 0.802. The total number of species in RF-NPA (97) was the same in the first and second samplings. The similarity index between the two samplings was 0.845.
The highest diversity index (H′ = 3.45) and evenness index (J = 0.75) were reported for RF-NPA in the second sampling. Conversely, the lowest diversity and evenness indices were recorded in the second sampling of RF-PA (3.09 and 0.70, respectively). Rotifers were the most diverse group in both rice fields, showing a diversity index of over 2.70. There was a high evenness index related to cladocerans, ranging from 0.73–0.76 (Table 2).

3.2.2. Species Accumulation and Estimate

A species accumulation curve of zooplankton species richness in RF-NPA and RF-PA revealed a rise in the number of species in RF-NPA, but only a minor increase in RF-PA (Figure 4a). The results of five estimators (Chao, Chao2, Jacknife1, Jacknife2, and Bootstrap) were all greater than the number of observed species (112 species), particularly the Jacknife2 result, which gave the greatest maximum value of 133.9 species. In contrast, the estimation of the number of zooplankton species in RF-PA revealed that all five estimators gave values that were close to the number of observed species (88). The Chao2 method gave the closest estimate (89.9 species, Figure 4b,c). This finding suggests that many species have yet to be discovered in RF-NPA. In RF-PA, on the other hand, few unknown species are expected to be discovered.

3.2.3. Abundance, Density, and Dominant Species

The total abundance of all zooplankton in RF-NPA was greater than in RF-PA, with 9769 and 6649 individuals, respectively. The difference between RF-NPA and RP-PA in the total number of individuals of zooplankton was mainly due to rotifers (7355 individuals in RF-NPA versus 3952 individuals in RF-PA) and cladocerans (1605 individuals in RF-NPA versus 2136 individuals in RF-PA) (Table 2).
The mean zooplankton density in RF-NPA was significantly higher than that in RF-PA (p < 0.001) (24.4 and 16.6 ind./L, respectively). The total densities of the RF-NPA zooplankton at the first and second samplings were 250.3 and 238.1 ind./L, respectively. By comparison, the corresponding figures for RF-PA were lower (179.4 and 153.1 ind./L, respectively). The first sampling in RF-PA showed significantly higher average cladoceran and nauplii densities than the second sampling (Table 3).
The dominating zooplankton in RF-NPA and RF-PA were comparable. In the first sample, Lecane bulla was the most common species in both rice fields (53.6 ind./L in RF-NPA versus 17.2 ind./L in RF-PA), with a DCi of 0.71 and 0.60, respectively. In the second sample, Polyarthra vulgaris had the greatest density in RF-NPA (44.7 ind./L) and RF-PA (19.5 ind./L), whereas L. bulla had reduced in both fields. Mesocyclops affinis was the most common copepod seen in each rice field on both occasions. Pseudosida szalayi had the highest density in both the first (8.6 ind./L) and second (12.2 ind./L) RF-NPA samplings. Ephemeroporus barroisi was the most common cladoceran in RF-PA in both the first and second samplings, with a DCi of 0.60 and 0.61, respectively (Figure 5).

4. Discussion

4.1. Environmental Factors

One week after glyphosate treatment, the EC of RF-PA revealed significantly elevated values, while other parameters showed no significant differences. This implied that glyphosate remains in the water. Conductivity and glyphosate concentrations had a positive relationship [33]. After three weeks, the EC decreased, indicating that glyphosate might have degraded due to its short half-life with a range of 7–14 days [34]. Similarly, conductivity in rice fields had slightly higher values in herbicide treatments with imazethapyr, imazapic, bispyribac-sodium, and penoxsulam [16]. In RF-NPA, EC, TDS, DO, nitrate, and chlorophyll a content significantly differed between the first and second samples. This was due to the use of 169 kg/ha of urea fertilizer before the first sampling. The application of urea fertilizer resulted in high conductivity and low dissolved oxygen levels in RF-NPA [35]. The amount of chlorophyll a in the two rice fields exhibited a positive relationship with nitrate. A strong positive relationship between total nitrogen and the total density of key phytoplankton species was found in the rice fields, including Chlorophyta and Bacillariophyta [36]. Organophosphate pesticides were not detected in the water samples of RF-APA and RF-PA. Chlorpyrifos had been applied 90 days before the first sampling in RF-PA and might have degraded. Chlorpyrifos residue in water is non-detectable 14 days after application [37]. In addition, Fu et al. reported that the half-life of chlorpyrifos in a rice field in Zhejiang, China, was 0.9–3.8 days, with the highest residue detected one day after application [38].

4.2. Zooplankton Community Structure in RF-NPA and RF-PA

The rotifer species richness in RF-NPA was 79, which was higher than the 71 species found in Plangklang and Athibai [39]. As more samples were collected, more species were found. Even though 19 species discovered by Plangklang and Athibai were not found, there were 27 more taxa discovered. Twenty-one species of cladoceran were identified, four of which were common species, including Diaphanosoma excisum, Ilyocryptus spinifer, Moinodaphnia macleayi, and Scapholeberis kingi [40,41,42]. Six species of calanoid copepods, namely Eodiaptomus draconisignivomi, Heliodiaptomus elegans, Mongolodiaptomus botulifer, M. malaindosinensis, Neodiaptomus yangtsekiangensis, and Tropodiaptomus vicinus were found in the Mun River Basin, which is in the same RF-NPA and RF-PA areas [43]. Phyllodiaptomus praedictus has been discovered in rice fields that have been irrigated [44], and has been found to be common in Northeast Thailand [45]. These findings confirm that the diversity and occurrence of species in rice fields depend on the characteristics of the habitat, irrigation sources, and native species [44,46].
The total species richness of zooplankton and the number of species of rotifers were significantly higher in RF-NPA than in RF-PA. This concurred with the finding of Romero et al. [47] that the species richness of zooplankton in an agroecological rice field is greater than in a conventional rice field in Argentina. Pesticides have affected zooplankton communities by reducing species richness and diversity [48]. In RF-PA, the species richness of zooplankton dropped from the first sample to the second sample. The toxicity of herbicides may be dependent on exposure duration and half-life. Baker et al. [49] demonstrated that one day after applying glyphosate, zooplankton richness was significantly reduced; moreover, the decrease in species richness persisted for two weeks. The half-life of glyphosate in aquatic environments has been reported as ranging from 1−4.8 days in wetlands [49,50] to 3.5−11.2 days in forest ponds [51]. Moreover, the commercial formulation of glyphosate is more toxic than the active ingredient [52].
The density of zooplankton was considerably higher in RF-NPA than in RF-PA. Rotifer density of RF-NPA (18.38 ind./L) was comparable to that observed by Plangklang and Athibai [39], which established an average of 16.20 ind./L in the same field where pesticides had been applied. The density of rotifers in RF-NPA was higher than that in RF-PA for both samplings. This result is consistent with a reduction in rotifer abundance in subtropical rice fields after receiving the herbicides imazethapyr, imazapic, bispyribac-sodium, and penoxsulam [16]. Similarly, glyphosate and 2,4-D have also been found to affect emerged rotifers in hatching treatments by significantly decreasing their abundance relative to a control group [53].
In the present work, the glyphosate application had apparent effects on cladocerans and nauplii in RF-PA. The average density of cladocerans and nauplii in the second sampling were significantly lower than in the first sampling. Pesticides are not directly toxic to cladocerans immediately after spraying, but these chemicals could restrain cladoceran populations by a sublethal effect that disturbs their reproductive ability, habitat selection, and food habits, and creates changes in predator-prey relationships and interspecific competition [54]. The population of nauplii in RF-PA, like that of cladocerans, seemed to suffer from glyphosate application. It is likely that nauplii are more sensitive to glyphosate than copepodites and the adult stages. This is consistent with the case of the nauplii of Pseudodiaptomus annandalei, which have exhibited more sensitivity to glyphosate than copepodites and adult stages [15]. Also, glyphosate affects the development of Notodiaptomus carteri by increasing the development time of the nauplii and interrupting copepod development during the transition from the larva stage to the adult stage [55]. However, applications of glyphosate and other agrochemicals show marginal effects on the populations of nauplii and copepodites in a conventional rice field [47].
Although pesticides could not be detected in the water samples of the rice field, the zooplankton community structure in RF-NPA was different than it was in RF-PA. The presence of several species that are only found in RF-NPA indicates that avoidance of pesticide use in rice fields provides favorable conditions for the existence of some exclusive species, when compared to the presence of species in RF-PA. This led to higher density, a higher diversity index, and a higher evenness index in RF-NPA, in both samplings.

5. Conclusions

The findings provided a realistic picture of the effects of herbicide usage on zooplankton assemblages and environmental variables under field conditions. Glyphosate treatment had a greater effect on the species richness and the diversity of zooplankton in RF-PA, when compared to RF-NPA. The application of glyphosate in RF-PA resulted in decreases in the total species richness of zooplankton, in the diversity index, and in the density of cladocerans and copepod nauplii in the second sampling. Furthermore, its application led to an increase in the EC levels of rice field water. Thus, inappropriate use of pesticides might cause a reduction in zooplankton diversity and density in rice fields.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization, S.A.; methodology, N.P. and S.A.; formal analysis, N.P.; investigation, N.P. and S.A.; data curation, N.P.; writing—original draft preparation, N.P.; writing—review and editing, S.A.; supervision, S.A.; funding acquisition, S.A. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

Funding

This research was supported by a grant from the Government of Thailand’s Grants to Khon Kaen University (KKU) (Project code I62-00-27-20). The first author was supported by the Human Resource Development in Science Project (Science Achievement Scholarship of Thailand, SAST).

Institutional Review Board Statement

The study was reviewed and approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee of Khon Kaen University, Thailand (No. IACUC-KKU-42/61).

Informed Consent Statement

Not applicable.

Data Availability Statement

All data are available from the authors upon request.

Acknowledgments

The authors thank Supatra Tiang-Nga, Rungnapa Somnark and Benjamart Suksai for assistance in the field. The authors would like to thank Bradley Rader for helping with English corrections.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Figure 1. Map of the study sites in Phimai District, Nakhon Ratchasima Province, showing the 10 sampling stations in RF-NPA and RF-PA.
Figure 1. Map of the study sites in Phimai District, Nakhon Ratchasima Province, showing the 10 sampling stations in RF-NPA and RF-PA.
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Figure 2. Boxplot comparisons of the eight environmental parameters of RF-NPA and RF-PA. NPA1, PA1, NPA2, and PA2 represent the first sampling RF-NPA, the first sampling RF-PA, the second sampling of RF-NPA, and the second sampling of RF-PA, respectively.
Figure 2. Boxplot comparisons of the eight environmental parameters of RF-NPA and RF-PA. NPA1, PA1, NPA2, and PA2 represent the first sampling RF-NPA, the first sampling RF-PA, the second sampling of RF-NPA, and the second sampling of RF-PA, respectively.
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Figure 3. Some zooplankton species that were found in the present study. (a) Colurella sanoamuangae Chittapun, Pholpunthin & Segers, 1999; (b) Lecane baimaii Sanoamuang & Savatenalinton, 1999; (c) Lecane hamata (Stokes, 1896); (d) Lepadella ovalis (Müller, 1786); (e) Plationus patulus (Müller, 1786); (f) Mesocyclops affinis Van de Velde, 1987; (g) Grimaldina brazzai Richard, 1892; and (h) Ovalona cambouei (Guerne & Richard, 1983).
Figure 3. Some zooplankton species that were found in the present study. (a) Colurella sanoamuangae Chittapun, Pholpunthin & Segers, 1999; (b) Lecane baimaii Sanoamuang & Savatenalinton, 1999; (c) Lecane hamata (Stokes, 1896); (d) Lepadella ovalis (Müller, 1786); (e) Plationus patulus (Müller, 1786); (f) Mesocyclops affinis Van de Velde, 1987; (g) Grimaldina brazzai Richard, 1892; and (h) Ovalona cambouei (Guerne & Richard, 1983).
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Figure 4. Species accumulation curve (a), and the estimation curves of zooplankton in RF-NPA (b) and RF-PA (c).
Figure 4. Species accumulation curve (a), and the estimation curves of zooplankton in RF-NPA (b) and RF-PA (c).
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Figure 5. Highest ranking of five dominant zooplankton in RF-NPA and RF-PA at two sampling times.
Figure 5. Highest ranking of five dominant zooplankton in RF-NPA and RF-PA at two sampling times.
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Table 1. The list of zooplankton species in RF-NPA and RF-PA. The numbers 1, 2, 3, and 4 represent the first sampling RF-NPA, the second sampling RF-NPA, the first sampling RF-PA, and the second sampling RF-PA, respectively.
Table 1. The list of zooplankton species in RF-NPA and RF-PA. The numbers 1, 2, 3, and 4 represent the first sampling RF-NPA, the second sampling RF-NPA, the first sampling RF-PA, and the second sampling RF-PA, respectively.
Scientific Name
RotifersL. pyriformis (Daday, 1905) 2Tripleuchlanis plicata (Levander, 1894) 1,2
Anuraeopsis fissa Gosse, 1851 2L. quadridentata (Ehrenberg, 1830) 1,2,3,4Cladocerans
Asplanchnopus multiceps (Schrank, 1793) 1,2,3,4L. signifera (Jennings, 1896) 2,3Anthalona harti van Damme, Sinev &
Dumont 2011 1,2,3,4
Beauchampiella eudactylota (Gosse, 1886) 1,2,3,4L. stenroosi (Meissner, 1908) 3
Brachionus angularis Gosse, 1851 2L. tenuiseta Harring, 1914 1,2,3,4Chydorus eurynotus Sars, 1901 2,3,4
B. quadridentatus Hermann, 1783 1,2,3,4L. thienemanni (Hauer, 1938) 1,2Coronatella acuticostata (Sars, 1903) 1,2,3,4
B. quadridentatus mirabilis Daday, 1897 1,2,3L. unguitata (Fadeev, 1926) 1,2,3,4C. rectangular (Sars, 1861) 3
Cephalodella forficula (Ehrenberg, 1830) 1,2,4Lepadella akrobeles Myers, 1934 1Dadaya macrops (Daday, 1898) 3
C. gibba (Ehrenberg, 1830) 1,2,3,4L. apsicora Myers, 1834 1Diaphanosoma excisum Sars, 1885 1
Colurella obtusa (Gosse, 1886) 1,2,3L. apsida Harring, 1916 1D. senegal Gauthier, 1951 4
C. sanoamuangae Chittapun, Pholpunthin
& Segers, 1999 1,2
L. costatoides Segers, 1992 1,2,3Dunhevedia crassa King, 1853 1
L. discoidea Segers, 1993 1,2,3,4Ephemeroporus barroisi (Richard, 1894) 1,2,3,4
C. uncinata (Müller, 1773) 1,2,3,4L. ovalis (Müller, 1786) 1,2,4Euryalona orientalis (Daday, 1898) 2
Dipleuchlanis propatula (Gosse, 1886) 1,2,3,4L. patella (Müller, 1773) 1,2,3,4Grimaldina brazzai Richard, 1892 1,2
Euchlanis incisa Carlin, 1939 2,3,4L. rhomboides (Gosse, 1886) 1,2,3,4Ilyocryptus spinifer Herrick, 1882 1,2,3,4
Hexarthra mira (Hudson, 1871) 2L. triba Myers, 1934 1Karualona karua (King, 1853) 1,2,3,4
Keratella cochlearis (Gosse, 1851) 2,3L. triptera (Ehrenberg, 1832) 1,2Kurzia brevilabris (Rajapaksa & Fernando 1986) 1,2,3
K. lenzi Hauer, 1953 2,3,4L. voigti Hauer, 1931 1,2,4Latonopsis australis Sars, 1888 3
K. tecta (Gosse, 1851) 2Lophocharis salpina (Ehrenberg, 1834) 1,2,3,4Leberis diaphanus (King, 1853) 1,2
K. tropica (Apstein, 1907) 2,3Macrochaetus danneelae Koste & Shiel, 1983 3,4Leydigia acanthocercoides (Fischer, 1854) 1
Lecane arcula Harring, 1914 1,2Monommata grandis Tessin, 1890 1,2Macrothrix spinosa King, 1853 1,2
L. baimaii Sanoamuang &
Savatenalinton, 1999 1,2
M. longiseta (Müller, 1786) 1,2,3,4M. triserialis Brady, 1886 1,2,3,4
Mytilina bisulcata (Lucks, 1912) 1,2Moina micrura Kurz, 1874 1
L. bulla (Gosse, 1851) 1,2,3,4M. trigona (Gosse, 1851) 1,2,4Moinodaphnia macleayi (King, 1853) 1,2,3,4
L. closterocerca (Schmarda, 1859) 1,2,3,4M. unguipes (Lucks, 1912) 1,2Ovalona cambouei (Guerne & Richard, 1983) 1,2,3,4
L. crepida Harring, 1914 1,2,3,4M. ventralis (Ehrenberg, 1830) 1,2,3,4Pseudosida szalayi Daday, 1898 1,2,3,4
L. curvicornis (Murray, 1913) 1,2,3,4Plationus patulus (Müller, 1786) 1,2,3,4Scapholeberis kingi Sars, 1903 1,2,3,4
L. elegans Harring, 1914 1,2Platyias leloupi Gillard, 1957 1,2,3Simocephalus serrulatus (Koch, 1841) 1,2,3,4
L. haliclysta Harring & Myers, 1926 3P. quadricornis (Ehrenberg, 1832) 1,2,3,4Copepods
L. hamata (Stokes, 1896) 1,2,3,4Polyarthra vulgaris Carlin, 1943 1,2,3,4Ectocyclops rubescens (Brady, 1904) 1,2,3,4
L. hastata (Murray, 1913) 1,2,3Scaridium longicaudum (Müller, 1786) 1,2,3,4Elaphoidella intermedia Chappuis, 1931 1,2,3,4
L. hornemanni (Ehrenberg, 1834) 1,3Sinantherina spinosa (Thorpe, 1893) 1,2,3,4Eodiaptomus draconisignivomi Brehm, 1952 1,2,3
L. inopinata Harring & Myers, 1926 1,2,3,4Squatinella lamellaris (Müller, 1786) 2Heliodiaptomus elegans Kiefer, 1935 1,2,3
L. lateralis Sharma, 1978 1,2,3,4Testudinella ahlstromi Hauer, 1956 1,3Mesocyclops affinis Van de Velde, 1987 1,2,3,4
L. leontina (Turner, 1892) 1,2,3,4T. greeni Koste, 1981 1,2,3,4Microcyclops varicans (Sars, 1863) 1,2,3,4
L. ludwigii (Eckstein, 1883) 1,2T. patina (Hermann, 1783) 1,2,3,4Mongolodiaptomus botulifer (Kiefer, 1974) 1,2
L. luna (Müller, 1776) 1,2,3,4Trichocerca bicristata (Gosse, 1887) 1,2,3,4M. malaindosinensis (Lai & Fernando, 1978) 1,2,3,4
L. lunaris (Ehrenberg, 1832) 1,2,4T. capucina (Wierzejski & Zacharias, 1893) 1Neodiaptomus yangtsekiangensis Mashiko, 1951 1,2
L. monostyla (Daday, 1897) 3T. pusilla (Jennings, 1903) 2Phyllodiaptomus praedictus Dumont &
Ranga Reddy, 1994) 1,2,3,4
L. nitida (Murray, 1913) 3T. similis (Wierzejski, 1893) 1,4
L. obtusa (Murray, 1913) 2,3T. tenuior (Gosse, 1886) 1,2,3,4P. roietensis Sanoamuang & Watiroyram, 2020 1,2,3,4
L. papuana (Murray, 1913) 1,2,3,4T. weberi (Jennings, 1903) 1,3Tropodiaptomus vicinus (Kiefer, 1930) 1,2,3,4
L. pusilla Harring, 1914 1,4Trichotria tetractis (Ehrenberg, 1830) 1,2,3,4
Table 2. Species richness, abundance (individuals), and diversity indices in the zooplankton community in RF-NPA and RF-PA on two occasions.
Table 2. Species richness, abundance (individuals), and diversity indices in the zooplankton community in RF-NPA and RF-PA on two occasions.
ZooplanktonRFSpecies RichnessTotal AbundanceH′J
Rotifers1st NPA6638742.870.68
2nd NPA6834813.010.72
1st PA5519962.740.68
2nd PA4519522.720.71
Cladocerans1st NPA196752.180.74
2nd NPA179302.070.73
1st PA1612772.120.76
2nd PA138591.880.73
Copepods1st NPA124571.620.65
2nd NPA123521.380.55
1st PA103141.390.60
2nd PA82511.560.75
Total taxa1st NPA9750063.350.73
2nd NPA9747633.450.75
1st PA8135873.150.71
2nd PA6630623.090.70
Table 3. The mean ± SD of the density and range of relative density of zooplankton in RF-NPA and RF-PA on two sample occasions. The asterisks (*) indicate statistically significant differences.
Table 3. The mean ± SD of the density and range of relative density of zooplankton in RF-NPA and RF-PA on two sample occasions. The asterisks (*) indicate statistically significant differences.
ZooplanktonRF-NPAp
Value
RF-PAp
Value
1st2nd1st2nd
Rotifers
Average density (ind./L)19.37 ± 4.1717.40 ± 8.150.3339.98 ± 2.289.76 ± 3.030.878
Relative density (%)63.98−84.6351.30−89.51 49.47−62.8252.60−77.32
Cladocerans
Average density (ind./L)3.38 ± 1.094.65 ± 1.030.0536.39 ± 174.30 ± 1.360.001 *
Relative density (%)10.00−17.938.05−31.61 32.79−37.2215.46−38.06
Copepods
Adult
Average density (ind./L)2.29 ± 1.621.76 ± 1.250.2021.57 ± 0.581.26 ± 0.560.126
Relative density (%)3.90−24.362.44−17.10 4.39−14.214.95−15.85
Copepodite
Average density (ind./L)
Nauplii
2.41 ± 1.092.48 ± 1.240.3742.05 ± 0.711.73 ± 0.520.137
Average density (ind./L)7.44 ± 1.856.52 ± 2.590.38614.26 ± 4.1810.74 ± 2.650.043 *
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