<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence peak of the smallest plankters that are an adequate food resource for vendace (Coregonus albula L.) larvae. This goal was accomplished by determining weekly changes in zooplankton biomass, especially rotifers and nauplii, against changes in basic physicochemical parameters of lake waters. As the results of this paper show, the highest abundance of the smallest plankters, rotifers and nauplii, occurs at a particular temperature for a period of two weeks. The most important variable that determined the peak of small plankter biomass is temperature. Thus, the period of stocking lakes with vendace larvae should be synchronized with this temperature and the coinciding biomass peak of rotifers and nauplii, which are the basic food of vendace larvae.</p></abstract>

The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence peak of the smallest plankters that are an adequate food resource for vendace (Coregonus albula L.) larvae. This goal was accomplished by determining weekly changes in zooplankton biomass, especially rotifers and nauplii, against changes in basic physicochemical parameters of lake waters. As the results of this paper show, the highest abundance of the smallest plankters, rotifers and nauplii, occurs at a particular temperature for a period of two weeks. The most important variable that determined the peak of small plankter biomass is temperature. Thus, the period of stocking lakes with vendace larvae should be synchronized with this temperature and the coinciding biomass peak of rotifers and nauplii, which are the basic food of vendace larvae.

Determining the spring biomass peak of the smallest plankters in selected vendace lakes in Western Pomerania

Department of General Zoology Faculty of Biology University of Szczecin, Poland ul. Felczaka 3c, 71-412 Szczecin

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The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence peak of the smallest plankters that are an adequate food resource for vendace (Coregonus albula L.)...

Determining the spring biomass peak of the smallest plankters in selected vendace lakes in Western Pomerania

Published Online: Mar 03, 2015

Page range: 289 - 297

Received: Feb 10, 2014

Accepted: Sep 15, 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aopf-2014-0031

Keywords
vendace larvae, inland fisheries, nauplii, rotifers

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This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Determining the spring biomass peak of the smallest plankters in selected vendace lakes in Western Pomerania

Published Online: Mar 03, 2015

Page range: 289 - 297

Received: Feb 10, 2014

Accepted: Sep 15, 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aopf-2014-0031

Keywordsvendace larvae, inland fisheries, nauplii, rotifers

© Archives of Polish Fisheries

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
vendace larvae, inland fisheries, nauplii, rotifers