<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Spatial, seasonal, and annual bacterioplankton dynamics in recently infested by the species <italic>Dreissena polymorpha</italic> Ogosta Reservoir were studied for the first time during three year period. Bacterioplankton total number was higher in spring in ecotone zones, than in summer at thermocline. NH4-N, PO4-P, turbidity, dissolved oxygen, COD and chlorophyll-a correlate positively, while transparency and Ca2+ negatively with bacteria. Nematode species composition, included 22 species studied (13 rarely found and <italic>Rhabditis brevispina</italic> new for Bulgaria) belonging to nine families. The <italic>D. polymorpha</italic> impact is positive on nematodes and phytoplankton, negative on zooplankton and bacterioplankton, but weak positive on larger bacteria, rods and attached bacteria.</abstract>

Spatial, seasonal, and annual bacterioplankton dynamics in recently infested by the species Dreissena polymorpha Ogosta Reservoir were studied for the first time during three year period. Bacterioplankton total number was higher in spring in ecotone zones, than in summer at thermocline. NH4-N, PO4-P, turbidity, dissolved oxygen, COD and chlorophyll-a correlate positively, while transparency and Ca2+ negatively with bacteria. Nematode species composition, included 22 species studied (13 rarely found and Rhabditis brevispina new for Bulgaria) belonging to nine families. The D. polymorpha impact is positive on nematodes and phytoplankton, negative on zooplankton and bacterioplankton, but weak positive on larger bacteria, rods and attached bacteria.

The Effect of <italic>Dreissena polymorpha</italic> on Bacterioplankton, Nematode Fauna and their Relations to Environmental Factors in Ogosta Reservoir (Danube Basin)

Transylvanian Review of Systematical and Ecological Research

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The Effect of  on Bacterioplankton, Nematode Fauna and their Relations to Environmental Factors in Ogosta Reservoir (Danube Basin)

Spatial, seasonal, and annual bacterioplankton dynamics in recently infested by the species Dreissena polymorpha Ogosta Reservoir were studied for the first...

The Effect of Dreissena polymorpha on Bacterioplankton, Nematode Fauna and their Relations to Environmental Factors in Ogosta Reservoir (Danube Basin)

Pubblicato online: 30 dic 2016

Pagine: 23 - 34

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/trser-2015-0077

Parole chiave
bacterioplankton, nematodes, Bulgaria

© 2016 Hristina Kalcheva et al., published by De Gruyter Open

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

The Effect of Dreissena polymorpha on Bacterioplankton, Nematode Fauna and their Relations to Environmental Factors in Ogosta Reservoir (Danube Basin)

Pubblicato online: 30 dic 2016

Pagine: 23 - 34

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/trser-2015-0077

Parole chiavebacterioplankton, nematodes, Bulgaria

© 2016 Hristina Kalcheva et al., published by De Gruyter Open

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

Parole chiave
bacterioplankton, nematodes, Bulgaria