Acidification and the structure of crustacean zooplankton in mountain lakes: The Tatra Mountains (Slovakia, Poland)

Abstract

Species composition of planktonic Crustacea in 102 lakes in the West and High Tatra Mountains, studied during the peak of anthropogenic acidification (1978-1996), is presented in this work.

Keywords

• zooplankton
• Crustacea
• phytoplankton
• mountain lakes
• acidification
• oligotrophication
• aluminium toxicity Slovakia
• Poland
• DAPHNIA-PULEX
• VARIABILITY
• CLADOCERA
• COMPLEX