TY  - JOUR
AU  - Kövér, Csilla
AU  - Korponai, János
AU  - Katalinic, Ana
AU  - Bereczki, Csaba
TI  - Distribution of Cladocera communities across a climate gradient in shallo lakes from Croatia to Hungary: a preliminary study
JF  - STUDIA QUATERNARIA
J2  - STUD QUATER
VL  - 29
PY  - 2012
SP  - 45
EP  - 52
PG  - 8
SN  - 1641-5558
UR  - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/2175558
ID  - 2175558
N1  - Department of Chemistry and Environmental Sciences, University of West Hungary, Szombathely, Hungary            
            Vrana Lake Nature Park Public Institution Vrana Lake Nature Park, 23210 Biograd na moru, Croatia            
            Department of Hydrobiology and Ecology, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary            
            Cited By :2            
            Export Date: 23 February 2023            
            Correspondence Address: Kövér, C.; Department of Chemistry and Environmental Sciences, , Szombathely, Hungary; email: csilla.kover@gmail.com
AB  - Cladocera communities in surface sediments of seven lakes were sampled from the Mediterranean to north Hungary. Conductivity, pH, primary ions (Ca2+, Mg2+, Na+, K+, Cl-, SO42-, HCO3-, CO32-) and macrophyte coverage were mea-sured as contributed environmental parameters for the distribution of cladoceran communities across the lakes. Thirty-two cladoceran species were found in the seven lakes. The recorded species have wide tolerance spectra, and are able to colonize very different kind of habitats. The most common and abundant species were Chydorus sphaericus, Alona rectangula and Bosmina longirostris. Lake area, latitude, macrophyte coverage, pH, conductivity and hardness were found to be the most determinant environmental variables in the distribution of cladoceran species. This study re-vealed that although the lakes show a clear separation in environmental parameters the composition and distribution of Cladoceran communities differ only slightly across the investigated geographical gradient.
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