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Community structure of rotifers in two environments of the upper River Paraná floodplain (MS) - Brazil

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We evaluate the influence of abiotic and biotic factors on the community structure of rotifers across a regional hydrological cycle in lotic and lentic environments of the upper River Paraná. Depth, transparency, temperature, pH, electrical conductivity, dissolved oxygen, chlorophyll a and densities of rotifers were measured at two stations in Lake Guaraná (littoral and open water regions) and at one station in the River Baía (open water region). Highest densities of rotifers were found at the lake littoral. Canonical correlation analysis related environmental variables with the densities of the most abundant rotifers. The strongest relationship was with chlorophyll a, dissolved oxygen, hydrological level and water temperature. Diversity of rotifers at each station was mainly explained by fluctuations in hydrological level. Results of grouping analysis suggested the formation of groups according to phases of the hydrological cycle.

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Bonecker, C.C., Lansac-Tôha, F.A. Community structure of rotifers in two environments of the upper River Paraná floodplain (MS) - Brazil. Hydrobiologia 325, 137–150 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00028274

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