POLISH JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY
(Pol. J. Ecol.)

51

2

195-204

2003

 

 

 

Composition of invertebrate communities in ecotones of several lakes in the region of Polesie Lubelskie (Eastern Poland)

 

Stanisław Radwan, Andrzej Paleolog

 

Department of Hydrobiology and Ichtiobiology, University of Agriculture, Akademicka 13, 20-950 Lublin, Poland. e-mail: radwan@ursus.ar.lublin.pl

 

Abstract: 

The chemical composition and biotic structure were studied in ecotonal zones of six trophically differentiated lakes in the region of Polesie Lubelskie (Eastern Poland). High qualitative and quantitative differentiation of zoocenoses (zooplankton and zoobenthos) usually occurred in each ecotonal zone of every lake studied. The highest diversity occurred among microinvertebrates (zoopsammon and zooplankton).

 

Key words: lake, ecotone, biocenotic structure, zooplankton, zoobenthos