Abstract
SUMMARY 1. The seasonal cycle of cyclopoid copepods during and following an approximately 50% reduction in planktivorous fish biomass was studied in shallow, eutrophic Lake Vaeng, Denmark, from 1986 to 1990. 2. The dominant cyclopoid copepods changed from Cyclops vicinus and Mesacyclops leuckarti during 1986–1989 to M. leuckarti and Megacyclops viridis in 1990. The abundance of cyclopoid copepods gradually increased from 1986 to 1988–89, decreased in autumn 1989 and markedly decreased in 1990. 3. The increase in the abundance of cyclopoid copepods from 1986 to 1988 is attributed mainly to the reduction in fish predation pressure, there being no concomitant increase in edible phytoplankton. The appearance of M. viridis in 1990, and the general decrease in cyclopoid copepod density in autumn 1989 and in 1990, are attributed to the appearance of submerged macrophytes. 4. Temperature, predation and availability of edible phytoplankton appear to determine whether C. vicinus or M. leuckarti dominates the cyclopoid copepod population of eutrophic Lake Vaeng.
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