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- Title
Effects of fish stocking on the zooplankton community structure in a shallow lake in China.
- Authors
Yang, Y. F.; Huang, X. F.; Liu, J. K.; Jia, N. Z.
- Abstract
Changes in the zooplankton community structure in relation to fishery practices in Lake Donghu, Wuhan, China were examined. The number of Protozoa species increased slightly, whereas the number of rotifers and crustaceans decreased from the 1960s to the 1990s. The total annual average densities of zooplankton increased 15–20 times in the 1990s compared with the 1960s. This increase was largely attributed to Protozoa, which contributed 93.4% by number of the total zooplankton density in 1991. Cladoceran densities decreased markedly from 1987. Changes in densities of rotifers and copepods were not evident. Trends in zooplankton biomass were similar to density. Large changes in zooplankton community structure coincided with markedly changes in concentration of chlorophyllaand transparency in Lake Donghu in 1987. The year 1987 seems to be the threshold year when the zooplankton community structure changed considerably. These changes were related to continuously increasing fish stock biomass in the lake. It was suggested that fish stocking and fish biomass should be a better managed for improvement of the quality of the lake's environment.
- Subjects
CHINA; FISHERY management; LAKES; FISHERIES; AQUATIC ecology; ZOOPLANKTON
- Publication
Fisheries Management & Ecology, 2005, Vol 12, Issue 2, p81
- ISSN
0969-997X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1365-2400.2004.00423.x