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. 2018 Oct 5;6:e5731. doi: 10.7717/peerj.5731

Table 3. Frequency (%) of zooplankton taxa in examined lakes.

Lakes Epilimnion Metalimnion Hypolimnion
n = 79 Polimictic (n = 36) Dimictic (n = 43) n = 43 n = 42
Rotifera
Anuraeopsis fissa 42 56 21 23 10
Ascomorpha ecaudis 3 3 2 0 0
Ascomorpha ovalis 51 28 65 35 13
Ascomorpha saltans 52 61 42 21 3
Ascomorphella volvocicola 4 0 7 0 0
Asplanchna priodonta 73 64 72 56 18
Asplanchna sieboldi 1 3 0 0 0
Bdelloidea 37 33 30 14 8
Brachionus angularis 33 47 14 7 10
Brachionus calyciflorus 9 11 5 0 3
Brachionus diversicornis 15 28 5 2 0
Brachionus quadridentatus 4 8 0 0 0
Brachionus urceolaris 1 0 2 0 3
Cephalodella gibba 1 3 0 0 0
Collotheca mutabilis 35 36 33 12 0
Colurella adriatica 3 6 0 0 0
Colurella colurus 6 6 7 0 0
Colurella obtusa 5 6 5 0 0
Colurella uncinata 8 14 2 0 0
Conochillus unicornis 58 44 60 37 8
Conochilus hippocrepis 5 0 5 9 0
Euchlanis deflexa deflexa 6 6 7 0 0
Euchlanis dilatata dilatata 41 39 42 9 3
Euchlanis meneta 1 3 0 0 0
Filinia longiseta 53 56 21 28 20
Filinia terminalis 9 0 0 5 13
Gastropus hyptopus 4 3 2 5 3
Gastropus stylifer 62 53 63 44 23
Hexarthra mira 4 6 2 0 0
Keratella cochlearis v. cochlearis 100 100 98 100 90
K. cochlearis v. hispida 77 72 63 72 45
K. cochlearis v. macracantha 45 31 42 31 11
K. cochlearis v. tecta 77 92 63 51 38
Keratella hiemalis 8 0 0 9 13
Keratella quadrata 68 44 35 74 43
Kellicottia longispina 66 31 81 86 65
Lecane bulla 9 11 5 2 0
Lecane closterocerca 25 28 12 7 13
Lecane depressa 1 3 0 0 0
Lecane flexilis 1 3 0 0 0
Lecane hamata 8 11 2 2 3
Lecane ludwigii 4 6 2 0 0
Lecane luna 13 6 19 0 3
Lecane lunaris 11 3 19 2 0
Lecane perpusilla 1 3 0 0 0
Lecane scutata 3 3 2 0 0
Lecane tenuiseta 1 0 0 2 0
Lepadella acuminata 1 3 0 0 0
Lepadella ovalis 10 6 12 2 0
Lepadella quadricarinata 3 6 0 0 0
Lepadella rhomboides 1 3 0 0 0
Monommata maculata 3 3 2 0 0
Mytilina mucronata 1 3 0 0 0
Notholca labis 1 0 0 2 0
Notholca squamula 1 0 0 0 3
Plationus patulus 3 3 2 0 0
Platyias quadricornis 3 3 2 0 0
Ploesoma hudsoni 9 8 5 7 0
Polyarthra dolichoptera 3 0 0 6 0
Polyarthra eryptera 59 61 53 21 3
Polyarthra longiremis 15 6 23 7 5
Polyarthra major 23 8 33 12 3
Polyarthra minor 1 3 0 0 0
Polyarthra remata 52 56 37 19 8
Polyarthra vulgaris 95 89 98 56 45
Pompholyx sulcata 70 67 63 63 48
Scaridium longicaudum 1 3 0 0 0
Synchaeta kitina 38 31 42 14 10
Synchaeta lakowitziana 1 0 0 0 3
Synchaeta oblonga 4 6 2 2 0
Synchaeta pectinata 13 17 7 0 3
Synchaeta stylata 1 0 0 0 0
Synchaeta tremula 1 3 0 0 0
Testudinella patina 5 8 2 0 0
Trichocerca capucina 72 72 60 44 18
Trichocerca cylindrica 6 8 5 0 0
Trichocerca elongata 4 6 2 0 0
Trichocerca insignis 4 6 2 0 0
Trichocerca porcellus 1 0 0 0 0
Trichocerca pusilla 42 61 26 7 10
Trichocerca rattus 4 8 0 0 0
Trichocerca rousseleti 49 36 56 30 13
Trichocerca similis 82 81 81 65 35
Trichocerca simonei 3 0 5 2 0
Trichocerca stylata 4 8 0 0 0
Trichotria pocillum 4 0 5 2 0
Cladocera          
Alona costata 4 8 0 0 0
Alona intermedia 3 0 5 0 0
Alona rectangula 6 8 5 0 0
Alonella excisa 1 0 2 0 0
Alonella exigua 1 3 0 0 0
Alonella nana 18 22 14 0 0
Bosmina longirostris 56 53 42 28 28
Bythotrephes longimanus 5 0 0 9 0
Ceriodaphnia pulchella 9 11 7 0 3
Ceriodaphnia quadrangula 68 72 51 33 20
Chydorus gibbus 3 0 5 0 3
Chydorus latus 4 3 5 0 0
Chydorus ovalis 3 3 5 0 0
Chydorus sphaericus 46 47 42 26 10
Daphnia cucullata 85 75 93 91 60
Daphnia galeata 9 6 5 12 13
Daphnia hyalina 13 0 9 21 15
Daphnia longiremis 1 0 0 0 3
Daphnia longispina 46 8 40 70 35
Diaphanosoma brachyurum 78 61 86 77 45
Disparalona rostrata 5 6 5 0 0
Eubosmina coregoni 68 50 79 67 58
Eubosmina gibbera 3 3 2 0 0
Eubosmina l. kessleri 1 0 0 2 0
Eubosmina longicornis 1 0 2 0 0
Eubosmina longispina 3 0 0 5 3
Eubosmina thersites 1 3 0 0 0
Holopedium gibberum 1 0 0 2 0
Latona setifera 1 3 0 0 0
Leptodora kindtii 37 8 19 56 13
Pleuroxus aduncus 1 3 0 0 0
Pleuroxus striatus 1 0 2 0 0
Pleuroxus trigonellus 3 6 0 0 0
Pleuroxus truncatus 3 6 0 0 0
Pleuroxus uncinatus 1 0 2 0 0
Polyphemus pediculus 8 14 2 0 0
Pseudochydorus globosus 1 0 2 0 0
Scapholeberis mucronata 9 17 0 2 0
Sida crystallina 10 11 9 0 0
Simocephalus exspinosus 1 0 2 0 0
Simocephalus serrulatus 1 3 0 0 0
Copepoda          
Acanthocyclops robustus 3 6 0 0 0
Cryptocyclops bicolor 3 3 2 0 0
Cyclops abyssorum 20 0 2 26 20
Cyclops kolensis 4 0 0 0 8
Cyclops scutifer 4 0 0 7 5
Cyclops vicinus 4 3 0 5 3
Diacyclops bicuspidatus 27 0 0 35 28
Diacyclops bisetosus 1 0 0 2 3
Eucyclops macruroides 5 3 5 0 3
Eucyclops macrurus 1 0 2 0 0
Eucyclops serrulatus 5 3 0 7 0
Eucyclops speratus 1 0 0 2 0
Eudiaptomus gracilis 34 11 44 51 33
Eudiaptomus graciloides 51 25 58 65 53
Eurytemora lacustris 6 0 0 9 13
Heterocope appendiculata 4 0 2 7 3
Macrocyclops albidus 1 3 0 0 0
Megacyclops viridis 4 0 2 2 3
Mesocyclops leuckarti 89 78 91 86 35
Microcyclops varicans 3 0 5 0 0
Paracyclops fimbriatus 1 0 2 0 0
Paracyclops poppei 1 0 2 0 0
Thermocyclops crassus 39 31 21 37 13
Thermocyclops oithonoides 76 67 79 81 58
naupli Cyclopoida 100 100 100 81 75
naupli Calanoida 82 61 100 79 53
Kopepodit Cyclopoida 97 94 100 93 78
Kopepodit Calanoida 76 47 98 81 55