Table 2.

Epibiont loads (No. of individuals) on ovigerous and non-ovigerous rotifers and adults and larval stages of copepods.

Group of organisms	Counts of Epibiont load/individual
	Ovigerous		Non-ovigerous
	Range	Mean ± SE	Range	Mean ± SE
Keratella cochlearis	3.0–13.0	5.57 ± 0.60	3.0–19.0	6.37 ± 0.69
Filinia longiseta	3.0–5.0	0.32 ± 0.15	4.0–7.0	0.04 ± 0.02
Brachionus rubens	2.0–4.0	0.27 + 0.13	2.0–3.0	0.06 + 0.01
Polyarthra vulgaris	4.0–34.0	2.07 ± 0.89	2.0–33.0	2.38 ± 0.88
Hexarthra mira	4.0–29.0	6.56 ± 0.94	3.0–24.0	3.09 ± 0.85
Asplanchna intermedia	0	0	0	0
Ceriodaphnia	6.0–23.0	12.53 ± 1.98	7.0–19.0	9.6 ± 2.31
Copepod	2.0–51.0	14.20 ± 3.12	4.0–53.0	14.79 ± 3.47
Copepod larval stages	Copepodite		Nauplii
	6.0–53.0	18.98 ± 2.60	7.0–29.0	13.74 ± 1.24