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Rotifers in the Littoral Zone of Lake Shkodra/Skadar (Albania-Montenegro) as a tool for Determining Water Quality

Author Affiliations

  • 1Agricultural University of Tirana, Faculty of Biotechnology and Food, Tirana, ALBANIA

Int. Res. J. Biological Sci., Volume 3, Issue (3), Pages 71-77, March,10 (2014)

Abstract

This study was undertaken with the purpose of investigating rotifer species composition and abundance in the littoral part of Lake Shkodra/Skadar with the intention to assess the water quality and trends. Qualitative and quantitative analysis of the rotifers of Lake Shkodra are based on samples collected during 2010 in the Albanian littoral zone of the lake. During the period investigated (spring–autumn), the main species recorded were Synchaeta stylata, Polyarthra major, P. euryptera, Anuraeopsis fissa fissa, Pompholyx complanata, Lecane bulla, L. lula, L. lunaris, Trichocerca pusilla, Filinia longiseta, Keratella cochlearis, K. quadrata, Brachionus angularis, B. diversicornis and B. calyciflorus, a cosmopolitan mixture. The rotifer species assemblage was dominated by Asplanchna priodonta, B. diversicornis and B. calyciflorus f. amphiceros, which comprised 25–30% of total rotifer density. During the spring–summer period the total density showed a rapid increase to more than 334ind/l. The results from the use of rotifers to test water quality purposes indicate that although various impacting factors, such as nutrient input from the tributaries, were high the lake is nevertheless in a mesotrophic state.

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