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Composition and Distribution of Zooplankton Relationship to Environmental Factor in a Tropical River: (Bagoe, Cote d'Ivoire)

Author Affiliations

  • 1Hydrobiology Laboratory, UFR Biosciences, Félix Houphouët-Boigny University, Abidjan-Cocody, CÔTE D’IVOIRE, 22 BP 582Abidjan 22, CÔTE D’IVOIRE, West Africa

Int. Res. J. Biological Sci., Volume 4, Issue (11), Pages 1-11, November,10 (2014)

Abstract

The relation between zooplankton and environmental parameters were studied in Bagoe river in thirteen stations the dry (March-April 2012) and rainy (October-November 2012) seasons. Thirty-eight taxa of zooplankton were identified in Bagoe river, including Copepoda, Cladocera, Rotifera and others zooplankton. Rotifera was the richest group with 26 taxa belonging to 15 families and 18 genuses. Zooplankton abundance varied significantly (p 0.01) according to station and season. Abundance seasonal variation was marked by dry season values (1 to 233 ind.L-1) highest than those observed during wet season (0 to 6 ind.L-1). Spatially, the highest zooplankton abundance was generally obtained in southern part of the river in both the dry and the wet (with the exception of station B11) seasons. Rotifera was the most abundant group with, in average 57 % of total abundance in the wet season and 91% over the dry season. During the dry season, the most abundance taxa of Rotifera, were Trichocerca sp. (mean: 24%), Polyharthra sp. (23%) and Lecane sp. (20%). During the wet season, Polyharthra sp., was the most abundant Rotifera (70%). Zooplankton composition and abundance and its spatial and seasonal variations were linked to water temperature, Turbidity, conductivity, flow velocity, dissolved oxygen concentration, and dissolved solids rate.

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