Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Albuquerque 2001
| CS37 Zooplankton |
| Date: Thursday, February 15, 2001, Time: 11:15:00 AM |
| Location: Aztec |
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| Nour El-Din, N, M, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt, nmnoureldin@hotmail.com |
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| ECOLOGICAL DIVERSITY OF ZOOPLANKTON ASSEMBLAGES IN LAKE BARDAWIL, NORTH SINAI, EGYPT |
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| Lake Bardawil is a shallow mesotrophic hypersaline lake located at the northern perifery of Sinai peninsula, connected to the SE Mediterranean Sea through two main openings. Salinities in the lake vary between 39 and 55 psu. Over 71 species of zooplankton were identified. Zooplankton assemblages were represented mainly by copepods (64%) followed by decapod larvae, polychaets, echinoderm larvae, chaetognaths, pelagic tunicates and mollusc veligers.
Zooplankton diversity increased at the lake-sea connection areas. Few Red Sea species were recorded ex: Calanopia elliptica. Despite that several species showed wide tolerance to salinity changes, the reduction of biodiversity is still within the range of ecological optimum. |
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