| The qualitative and quantitative evolution of a zooplanktonic population growing in a concrete tank after enrichment and production of a phytoplanktonic bloom has been followed during a time exceeding six weeks. After an initial unsteady period and a temporary peak of rotiferas, a progressive increase of organism abundance was observed, with a corresponding reduction of their specific diversity. During the last phase of the experiment, the zooplankton community was qualitatively similar with the populations described in harbour waters or other semi-closed or closed marine spaces characterized by eutrophy and pollution. It was chiefly composed of copepods from Acartia, Tisbe and Oithona generas. The numerical density of organisms was,to a great... |
