Meta-Zooplankton Investigation and Water Quality Assessment in Yelang Reservoir in Spring
Meta-zooplankton in Yelanghu reservoir was investigated; and the water quality was assessed in March 2011. The results indicated that 17 species of meta-zooplanktons were identified, consisting of 12 species of Rotifera, 2 Species of Clado-cera, and 3 species of Copepoda, The dominant species were Cyclops vicinns Uijanin, Daphnia hyalina Leydig, Bosmina lon-girostris (O.F.Müller), K. quadrata (Müller), K. cochlearis Gosse,Keratella valga Ehrenberg and Polyarthra trigla Ehrenberg. The abundance of meta-zooplankton ranged from 0.2 to 570.0 ind/L. The community structure of meta-zooplankton, physical and chemical indicators and diversity indexes were used to evaluate the water quality; and it was revealed that the water quality belonged to class I .