Abstract
Abstract
Zooplankton indicators based on rotifers (TSIROT) and an indicator based on Secchi disk visibility (TSISD) were used to assess trophic state changes in artificial, slow-flowing, and stagnant canal waters. The study was conducted in the summers of 2019, 2021, and 2022 in the Bydgoszcz Canal and the Noteć Canal (Poland). Water samples were taken from five sites once in the month of July and once in August. In terms of the species number and density, rotifers dominated among zooplankton (at almost all sites), which reflected the high trophic state. Our results showed statistically significant correlations between TSIROT and TSISD as well as between the individual indicators TSIROT1 (Rotifer numbers), TSIROT2 (Rotifer biomass), TSIROT3 (bacterivorous numbers of rotifers), TSIROT6 (rotifers indicating high trophic state), and TSISD. According to our study, the presented indices most likely determine the trends between TSIROT cumulative and TSISD in the studied canals. Similarly to previous studies performed on lakes and small reservoirs, zooplankton constituted a useful indicator of trophic state. It seems that, for stagnant and slowly flowing waters of canals such as the Bydgoszcz Canal and the Noteć Canal, the method of zooplankton trophic status indicators based on rotifers may be applied.
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