Zooplankton functional diversity as a bioindicator of freshwater ecosystem health across land use gradient

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 14; no. 1; pp. 18456 - 14
• Main Authors: Goździejewska, Anna Maria, Cymes, Ireneusz, Glińska-Lewczuk, Katarzyna
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 08.08.2024; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 631/158; 704/158; 704/172; 704/286; Agricultural ecosystems; Agriculture; Animals; Aquatic ecosystems; Biodiversity; Bioindicators; Biomass; Body size; Catchment area; Catchments; Community traits; Ecological function; Ecosystem; Ecosystem assessment; Environmental conditions; Environmental Monitoring - methods; Filter feeders; Fresh Water; Freshwater ecosystems; Headwaters; Heterogeneity; Humanities and Social Sciences; Indicator species; Land use; Lotic ecosystem; multidisciplinary; Partial least squares regression; Plankton; Poland; Rivers; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Spatial analysis; Taxonomy; Urban agriculture; Urban areas; Zooplankton; Zooplankton assemblage matrix; Poland; Zooplankton assemblage matrix; Partial least squares regression; Catchment area; Lotic ecosystem; Community traits

Zooplankton are critical indicators of pressures impacting freshwater ecosystems. We analyzed the response of zooplankton communities across different sub-catchment types—headwaters, natural, urban, urban-agricultural, and agricultural—within the Łyna river–lake system in Northern Poland. Using taxo...