Spatial distribution of the Daphnia longispina species complex and other planktonic crustaceans in the heterogeneous environment of canyon-shaped reservoirs

Abstract

We tested the hypothesis that the spatial distribution of different species and interspecific hybrids of the Daphnia longispina species complex is non-random in the heterogeneous environment in canyon=shaped reservoirs.

Keywords

• zooplankton community structure
• deep-valley reservoirs
• fish predation
• body size
• hybrid
• coexistence