Freshwater ecosystems are impacted by human activities, including climate change, pollution and invasive species.
Understanding how human activity impacts zooplankton is essential for managing and protecting lakewaterZooplankton are a diverse group of microscopic animals that live in lakes, some large rivers and oceans. They are an essential central link in freshwater food webs and can act as first indicators of any impactsZooplankton consist of several different groups, of which copepods and cladocerans are the two most studied.
Different contaminants can have different effects on zooplankton. Salinization is a global issue, and occurs as a result of agriculture, mining. In eutrophic lakes, zooplankton communities often shift towards smaller-bodied species that are less rich in phosphorus than larger species that
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