Zooplankton (Freshwater)

Daphnia longispina
Daphnia longispina
Jose Ortega
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FECs Group Parameter Attributes Priority Extreme Events Scale Complexity Recurrance Method Notes
Zooplankton (Freshwater)

Community indices (e.g., abundance and density, taxonomic richness, diversity and dominance, biomass and numbers of keystone taxa, ecological traits, tolerance indices)

Numbers of red-listed (threatened) and rare taxa

Distribution and range (e.g., latitudinal and altitudinal)

Zooplankton (Freshwater)

Abundance and density of assemblage and of individual taxa

Diversity (alpha, beta, gamma)

Biomass and numbers of keystone taxa

Tolerance indices and ecological traits

Numbers of red-listed (threatened) and rare taxa

Distribution and range (e.g., latitudinal and altitudinal)

Zooplankton (Freshwater)

Size structure of entire population or of keystone taxon

Zooplankton (Freshwater)

Abundance and density of life cycle stages (copepods)

Zooplankton (Freshwater)

Identification of lakes as fishless or with fish

Experts