School of Engineering and Science - Jacobs University
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CHAPTER III<br />
Figure 3: Phytoplankton species succession (3a) <strong>and</strong> development <strong>of</strong> diatom <strong>and</strong> flagellate carbon<br />
biomass (3b) during the mesocosm experiment. Mean values <strong>of</strong> the three mesocosms.<br />
Microzooplankton composition<br />
Microzooplankton (Figure 4) comprised four groups: Din<strong>of</strong>lagellates, ciliates, rotifers<br />
<strong>and</strong> thecate amoebae, whereby ciliates <strong>and</strong> din<strong>of</strong>lagellates dominated during the first<br />
three weeks <strong>of</strong> the experiment. Due to their very low abundances other metazoans like<br />
nauplii or polychaete larvae were detected only sporadically <strong>and</strong> were neglected in our<br />
analyses.<br />
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