Notholca laurentiae and N. michiganensis, New Rotifers from the Laurentian Great Lakes Region
- 1 December 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada
- Vol. 33 (12) , 2814-2818
- https://doi.org/10.1139/f76-334
Abstract
The descriptions of two new planktonic rotifers, both cold stenotherms, is presented. Notholca laurentiae n.sp. is a predominant winter rotifer of the Laurentian Great Lakes, but to date has not been found in inland lakes of the region. Morphologically its closest relative is the European brackish water species, N. salina Focke.Notholca michiganensis n.sp. has been recorded only in the oligotrophic inland lakes of the northern portion of Michigan’s lower peninsula during winter and early spring (water temperatures 0.5–5.2 C). Morphologically, N. michiganensis is similar to, but distinctly smaller than N. frigida Jaschnov.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- The Plankton of the Cleveland Harbor Area of Lake Erie in 1956‐1957Ecological Monographs, 1962