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Zooplankton population dynamics in Clayton County Water Authority reservoirs

dc.contributor.author Ahmed, Tamanna en_US
dc.contributor.department Biology en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2010-12-21T15:27:54Z
dc.date.available 2010-12-21T15:27:54Z
dc.date.issued 2010-12-20 en_US
dc.description.abstract Reservoirs supply most of Georgia s drinking water, and plankton dynamics can greatly influence the water quality of these reservoirs. Therefore, understanding the dynamics of zooplankton as well as phytoplankton is necessary. Unlike reservoirs in the northern United States, zooplankton dynamics in reservoirs in the South remain largely uncharacterized. Samples were collected from the Clayton County Water Authority reservoirs to study correlations between zooplankton taxa distribution and environmental variables. Population count data has demonstrated that the zooplankton dynamics in southern lakes vary from the dynamics typically seen in northern lakes. While temperature noticeably shaped seasonal densities in some species, other species had variable dynamics and seemed to not be affected by this environmental factor or other taxa of zooplankton, suggesting additional factors may regulate population composition and abundance. en_US
dc.description.advisor Committee Member/Second Reader: Jiang, Lin; Faculty Mentor: Duffy, Meghan en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/1853/36553
dc.language.iso en_US en
dc.publisher Georgia Institute of Technology en_US
dc.subject Zooplankton en_US
dc.subject Clayton County reservoirs en_US
dc.subject Population dynamics en_US
dc.title Zooplankton population dynamics in Clayton County Water Authority reservoirs en_US
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dc.type.genre Undergraduate Thesis
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local.contributor.corporatename School of Biological Sciences
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