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Table 4 Zooplankton species occurrence and abundance (individuals/m3) in the Opa Reservoir, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria (February 2018–November 2018)

From: Planktonic flora and fauna of Opa Reservoir wetlands, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria

S. no

Taxon

Locations

Total

Site A

Site B

Site C

Site D

Site E

Site F

 

Rotifera

       

1

Anuraeopsis fissa

0

0

0

150

0

50

200

2

Argonotholca foliacea

0

50

400

0

0

0

450

3

Argonotholca sp.1

0

0

50

0

0

0

50

4

Argonotholca sp.2

0

0

50

0

0

0

50

5

Ascomorpha sp.

0

0

0

0

50

0

50

6

Asplanchna sp.

0

50

0

0

0

0

50

7

Brachionus falcatus

0

0

100

0

0

200

300

8

Filinia opoliensis

0

0

0

0

0

150

150

9

Hexarthra sp.

0

0

0

0

0

50

50

10

Keratella sp. 1

0

0

0

0

50

850

900

11

Keratella sp. 2

0

0

0

0

0

50

50

12

Keratella sp. 3

0

0

0

150

0

100

250

13

Keratella tropica

0

0

0

0

0

50

50

14

Lecane (monostyla) lunaris

0

0

50

0

100

0

150

15

Lecane sp.

0

0

0

0

0

50

50

16

Lepadella patella

0

0

0

150

0

0

150

17

Polyarthra remata

0

0

0

0

0

100

100

18

Trichocerca porcellus

50

0

0

0

0

0

50

19

Trichocerca sp.

0

0

0

0

0

100

100

 

Arthropoda

       

20

Calanus sp.

0

0

0

0

0

50

50

21

Chaoborus sp. (larvae)

0

0

50

0

0

0

50

22

Copepod (calanoid) nauplius

0

0

0

0

100

50

150

23

Copepod (cyclopoid) nauplius

50

50

0

0

0

700

750

24

Diaptomus sp. 1

0

0

0

0

0

50

50

25

Diaptomus sp. 2

0

0

0

0

0

50

50

26

Mesocyclops edax

0

0

0

0

50

0

50

27

Mesocyclops sp.

0

0

100

0

50

0

150

28

Moinodaphnia sp.

0

0

0

0

0

50

50

29

Paracyclops chiltoni

0

0

0

0

0

300

300

30

Senecalla calanoides

0

0

0

0

0

50

50

31

Senecella sp.

50

50

50

0

0

0

100

32

Thermocyclops inopinus

0

0

0

0

0

50

50

 

Protozoa

       

33

Vermamoeba sp. 1

0

0

0

0

0

50

50

34

Vermamoeba sp. 2

0

50

50

0

0

0

100

35

Vermamoeba sp. 3

0

50

0

0

0

0

50

36

Vermamoeba vermiformis

50

0

50

0

0

0

50

 

Taxa richness

4

6

10

3

6

21

36

 

Abundance

200

300

950

450

400

3150

5250

 

Shannon–Wiener index

1.386

1.792

1.923

1.099

1.733

2.415

3.039

 

Margalef index

0.566

0.877

1.313

0.327

0.835

2.483

3.969

 

Simpson

0.750

0.833

0.781

0.667

0.813

0.856

0.925

 

Evenness index

1

1

0.684

1

0.943

0.533

0.597

  1. The bold values represent the highest level of the determined parameter in question