Rapid colonization of a newly created habitat by cladocerans and the initial build-up of a Daphnia-dominated community

摘要: As part of a detailed study on the colonization newly created and isolated pools by cladocerans, community build-up pool near Belgian coast was studied. Three large daphniid species managed to colonize this new habitat during first year its existence. The colonizing Daphnia atkinsoni, very rare cladoceran fauna Northwestern Europe fauna. Although occurrence atkinsoni is striking, can be explained short-range dispersal resting eggs, as all three are present in waterbodies immediate proximity (0.5 km) pool. It hypothesized that region related long-range eggs associated with wintering geese, which abundant specific region. %