Impact of Environmental Factors of Water on Zooplankton Diversity and Dynamic in Yacoub El Mansour Reservoir, Morocco

Ahlam Chakir, Aicha Saadi

2018

Abstract

The spatio-temporal distribution  of crustacean zooplankton in relation to environmental factors was studied in the Yacoub El Mansour reservoir in a semi-arid climate in the province of El Haouz, in Oued N'fis, located at 65 km south of Marrakech (Morocco). The samples are taken during two annual cycles 2012 and 2013. In this study, 6 species of crustacean zooplankton divided into 2 groups: copepods and cladocerans were identified. Daphnia lumholtzi is the most dominant species, accounting for 58.26% of the total zooplankton. The analysis of the results obtained at the studied reservoir shows a low zooplankton specific richness and a great spatial heterogeneity. A canonical correspondence analysis (CCA) was used to estimate the influence of environmental factors on the studied crustacean evolution. Thus, in the studied reservoir lake, hydrodynamics of the ecosystem, trophic relationships and environmental factors are generally responsible for the spatial and temporal distribution of these zooplankton species.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Chakir A. and Saadi A. (2018). Impact of Environmental Factors of Water on Zooplankton Diversity and Dynamic in Yacoub El Mansour Reservoir, Morocco.In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference of Computer Science and Renewable Energies - Volume 1: ICCSRE, ISBN 978-989-758-431-2, pages 375-382. DOI: 10.5220/0009774403750382

in Bibtex Style

@conference{iccsre18,
author={Ahlam Chakir and Aicha Saadi},
title={Impact of Environmental Factors of Water on Zooplankton Diversity and Dynamic in Yacoub El Mansour Reservoir, Morocco},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference of Computer Science and Renewable Energies - Volume 1: ICCSRE,},
year={2018},
pages={375-382},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0009774403750382},
isbn={978-989-758-431-2},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference of Computer Science and Renewable Energies - Volume 1: ICCSRE,
TI - Impact of Environmental Factors of Water on Zooplankton Diversity and Dynamic in Yacoub El Mansour Reservoir, Morocco
SN - 978-989-758-431-2
AU - Chakir A.
AU - Saadi A.
PY - 2018
SP - 375
EP - 382
DO - 10.5220/0009774403750382