The effect of increasing salinity on total zooplankton
abundance was also signifi cant for zooplankton
emerged from the Mandina wetland sediment
(F(2,6) = 12.44, p = 0.007). Total zooplankton
abundance signifi cantly increased at salinity levels
of 5000 mg dm-3 (F(2,6) = 12.44, p = 0.14) and
then decreased signifi cantly in the 15 000 mg dm-3
(p = 0.010) treatment (Fig. 4b). B. plicatilis and
Trichocerca sp. were the two most abundant rotifers
and calanoid copepode was the most abundant