Species EXP REF Species EXP REF Copepoda     Brachionus calycifloru ++ ++ Nauplii ++ ++ Brachionus angularis + + Mesocyclops thermocyclopoides + + Brachionus caudatus + + Copepodites + + Brachionus diversicornis ++ ++ Harpacticella sp. + + Brachionus quadridentatus + + Cladocera     Brachionus forficula + + Bosmina longirostris  ++ + Trichocerca pusilla + + Bosminopsis deitersi + ++ Richocerca stylata  + + Alonella exigua + + Trichocerca capucina + + Diaphanosoma brachyurum + + Trichocerca cylindrica + + Pleuroxus aduncus + + Asplachna priodonta ++ ++ Moina micrura + + Polyarthra vulgaris ++ + Daphnia pulex Leydig + + Conochilus dossuarius + + Daphnia cucullata + + Lecane luna + + Diaphanosoma orghidani + + Lecane bulla + + Rotifera     Filinia longisela  + + Keratella cochlearis + ++ Hexartra mira + - Keratella tropica + + Gastropus hyptopus - + Filinia sp. + +

1. Note: - absent, + present, ++ abundant

Table 1: Composite list of metazoan zooplankton at the Maixi River Estuary in the Baihua Reservoir.