Abstract
A preliminary inventory of the composition of zooplanktonic species found in Bayano Lake, between February and September 1981, revealed that there are seven species of RotifeIa, five Cladocera, two Copepoda, one Ostracada and larvae of Macrobrachium (Decapoda) and Chaoborus (Diptera). The composition, abundance and horizontal and monthly distribution of the most important zooplanktonic groups found in Bayano Lake are here presented.
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