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The index of cenotic significance and other indices calculated on its basis were used for revealing specific structural features of zooplanktonic communities in lakes differing in productivity. The results showed that new indices (complexity coefficient, index of cenotic significance of dominant species, and integrated cenotic significance of the zooplankton) strongly correlate with the trophic status of the water body and are more responsive to changes in the structure of the community than the Shannon–Weaver index of species diversity. The results confirm the hypothesis that the structure of zooplankton is simplified in the course of lake eutrophication.
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Rogozin, A.G. Specific Structural Features of Zooplankton in Lakes Differing in Trophic Status: Species Populations. Russian Journal of Ecology 31, 405–410 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1026691809887
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