Freshwater Calanoid Copepods in Southern Luzon, Philippines

Shea Kathleen Guinto; Dino Tordesillas; Rey Donne Papa

doi:10.15468/qwhdjn

Freshwater Calanoid Copepods in Southern Luzon, Philippines

Citation

Guinto S K, Tordesillas D, Papa R D (2022). Freshwater Calanoid Copepods in Southern Luzon, Philippines. Version 1.7. University of Santo Tomas - Zooplankton Ecology, Systematics, and Limnology Laboratory. Sampling event dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/qwhdjn accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-21.

Description

Freshwater calanoid copepods in Southern Luzon identified by graduate students at the University of Santo Tomas from 2011-2015.

Sampling Description

Study Extent

The extent of the study conducted is primarily composed of multiple undergraduate and graduate theses conducted from 2011 up to 2015 which involved lakes in Southern Luzon.

Sampling

Plankton samples were collected using a conical plankton net of 100 μmd in mesh size during several field sampling trips. Samples were fixed in 95% ethyl alcohol.

Method steps

Samples were allowed to fix for at least 10 days prior to sample processing. Afterwhich, samples were sieved using 70 μm and 45 μm sieves and fixed in 70% ethyl alcohol with Rose Bengal dye. Calanoids were sorted and identified to the lowest possible taxonomic classification. Dissection was done using fine tungsten needles under a BestScope Stereomicroscope. Specimens were mounted in slides using glycerin as a mounting medium and sealed with a cover slip using clear nail polish as sealant. Further taxonomic observations and line drawings were made using an Olympus CX21 compound microscope with an attached drawing tube. Adobe Photoshop CC and Adobe Illustrator were used to produce digital line drawings of the specimens. Finer details were viewed under a Optika B-500 Phase Contrast Microscope and the Optika Software.

Taxonomic Coverages

All freshwater calanoid copepods from Southern Luzon, Philippines were identified to be A. dorsalis and P. brehmi (endemic to Lake Taal)

Arctodiaptomus dorsalis
rank: species
Pseudodiaptomus brehmi
rank: species

Geographic Coverages

Southern Luzon, Philippines

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Shea Kathleen Guinto
originator
position: USTZRC Database Manager
University of Santo Tomas - Zooplankton Ecology, Systematics, and Limnology Laboratory
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0202-5960

Dino Tordesillas
originator
position: Asst. Professorial Lecturer
University of Santo Tomas - Graduate School
PH
email: dttordesillas@ust.edu.ph
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1028-0002

Rey Donne Papa
originator
position: Dean
University of Santo Tomas - College of Science
PH
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0146-2525

Shea Kathleen Guinto
metadata author
position: PFZRC Database Manager
University of Santo Tomas - Zooplankton Ecology, Systematics, and Limnology Laboratory
PH
email: shea.guinto@gmail.com
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0202-5960

Rey Donne Papa
principal investigator
position: Dean
University of Santo Tomas - College of Science
PH
email: rspapa@ust.edu.ph
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0146-2525

Dino Tordesillas
author
position: Asst. Professorial Lecturer
University of Santo Tomas - Graduate School
PH
email: dttordesillas@ust.edu.ph
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1028-0002

Shea Kathleen Guinto
author
position: Ph.D. Candidate
University of Santo Tomas - Graduate School
PH
email: sheakathleen.guinto.gs@ust.edu.ph
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0202-5960

Shea Kathleen Guinto
administrative point of contact
position: PFZRC Database Manager
University of Santo Tomas - Zooplankton Ecology, Systematics, and Limnology Laboratory
PH
email: sheakathleen.guinto.gs@ust.edu.ph
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0202-5960

Rey Donne Papa
administrative point of contact
position: Principal Investigator
University of Santo Tomas - Zooplankton Ecology, Systematics, and Limnology Laboratory
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0146-2525