Species and genus-level trait dynamics of a small herbivore during three decades of environmental changes

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This dataset contains 1,636 observations of Bosmina species collected from Lake Constance between 1987 and 2019. Each entry includes morphological traits (body size, antennule size, mucro size, eye diameter), reproductive data (egg counts), and metadata (sampling date, associated image file, species classification). Samples were collected using a Clarke-Bumpus sampler (140 µm mesh) during stratified and winter periods, with traits measured from April, June, and August of 19 selected years. Species identification (B. coregoni, B. longispina, and B. longirostris) was based on mucro and antennule morphology, verified by postabdominal claw examination. This dataset provides a valuable resource for investigating long-term ecological and evolutionary dynamics, species turnover, and trait variability in response to environmental changes over three decades.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.48606/csdqtzddt6a6fnq7
Metadata Access https://www.radar-service.eu/oai/OAIHandler?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=datacite&identifier=10.48606/csdqtzddt6a6fnq7
Provenance
Creator Baludo, Marjohn ORCID logo; Straile, Dietmar ORCID logo
Publisher University of Konstanz
Contributor RADAR
Publication Year 2025
Funding Reference Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft https://ror.org/018mejw64 ROR 298726046/GRK8872
Rights Open Access; Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International; info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode
OpenAccess true
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Language English
Resource Type Dataset
Format application/x-tar
Discipline Biology; Biospheric Sciences; Ecology; Geosciences; Life Sciences; Natural Sciences