TY - JOUR N2 - Dratów, Krzczeń and Tomaszne lakes are linked by means of Wieprz-Krzna Canal. On the other hand, Bikcze, Mytycze and Plotycze lakes are not included in the water system of Wieprz-Krzna Canal. However, all these lakes are regarded as biologically valuable water reser-voirs forming Łęczyńsko-Włodawskie Lakeland. They are shallow eutrophic lakes with varied water surface, different catchment area and diversified structure of catchment management. The qualitative and quantitative composition of planktonic rotifers was studied in spring, summer and autumn of 2012 and 2013. The studies revealed the presence of 67 Rotifera species with their mean density ranging from 119 ind. dm-3 in Tomaszne lake to 1441 ind. dm-3 in Bikcze lake. Dominants included few very common species of Brachionus angularis, Keratella cochlearis, Keratella cochlearis tecta, Keratella quadrata, Polyartchra vulgaris. Dominance structure and species diversity suggest a slightly higher ecological status of Mytycze lake, as compared to the remaining eutrophic reservoirs. Faunistic differences observed among rotifer assemblages inhabiting individual lakes were significantly bigger than those registered in the successive study years within the area of individual lakes. This property referred to all the reservoirs, both the ones linked with the water system of the canal and the lakes not included in the canal system. Bigger faunistic differences occurred among rotifer assemblages inhabiting the lakes of Wieprz-Krzna Canal sys-tem, as compared with the assemblages found in the lakes not included in the system. L1 - http://czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/107237/PDF-MASTER/Demetraki-Paleolog%20Sender%20Kolejko.pdf L2 - http://czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/107237 PY - 2017 KW - Dratów lake KW - Krzczeń lake KW - Tomaszne lake KW - Bikcze lake KW - Mytycze lake KW - Płotycze lake KW - planktonic rotifers KW - faunistic similarity A1 - Demetraki-Paleolog, Andrzej A1 - Sender, Joanna A1 - Kolejko, Marcin PB - Oddział PAN w Lublinie VL - Vol XIV DA - 2017 T1 - Faunistic similarity in planktonic rotifer assemblages found in six eutrophic lakes situated within or beyond the water system of Wieprz-Krzna Canal (Eastern Poland) UR - http://czasopisma.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/107237 T2 - Teka Komisji Ochrony I Kształtowania Środowiska Przyrodniczego ER -