New data on rotifers (Rotifera) from European waterbodies

All major types of European freshwater and brackish inland water bodies were studied - lotic (rivers, streams, brooks, waterfalls, canals), lentic (lakes, ponds, swamps, bogs, marshes, puddles, cryoconite holes and other temporary waterbodies) and transitional (estuaries). The littoral zone of the Black Sea and the south coast of La Manche represent marine biotopes in this dataset.

The studies were conducted from 1976 to 2016 during which period more than 961 samples were collected and processed. Sampling covered 16 countries, the territory from Arctic to Mediterranean including 21 localities with protected status (with the necessary permissions). Part of the material from Northern Ukraine was collected by E. Ovander in Chernobyl exclusion zone and nearby regions before the Chernobyl catastrophe (1977-1981).