Abstract:Daphniopsis tibetana Sars (Crustacea: Cladocera: Daphniidae) is a low-medium saline lake cladoceran showing wide but patchy distribution in plateau saline lake in Asia. In China, D. tibetana widely distributes in saline waters in Tibet, Qinghai, Xinjiang. In the present paper, D. tibetana were collected from Lake Namuka Co. The animals can be live in diluted seawater via acclimatization. Effects of salinity, temperature and body length on oxygen consumption of D. tibetana were studied under experimental con...