Humic compounds and related factors are the main constraints for the development of zooplankton in humic lakes, leading to low transfer efficiency in food webs. The results of this study indicated that some zooplankton species could have an advantage under these conditions. We found that the mass development of omnivorousAsplanchna priodontain temperate humic lakes could be caused by the domination of high nutritional algae such asGonyostomum semenandBotryococcus braunii. These algae are too large for most zooplankton to ingest, butA. priodontacan feed on a wide range of particles and benefit from this high-nutritional food. Small cladocerans (Ceriodaphnia,Bosmina) might be favored when picoplankton and small algae-dominate humic lakes. Therefore, some zooplankton species could have an advantage and control the development of phytoplankton, leading to the effective transfer of matter and energy in the planktonic food web in humic lakes.