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Journal articles on the topic "Macroinvertebrate community assemblages"
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Jyväsjärvi, Jussi, Marko Järvinen, and Heikki Hämäläinen. "Spatial community concordance of summer phytoplankton and profundal macroinvertebrates in boreal lakes." Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 71, no. 12 (December 2014): 1776–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2014-0135.
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Reliance of profundal benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages on epilimnetic algal production — a key element of pelagic–benthic coupling — is a well-recognized phenomenon in the literature but the details are still poorly understood. In particular, the importance of taxonomic composition of algal communities and associated qualitative aspects of the settling material to benthic invertebrates is poorly known. We addressed this issue by investigating concordance of summer phytoplankton and profundal macroinvertebrate community composition using data from 47 boreal lakes. We examined community variation and environmental correlates of phytoplankton and macroinvertebrates with nonmetric multidimensional scaling ordinations. We also used cluster analysis to group sites according to their macroinvertebrate assemblages and evaluated the differences in phytoplankton composition and class-specific relative abundance among the clusters. Community concordance was evaluated with Procrustes rotation and partial Mantel tests, using oxygen concentration and phytoplankton biomass — the main drivers of macroinvertebrate community structure — as controlling factors. Procrustes and Mantel tests suggested congruence between macroinvertebrate and summer phytoplankton community composition. The concordance remained significant even after controlling for oxygen and biomass, by partial Mantel tests, suggesting a unique effect of phytoplankton species composition on macroinvertebrate assemblages. The four groups of lakes clustered by their macroinvertebrate assemblages also differed significantly in their phytoplankton taxa composition, and there were among-cluster differences in relative abundance of the seven most abundant phytoplankton classes. Our findings of community concordance of phytoplankton and profundal macroinvertebrates suggest a functional dependency of these two components, but further studies are needed to verify the actual causal mechanisms.
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Yan, Shengjun, Tao Sun, Xuan Wang, Dan Liu, Yunlong Zhang, and Zhifeng Yang. "Responses of Macroinvertebrate Community Temporal Dissimilarity and Abundance to the Water Level Fluctuation Range in a Shallow Lake." Water 13, no. 23 (December 1, 2021): 3380. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w13233380.
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Variations in the hydrological regime are among the anthropogenic pressures affecting biological assemblage structure in shallow freshwater lakes. We estimated the effects of the water level fluctuation range on the temporal dissimilarity of the macroinvertebrate community by sampling benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages monthly in 2017 and bimonthly in 2018. Then, we applied a boosted regression trees (BRT) model to quantitatively analyzing the relationship between macroinvertebrate abundance and microhabitat factors in different seasons. To distinguish differences in water level fluctuations at the sample site scale, we proposed a variable, namely, the percentage of water level fluctuation range (PWLFR). The results were as follows. (1) An increased water level fluctuation range would lead to more temporally heterogeneous macroinvertebrate communities. Temporal dissimilarity of macroinvertebrates increased linearly in response to increasing water level fluctuation range. (2) Species abundance presented seasonal characteristics, and the dominant factors affecting species abundance varied with the seasons. PWLFR was the dominant variable explaining macroinvertebrate abundance in summer. Macroinvertebrate abundance showed positive effects with increasing PWLFR. (3) The interaction between chlorophyll a and PWLFR in summer promoted an increase in macroinvertebrate abundance. These findings may provide a basis for the formulation of effective ecological water replenishment management decisions aimed at maintaining the stability of shallow lake ecosystems in arid and semi-arid regions.
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Gething, Kieran J., Matthew C. Ripley, Kate L. Mathers, Richard P. Chadd, and Paul J. Wood. "The influence of substrate type on macroinvertebrate assemblages within agricultural drainage ditches." Hydrobiologia 847, no. 20 (October 6, 2020): 4273–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-020-04416-6.
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Abstract Artificial drainage ditches are common features in lowland agricultural catchments that support a wide range of ecosystem services at the landscape scale. Current paradigms in river management suggest activities that increase habitat heterogeneity and complexity resulting in more diverse floral and faunal assemblages; however, it is not known if the same principles apply to artificial drainage ditch systems. We examined the effects of four artificial substrates, representing increasing habitat complexity and heterogeneity (bricks, gravel, netting and vegetation), on macroinvertebrate community structure within artificial drainage ditches. Each substrate type supported a distinct macroinvertebrate community highlighting the importance of habitat heterogeneity in maintaining macroinvertebrate assemblages. Each substrate type also displayed differing degrees of community heterogeneity, with gravel communities being most variable and artificial vegetation being the least. In addition, several macroinvertebrate diversity metrics increased along the gradient of artificial substrate complexity, although these differences were not statistically significant. We conclude that habitat management practices that increase habitat complexity are likely to enhance macroinvertebrate community heterogeneity within artificial drainage channels regardless of previous management activities.
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Arce, Juan A., Fernando Alonso, Antonio Camacho, and Eugenio Rico. "Do native white-clawed crayfish impact macroinvertebrate assemblages in Mediterranean limestone headwaters?" Knowledge & Management of Aquatic Ecosystems, no. 420 (2019): 33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2019024.
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Crayfish are among the largest aquatic macroinvertebrates in rivers and streams. Their trophic ecology is important for the understanding of the functioning of benthic communities. This is relevant in key areas, such as headwaters, as they partly condition the processes occurring downstream. To shed light on the effects of native white-clawed crayfish, Austropotamobius pallipes, on local macroinvertebrate assemblages from running headwaters, a three-month mesocosm-based field study was designed. Collection and subsequent analysis of benthic samples under different crayfish density levels yielded a set of metrics indicative of short-term impacts at general and taxonomic scales. Neither significant positive nor negative effects on the community were evident in terms of richness, diversity, dominance and biomass. A combination of highly patched distributions of macroinvertebrates along with a weak impact of crayfish foraging activity is considered to explain this lack of effects. Only temporal changes associated with particular biological cycles appeared for some of the main taxa. Based on the results, we are not able to determine whether the white-clawed crayfish perceptibly disturbs the structure and composition of the local macroinvertebrate assemblages in the short-term. Thus, its use in future restocking projects is supported.
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Minshall, G. Wayne, Todd V. Royer, and Christopher T. Robinson. "Response of the Cache Creek macroinvertebrates during the first 10 years following disturbance by the 1988 Yellowstone wildfires." Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 58, no. 6 (June 1, 2001): 1077–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f01-056.
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We evaluated the effects of disturbance on stream benthic macroinvertebrates at the ecological scales of time, stream size, and burn extent in six segments of Cache Creek over the first 10 postfire years. Postfire changes in macroinvertebrate taxa richness, density, and dominant taxa in the burn streams were significantly different from those in the reference stream. Chironomidae and Baetis typically comprised 4060% of the macroinvertebrate assemblages of burned streams but only 1518% of the assemblage in the reference site. Coefficients of variation for the 10-year period indicated that richness, density, biomass, and Baetis abundance were more variable (1.23.5 times higher) in the burn streams than in the reference stream and that variability in Chironomidae abundance in burn sites increased with stream size. Fire effects were not attenuated progressively with increasing stream size, probably because the proportion of the catchment burned did not decrease. However, similar-sized streams in which 6871% of their catchments burned were more severely disturbed than those in which only 3947% burned. Long-term effects on the macroinvertebrate community were due largely to the loss of terrestrial vegetation and increased runoff, which caused severe alterations in stream channel conditions and large-scale bedload movement.
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Beasley, G., and P. E. Kneale. "Investigating the influence of heavy metals on macro-invertebrate assemblages using Partial Cononical Correspondence Analysis (pCCA)." Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 7, no. 2 (April 30, 2003): 221–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/hess-7-221-2003.
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Abstract. This paper defines the spectrum of impairment to stream macroinvertebrates arising from urban runoff. Field sampling of stream sediments at 62 sites across Yorkshire, UK was used to investigate the influence of heavy metals and habitat on macroinvertebrate family distribution using partial Canonical Correspondence Analysis (pCCA). Increasing urbanization and trafficking was associated with increasing levels of metal pollution but, even when traffic is light, family numbers can be reduced by 50%. Industrial areas and motorway runoff depress macroinvertebrate numbers but drainage from streets with no off-road parking in residential areas can have similar impacts. The heavy metals in the sediment accounted for approximately 24% of the variation in macroinvertebrate community composition while the physical habitat variables used in RIVPACS (River InVertebrate Prediction And Classification System) (Wright, 2000) accounted for an additional 30%. Zinc and nickel were the main metal influences regardless of the time of sampling; at these sites copper is less than critical. Results agree with those reported in other studies in which families mainly from the orders Ephemeroptera (mayfly), Plecoptera (stonefly) and Tricoptera (caddisfly) displayed metal sensitivity in that they were absent from metal polluted streams. However, within each of these orders, a continuum of sensitivity is evident: this highlights the risks of generalising on orders rather than using family or indeed species data. Keywords: macroinvertebrates, heavy metals, urban streams, tolerance, sensitivity
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Clements, Williams H., Donald S. Cherry, and John Cairns Jr. "Impact of Heavy Metals on Insect Communities in Streams: A Comparison of Observational and Experimental Results." Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 45, no. 11 (November 1, 1988): 2017–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f88-235.
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This research compares effects of heavy metals on macroinvertebrate communities in outdoor experimental streams with those observed at impacted field sites. Natural assemblages of aquatic macroinvertebrates were established on substrate-filled trays which were then transferred to outdoor stream mesocosms. Exposure of these communities to low levels of copper and zinc (target concentration = 12 μg/L) significantly reduced the number of taxa, number of individuals, and abundance of most dominant taxa within 4 d. After 10 d, control streams were dominated by Ephemeroptera and Tanytarsini chironomids, whereas treated streams were dominated by Hydropsychidae and Orthocladiini. Responses of benthic communities to metals observed at the Clinch River (Russell Co., Virginia), a system impacted by copper and zinc, were similar to those in experimental streams. Ephemeroptera and Tanytarsini, which comprised 38–46% of the macroinvertebrate community at upstream reference stations, were significantly reduced at all effluent sites. As in treated experimental streams, impacted stations were dominated by Hydropsychidae and Orthocladiini. The similarity of our experimental results to those obtained from Clinch River field sites suggests that outdoor stream mesocosms may be employed to predict macroinvertebrate community responses to heavy metals.
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Drost, Annemieke M., Andre R. Siebers, Amael Paillex, Benjamin Misteli, Edwin T. H. M. Peeters, and Christopher T. Robinson. "Long-lasting effects of experimental flow intermittency on alpine stream macroinvertebrates (Val Roseg, Switzerland)." Hydrobiologia 849, no. 8 (March 29, 2022): 1931–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-022-04843-7.
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AbstractChanging weather patterns and receding glaciers are predicted to increase flow intermittency in alpine streams. If aquatic macroinvertebrate communities largely comprise taxa adapted to perennial flows, an increase in flow intermittency substantially reduces biodiversity and affects functional processes. We conducted a before-after-control-impact field experiment to examine how macroinvertebrate communities in an alpine headwater stream responded to and recovered from a repeated experimental increase in flow intermittency. Flow in one channel was manipulated to simulate increased summer intermittency (June–September) over two consecutive years, whilst an adjacent channel served as a control. We monitored the density of benthic macroinvertebrates, periphyton and organic matter at approximately monthly intervals over three years during the snow-free period. Before manipulation, both channels had similar ecological properties. The flow manipulation reduced the overall macroinvertebrate density, and especially the proportional rheophile density, across both years. Recovery of the macroinvertebrate community following experimental flow intermittency took more than a year, and longer than our study period. This could be due to long aquatic life stages, dispersal limitation and biotic interactions. We conclude that climate-induced changes in alpine stream flow regimes can lead to a fundamental shift in macroinvertebrate assemblages through local extinctions, mostly of rheophilic species.
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Jiang, Wanxiang, Baozhu Pan, Jing Chen, Xiaoming Jiang, Henglun Shen, and Tianshun Zhu. "Macroinvertebrate Communities in a Lake of an Inter-Basin Water Transfer Project and Its Implications for Sustainable Management." Water 12, no. 7 (July 3, 2020): 1900. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w12071900.
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In the present study, we choose the Weishan Lake, one of important water transfer and storage lakes on the eastern route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project (SNWD) in China, to clarify how the community structure and assemblage-environment relationships of macroinvertebrates varied across three typical habitats (the River Mouth, Canal and Lake regions) over the four seasons in 2012. A total of 72 taxa belonging to 3 phyla, 9 classes and 24 families were recorded, with tolerant oligochaetes and chironomids as the dominant taxa. The environmental conditions and macroinvertebrate assemblages were clearly separated at spatial and temporal scales. Assemblage structure showed both significant but larger spatial than seasonal variations, with a clear separation of sites from three regions in an ordination plot. Compared to the temporal scale, more indicator species were retained to be responsible for the regional differences according to the two-way cluster analysis. Different environmental variables were significant for distinguishing macroinvertebrate assemblages among four seasons, and among them, pH was the only variable which was retained in all models. Our study provided useful background information of environmental characteristics and macroinvertebrate communities in a typical water transfer and storage lake before the water transfer of the SNWD. After the operation of SNWD, we envisage inter-basin water transfer (IBWT), which is usually accompanied by water level rise, nutrient pattern change and biota succession, will seriously affect recipient basins. Therefore, we propose several management strategies for SNWD: (1) target and detailed data should be collected on a timely basis; (2) government should prevent water pollution and adopt effective measures to protect the water environment; (3) the environmental assessments and other aspects of IBWT planning should be coordinated; (4) an overall consideration of different basins should be given to achieve a greater range of water resources planning, scheduling, and allocation; and (5) the migration and invasion of species should be of concern during the operation of the project.
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Gillespie, B. R., L. E. Brown, and P. Kay. "Effects of Impoundment on Macroinvertebrate Community Assemblages in Upland Streams." River Research and Applications 31, no. 8 (June 6, 2014): 953–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rra.2785.
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Bennett, Barbara Loraine Jr. "Land use influences on benthic invertebrate assemblages in southern Appalachian agricultural streams." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/36940.
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I investigated the role of land use in structuring benthic invertebrate assemblages in agricultural streams in the French Broad River drainage in western North Carolina. I sampled six agricultural streams (3 with cleared headwaters and 3 with forested headwaters) at three points along a gradient (headwaters, a midpoint, and a downstream site). At each site, I measured a variety of physico-chemical parameters, including temperature, chlorophyll a, discharge, nutrients, and suspended solids. Invertebrates were sampled at all sites in October 1996 and April 1997. Riparian vegetation was assessed for each site at mutiple spatial scales using GIS data from the 1950s, 1970s, and 1990s. Forested agricultural (FA) streams had more riparian vegetation than cleared agricultural (CA) streams in both the 1950s and the 1970s. Cleared agricultural streams had less organic matter, more primary production, higher nitrates, and warmer temperatures than FA streams. Total and EPT taxa richness was greater in FA streams. Pollution-sensitive Plecoptera were relatively more abundant in FA streams, while tolerant Diptera were more abundant in CA streams. High diversity and Plecoptera abundance was related to high habitat quality, more riparian vegetation, low nitrates, and low summer temperatures. Higher invertebrate diversity was related to the land use 25-50 years as well as the current land use (forested, moderate agriculture, or heavy cattle impact). These results indicate a long-term legacy of agricultural influences on stream invertebrate assemblages.Master of Science
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SARTORI, LAURA. "Effects of habitat management and restoration on freshwater ecosystem polulation dynamics." Doctoral thesis, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10281/42353.
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Although water quality improvement is generally the primary objective of treatment wetlands, the creation of habitats is an inevitable outcome of these projects. Macroinvertebrate are often early colonists of new created wetlands, with abundance and diversity approaching high levels within a few years from wetland construction. A deeper knowledge of the biodiversity hosted in these environments is needed to evaluate if newly created ponds are appropriate management tools for biological conservation.
The effectiveness of the interventions provided by Parco Pineta di Appiano Gentile e Tradate (a regional park in Lombardy, Italy) in freshwater ecosystem management and restoration has been evaluated, considering a set of natural, artificial and constructed wetlands spread within the park territory.
Considering the macroinvertebrate community and analyzing the biodiversity hosted in all the considered wetlands, no significant differences were found between artificial and natural ecosystems. Even the constructed wetlands, which were characterized by low water quality and higher pollutants concentrations, presented a biodiversity level which in some cases exceeded that one present in natural ecosystems. Even though biodiversity was similar between wetland typologies, differences in community compositions have been enlightened.
The macroinvertebrate community assemblages seemed to be influenced more by the geographical and hydromorphological variables of the ecosystem rather than the physicochemical water characteristics. In particular, water body area and habitat heterogeneity resulted to be the most important variables that influenced the community composition. Seasonal variations in hydrological conditions and resource availability were the main factors that influenced the macroinvertebrate dispersal, evaluated considering life-strategy groups. Although the considered ponds and wetlands presented different features, they all contributed to the local ecological network even if they were not all equally interconnected together.
All the collected information could be useful to design further possible interventions for conservation aims.
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Rieck, Leslie O. "Associations between hydrogeomorphic characteristics and biotic community dynamics in urban streams of Columbus, Ohio, USA." The Ohio State University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1563042221041466.
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