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Gorni, Guilherme R., and Roberto da G. Alves. "Oligochaetes (Annelida, Clitellata) in a neotropical stream: a mesohabitat approach." Iheringia. Série Zoologia 102, no. 1 (March 2012): 106–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s0073-47212012000100015.

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This paper analyses the relationship among mesohabitat and aquatic oligochaete species in the Galharada Stream (Campos do Jordão State Park, state of São Paulo, Brazil). Between August 2005 and May 2006 a total of 192 samples were obtained in areas of four different mesohabitats: riffle leaf litter (RL), pool leaf litter (PL), pool sediment (PS) and interstitial sediment from rocky beds in riffle areas (IS). In the mesohabitats sampled, 2007 specimens were identified, belonging to two families (Naididae and Enchytraeidae). Among the oligochaetes identified Naididae was represented by six genera (Allonais, Chaetogaster, Nais, Pristina, Aulodrilus and Limnodrilus). Principal components analysis (PCA) revealed the first two axes explained 85.1% of the total variance of the data. Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri Claparede, 1862 and Aulodrilus limnobius Bretscher, 1899 were associated with the pool areas (PL and PS). Most species of genera Pristina and Nais demonstrated apparent affinity with the riffle mesohabitats. The Indicator Species Analysis (IndVal) revealed that Nais communis Piguet, 1906, Pristina leidyi Smith, 1896 and Pristina (Pristinella) jenkinae (Stephenson, 1931) are indicative of RL mesohabitat, while family Enchytraeidae was considered indicative of PL mesohabitat.

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Casatti, Lilian, and Fabrício Barreto Teresa. "A multimetric index based on fish fauna for the evaluation of the biotic integrity of streams at a mesohabitat scale." Acta Limnologica Brasiliensia 24, no. 4 (February 20, 2013): 339–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s2179-975x2013005000003.

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AIM: In this study, we evaluated the ability of the Index of Biotic Integrity (IBI), based on fish fauna, to discriminate between reference streams and degraded streams at a mesohabitat scale. METHODS: We sampled the ichthyofauna of 96 mesohabitats (runs, riffles and pools) with electrofishing gear in six streams (three reference and three degraded) of comparable volume, width, and depth. Twelve attributes were tested separately for different mesohabitat types. RESULTS: Ten of the metrics tested were used to obtain the IBI for runs, six for riffles and ten for pools. The IBI indicated poor conditions for runs and riffles and very poor conditions for pools. CONCLUSIONS: These results indicate that the IBI may be useful for distinguishing among environments with contrasting conservation status at a mesohabitat scale. Differences were obtained not only in the sets of metrics valid for each mesohabitat but also in the final scores and rankings of the mesohabitat types assessed. These results emphasize the importance of considering the structural and biological variability of aquatic environments to capture the significance of losses of integrity due to human influence.

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Doretto, Alberto, Paolo Espa, Francesca Salmaso, Giuseppe Crosa, and Silvia Quadroni. "Considering mesohabitat scale in ecological impact assessment of sediment flushing." Knowledge & Management of Aquatic Ecosystems, no. 423 (2022): 2. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2021037.

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Benthic macroinvertebrates respond to several factors characterizing the physical habitats, as water depth, current and streambed substrate. Thus, anthropogenic disturbances altering these factors may have different effects on benthos, also depending on mesohabitats. These disturbances include sediment flushing operations, commonly carried out to recover reservoir capacity, and investigating their effects at mesohabitat scale could be relevant for an adequate ecological impact assessment of these operations. Here, we compared benthic macroinvertebrate communities sampled before and after a controlled sediment flushing operation in three different mesohabitats (a pool, a riffle and a step-pool) of an Alpine stream. Contrary from expectations, the composition of macroinvertebrate assemblages was not significantly different among mesohabitats. Moreover, the impact of sediment flushing was more significant in terms of density rather than in richness. Two stressor-specific indices were tested, but only one (the Siltation Index for LoTic EcoSystems − SILTES) clearly detected the impact of sediment flushing on the macroinvertebrate community structure. Finally, some differences in the temporal trajectories and recovery times to pre-flushing conditions were observed among mesohabitats, both if the three mesohabitats were considered separately and if all their possible combinations were accounted for. Particularly, riffle was the most sensitive mesohabitat, not fully recovering one year after the sediment disturbance.

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Sedighkia, Mahdi, Bithin Datta, and Asghar Abdoli. "Reducing the conflict of interest in the optimal operation of reservoirs by linking mesohabitat hydraulic modeling and metaheuristic optimization." Water Supply 22, no. 2 (October 28, 2021): 2269–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/ws.2021.373.

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Abstract The present study proposes a novel framework to optimize the reservoir operation through linking mesohabitat hydraulic modeling and metaheuristic optimization to mitigate environmental impact downstream of the reservoir. Environmental impact function was developed by mesohabitat hydraulic simulation. Then, the developed function was utilized in the structure of the reservoir operation optimization. Different metaheuristic algorithms including practice swarm optimization, invasive weed optimization, differential evolution and biogeography-based algorithm were used to optimize reservoir operation. Root mean square error (RMSE) and reliability index were utilized to measure the performance of algorithms. Based on the results in the case study, the proposed method is robust for mitigating downstream environmental impacts and sustaining water supply by the reservoir. RMSE for mesohabitats is 8%, which indicates the robustness of proposed method to mitigate environmental impacts at downstream. It seems that providing environmental requirements might reduce the reliability of water supply considerably. Differential evolution algorithm is the best method to optimize reservoir operation in the case study.

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Sertić Perić, Mirela, Renata Matoničkin Kepčija, Ines Radanović, Biserka Primc, and Ivan Habdija. "Freshwater reefs as mesohabitats for the assessment of diel invertebrate drift patterns." Natura Croatica 29, no. 2 (March 31, 2021): 185–203. http://dx.doi.org/10.20302/nc.2020.29.26.

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Freshwater reefs (known as tufa barriers) are special karst features recognized for highly heterogeneous habitat structures, complex hydrogeological features, and unique macrozoobenthos drift (downstream dispersal) patterns. Our study objective was to investigate diel and seasonal drift patterns between barriers and pools, both composed of moss-rich and fishless mesohabitat types, aligned on a small spatial scale within the karst, tufa-precipitating Plitvice Lakes hydrosystem. We monthly sampled drift at the two mesohabitat types (barriers and pools) during midday and dusk and examined quantitative and qualitative drift compositions, including drifting invertebrates, moss, and associated particulate organic and inorganic matter (APOIM). Barriers displayed higher invertebrate drift densities than those of pools. The same pattern was observed for moss and APOIM. At both mesohabitat types, invertebrate drift showed peak but highly variable densities during late spring and summer (mean >100 individuals m-3), whereas during late winter and early spring the drift densities were 5-fold lower than those densities. The nonmetric multidimensional scaling analysis revealed that invertebrate drift seasonality was influenced by seasonal drift patterns of aquatic moss and moss-dwelling invertebrate taxa. Adult and/or larval Riolus spp. and larval Hemerodromia spp. were found to be the most significant for the separation of midday and dusk within the NMDS ordination of barriers and pools. At barriers, midday drift densities of invertebrates, moss, and APOIM were higher than the respective dusk records. Within pools, invertebrate drift was largely aperiodic. We suggest that increased midday and/or aperiodic drift are a consequence of the lack of fish between barrier- and pool-mesohabitats. Our results further indicated that aquatic invertebrates inhabiting fast-flowing barriers and slow-flowing pools mostly exhibit “passive drift” mediated by transport agents such as water flow and dislodged aquatic vegetation. The observed spatio-temporal drift patterns are also likely influenced by ontogenetic shifts in drift periodicity (i.e., shifts depending on the development stage and morphological characteristics of the individual taxa) as well as benthic distribution of moss-dwelling invertebrate taxa. We can conclude that biotic (vs. abiotic) controls of drift are likely minimized in the fishless case of the freshwater reefs and associated barrier–pool sequences within Plitvice Lakes hydrosystem.

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Souza, João Luiz de Caíres, Vitor Manuel Barros Ferreira, and Maíra Moraes. "Levantamento de insetos aquáticos em um trecho do rio Tijuca, Floresta da Tijuca – Rio de Janeiro, Brasil." Research, Society and Development 9, no. 1 (January 1, 2020): e148911847. http://dx.doi.org/10.33448/rsd-v9i1.1847.

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A comunidade de insetos aquáticos é extremamente abundante e diversa em riachos neotropicais, apresentando grande importância para estudos de riachos nos dias atuais. Sendo assim o presente estudo tem como objetivo analisar e identificar a comunidade de insetos aquáticos de um trecho do rio Tijuca – Floresta da Tijuca (Rio de Janeiro, RJ). A coleta foi realizada em 2017, utilizando um surber (30x30 cm, malha de 250 μm), com o qual foram coletadas 12 amostras, em 3 habitats (folhiço, pedra e areia) e 2 mesohabitats distintos (poça ou remanso e corredeira). Foram encontrados 1.836 insetos aquáticos, sendo o substrato folhiço o com a maior abundância (1.084), seguido pela areia (434) e pedra (318). Portanto, o estudo concluiu que há grande abundância e variedade de insetos aquáticos presente no trecho do rio Tijuca, onde o tipo de substrato e o mesohabitat são determinantes para entender a distribuição dos indivíduos ao longo do corpo hídrico.

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Gosselin, M. P., G. E. Petts, and I. P. Maddock. "Mesohabitat use by bullhead (Cottus gobio)." Hydrobiologia 652, no. 1 (July 11, 2010): 299–310. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-010-0363-z.

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Kennard, Mark J., Bradley J. Pusey, Bronwyn D. Harch, Elli Dore, and Angela H. Arthington. "Estimating local stream fish assemblage attributes: sampling effort and efficiency at two spatial scales." Marine and Freshwater Research 57, no. 6 (2006): 635. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/mf06062.

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As part of a wider study to develop an ecosystem-health monitoring program for wadeable streams of south-eastern Queensland, Australia, comparisons were made regarding the accuracy, precision and relative efficiency of single-pass backpack electrofishing and multiple-pass electrofishing plus supplementary seine netting to quantify fish assemblage attributes at two spatial scales (within discrete mesohabitat units and within stream reaches consisting of multiple mesohabitat units). The results demonstrate that multiple-pass electrofishing plus seine netting provide more accurate and precise estimates of fish species richness, assemblage composition and species relative abundances in comparison to single-pass electrofishing alone, and that intensive sampling of three mesohabitat units (equivalent to a riffle–run–pool sequence) is a more efficient sampling strategy to estimate reach-scale assemblage attributes than less intensive sampling over larger spatial scales. This intensive sampling protocol was sufficiently sensitive that relatively small differences in assemblage attributes (<20%) could be detected with a high statistical power (1-β > 0.95) and that relatively few stream reaches (<4) need be sampled to accurately estimate assemblage attributes close to the true population means. The merits and potential drawbacks of the intensive sampling strategy are discussed, and it is deemed to be suitable for a range of monitoring and bioassessment objectives.

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Severo-Neto, Francisco, Fabrício B. Teresa, and Otávio Froehlich. "Ecomorphology and diet reflect the spatial segregation between two Siluriformes species inhabiting a stream of the Bodoquena Plateau, in Central Brazil." Iheringia. Série Zoologia 105, no. 1 (March 2015): 62–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1678-4766201510516268.

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Pimelodella taenioptera Miranda Ribeiro, 1914 and Imparfinis schubarti (Gomes, 1956) are two of the most common fish species in Bodoquena Plateau streams, Paraguay basin. These species have benthic habits and subaquatical observations suggested that they present differentiation in their preference for mesohabitat types. Pimelodella taenioptera shows preference for slow waters, such as pools, while I. schubarti is associated to riffles. In this study we investigated if the known patterns of mesohabitat use of P. taenioptera and I. schubarti can be predict by their ecomorphological and trophic traits. We described the dietary habits and ecomorphological attributes of P. taenioptera and I. schubarti individuals, captured in the Parque Nacional da Serra da Bodoquena (PNSB), Mato Grosso do Sul state, central Brazil. Pimelodella taenioptera presented a more generalist diet, consuming a total of 23 different food items. Imparfinis schubarti have a diet based exclusively on aquatic insects. The ecomorphological analysis revealed that the species differed in relation to five morphological traits associated to habitat use (p <0.01). The results of this study reveal a clear functional dissimilarity between P. taenioptera and I. shubarti. The observed trophic and ecomorphological patterns are congruent with the known habitat use for these species and probably reflect the spatial and temporal variability on conditions and resources present in riffles and pools. Therefore, as expected, the morphological and feeding attributes represent predictive information related to mesohabitat use.

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Wegscheider, Bernhard, Tommi Linnansaari, and R. Allen Curry. "Mesohabitat modelling in fish ecology: A global synthesis." Fish and Fisheries 21, no. 5 (June 15, 2020): 927–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/faf.12477.

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Uieda, Virginia Sanches, Maria Ines Bulgari Alves, and Eliane Ivonete Silva. "Invertebrados bentônicos: relação entre estrutura da fauna e características do mesohabitat." Ambiente e Agua - An Interdisciplinary Journal of Applied Science 11, no. 3 (June 23, 2016): 676. http://dx.doi.org/10.4136/ambi-agua.1876.

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Em ecossistemas lóticos é comum a formação de diferentes mesohabitats intercalados ao longo do rio, como poções, corredeiras e rápidos, frequentemente acompanhados de alterações na estrutura da fauna bentônica associada. No trabalho analisamos a fauna de invertebrados bentônicos em rápidos e corredeiras de um trecho de serra do Rio Capivara (Bacia do Médio Rio Tietê). A análise das características ambientais e a coleta da fauna foram realizadas em três corredeiras e três rápidos, em um mês da estação chuvosa (cinco réplicas de cada). Os mesohabitats se diferenciaram quanto ao maior porcentual de blocos nos rápidos e maiores valores de profundidade, correnteza e porcentual de matacões nas corredeiras. Do total de 57 Unidades Taxonômicas Operacionais (UTO’s) amostradas, 75% foram comuns aos dois mesohabitats (Similaridade de Morisita = 0,86). Quando analisado o porcentual de abundância, a similaridade espacial se manteve e dois grupos se sobressaíram em abundância: Hexapoda (>80%, sendo a maioria Ephemeroptera, Diptera e Trichoptera) e Annelida (10%). As análises exploratórias (cluster e NMDS) também apontaram para uma elevada similaridade espacial, porém os resultados da Análise de Similaridade (ANOSIM) indicaram uma diferença significativa entre os mesohabitats (p<0,1%), seja analisando o total de UTO’s ou retirando as UTO’s raras. Cinco grupos tiveram uma maior contribuição para a média de dissimilaridade entre os mesohabitats: Simulium e Baetodes mais abundantes nas corredeiras, Traveryphes, Hagenulopsis e Macrelmis nos rápidos. Assim, os resultados da ANOSIM salientaram a importância do refinamento na identificação para a interpretação mais precisa acerca da relação entre a fauna e a estrutura do habitat.

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Teichert, Nils, Pierre Valade, Pierre Bosc, Marine Richarson, and Philippe Gaudin. "Spawning-habitat selection of an Indo-Pacific amphidromous gobiid fish, Sicyopterus lagocephalus (Pallas)." Marine and Freshwater Research 64, no. 11 (2013): 1058. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/mf13035.

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Freshwater-fish populations of the Indo-pacific region are characterised by a large proportion of amphidromous species. We analysed the spawning-habitat selection of Sicyopterus lagocephalus (Gobiidae: Sicydiinae) within two rivers of the Reunion Island. Reproduction traces are rare events, so a presence-only sampling procedure was performed to collect egg clutches and a random description of available habitat was conducted to generate pseudo-absence data. Logistic models showed a strong selection for microhabitat variables and mesohabitat units. S. lagocephalus selected areas where availability of potential nests was high (small cobble to small boulder) and where interstitial substratum allowed intragravel flow. Our results suggest that the availability of favourable substratum may be a limiting factor, which could result in occupancy of suboptimal areas. Water depth and velocity had less of an effect on the selection of a spawning area. Higher selection for shallow (<60 cm) and lotic (>30 cm s–1) geomorphic units, with an optimum for riffle and cascade, suggested that mesohabitat could be a satisfactory approach to quickly assess the availability of spawning areas within a watercourse for expertise studies.

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Beck, Maurie J., and T. Luke George. "Song Post and Foraging Site Characteristics of Breeding Varied Thrushes in Northwestern California." Condor 102, no. 1 (February 1, 2000): 93–103. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/condor/102.1.93.

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Abstract We used a hierarchical approach to describe habitat characteristics of song posts and foraging sites used by Varied Thrushes (Ixoreus naevius) in coastal redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) forests of northwestern California. We measured mesohabitat (0.04-ha circular plots) and microhabitat (0.5-m radius) scale attributes centered on occupied and random song posts and foraging locations at four study sites during March–August of 1994 and 1995. Ninety-five percent of song posts were in trees or snags. Male thrushes used song posts with low foliage density near the top of large conifers (microhabitat scale), located on steeper slopes, surrounded by a high density of trees, and centered in drainages closer to water (mesohabitat scale) as compared to random locations. Varied Thrushes foraged predominantly on the ground early in the breeding season, then subsequently included fruit in their diet after the young had fledged. Although many variables were correlated with ground foraging locations, microhabitat foliage density had the greatest explanatory power, indicating thrushes selected foraging locations primarily at the microhabitat scale, and emphasizing the importance of measuring habitat characteristics at the appropriate spatial scale. Abrupt forest edges, such as those produced by clearcuts, may reduce habitat suitability for Varied Thrushes possibly explaining their absence from small forest fragments during the breeding season.

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Puig-Mengual, Carlos A., Amy S. Woodget, Rafael Muñoz-Mas, and Francisco Martínez-Capel. "Spatial validation of submerged fluvial topographic models by mesohabitat units." International Journal of Remote Sensing 42, no. 7 (December 31, 2020): 2391–416. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01431161.2020.1862433.

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Tickner, David, Patrick D. Armitage, Melanie A. Bickerton, and Kevin A. Hall. "Assessing stream quality using information on mesohabitat distribution and character." Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 10, no. 3 (2000): 179–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/1099-0755(200005/06)10:3<179::aid-aqc403>3.0.co;2-u.

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Diaz, Peter H., Dominique Alvear, and Kathryn E. Perez. "Mesohabitat Associations of the Devil Tryonia, Tryonia diaboli (Gastropoda: Truncatelloidea: Cochliopidae)." Freshwater Mollusk Biology and Conservation 23, no. 1 (April 8, 2020): 18. http://dx.doi.org/10.31931/fmbc.v22i2.2020.18-24.

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Smit, Reuben, and Adam Kaeser. "Defining freshwater mussel mesohabitat associations in an alluvial, Coastal Plain river." Freshwater Science 35, no. 4 (December 2016): 1276–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/688928.

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Wood, P. J., P. D. Armitage, C. E. Cannan, and G. E. Petts. "Instream mesohabitat biodiversity in three groundwater streams under base-flow conditions." Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 9, no. 3 (May 1999): 265–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1099-0755(199905/06)9:3<265::aid-aqc342>3.0.co;2-q.

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Hadad, Ezra, Dan Malkinson, Reuven Yosef, Gilad Weil, and Motti Charter. "Importance of Mesohabitat for Nest-Site Selection in Breeding Eagle Owls (Bubo bubo): A Multi-Scale Model." Diversity 14, no. 6 (May 30, 2022): 438. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/d14060438.

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Apex predators make excellent bioindicators of habitat quality and anthropogenic changes. Eagle owls (Bubo bubo) are such apex and keystone predators, who show preferential nest-site selection, usually away from human activities and habitation. However, Israel is a small country with a burgeoning human population. Hence, in order to understand the habitat requirements of eagle owls in central Israel, we conducted a multi-scale model analysis on their existing nest sites between 2006 and 2010. We identified 203 successful breeding attempts at 73 different sites. Our data suggested that the breeding population of the eagle owls was limited by the availability of quality nest locations, i.e., quarries, and caves. The probability of an eagle pair breeding increased with the presence of both quarries and caves, but was not related to mesohabitat properties. In addition, eagle owl breeding densities were positively related to the number of nest localities and to the planted woodlands. Furthermore, we found that eagle owls successfully raised their young regardless of the surrounding mesohabitat and sought the presence of other potential nest sites in the vicinity of the active nest sites, most likely due to the owls’ opportunistic and generalist hunting behavior, which facilitated the consumption of a wide prey base. Appropriate nest sites (quarries and caves) appeared to increase population numbers and, therefore, should be protected Further studies should determine whether increasing artificial nest sites and reclaiming abandoned quarries could increase eagle owl numbers in a sustainable manner.

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Brown, Rocko A. "Hydrogeomorphic Scaling and Ecohydraulics for Designing Rescaled Channel and Floodplain Geometry in Regulated Gravel–Cobble Bed Rivers for Pacific Salmon Habitat." Water 14, no. 4 (February 21, 2022): 670. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w14040670.

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Societies are increasingly restoring and/or rehabilitating rivers below dams for keystone species such as salmon. A fundamental concept for rehabilitating river morphology below dams for salmon is that a rescaled version of the river corridor synchronized to the regulated flow regime can restore habitat quantity and quality. Downscaled and resized hydrographs have been shown to provide environmental benefits to fish communities including salmon as well as riparian vegetation communities. However, less research exists on how this can be achieved through the topographic rescaling of heavily modified and regulated river corridors. The goal of this paper is to review analytical methods to determine initial of size of rescaled channel and floodplain mesohabitat units in regulated gravel–cobble bed rivers for Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.) habitat using hydrogeomorphic scaling and ecohydraulics. Hydrogeomorphic flow scaling is the prediction of river morphology and geometry using empirical and analytical relationships. Ecohydraulic scaling refers to the use of ecohydrology, habitat suitability curves, and fish density relationships to determine the size of mesohabitat units for ecologically relevant flows. In practice, these are complimentary first order estimates of channel and floodplain configurations followed by iterative design in a hierarchical manner. This review advances the science of river design by synthesizing these complimentary ideologies for Pacific salmon habitat restoration in regulated rivers. Following the review, the layout of features is briefly discussed followed by a discussion of important considerations beyond the physical and topographic rescaling of river corridors for salmonid habitat restoration.

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Lazzarini Wolff, Luciano, and Norma Segatti Hahn. "Fish habitat associations along a longitudinal gradient in a preserved coastal Atlantic stream, Brazil." Zoologia 34 (December 18, 2017): 1–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zoologia.34.e12975.

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Habitat conditions at multiple scales are one of the major factors structuring ichthyofauna. Thus, we analyzed the fish habitat associations along the headwater-mouth gradient of a coastal Atlantic stream. We categorized the sampling sites into habitat units, so that in the middle reach these categories were statistically differentiated into riffles, runs and pools. Samplings were carried out quarterly from May 2009 to February 2010 using electrofishing. Principal component analysis (PCA) indicated an environmental gradient from higher water velocity and rocky bottom to deeper and sandy areas in the headwater-mouth direction. A total of 1,495 individuals belonging to 27 species were captured, being 13, 18 and 22 from headwater, middle and mouth reaches, respectively. Shannon diversity was slightly higher in the middle reach, while beta diversity showed higher rates of addition than turnover in species along the longitudinal gradient. Fish structure, evaluated by DCA (detrended correspondence analysis) scores, showed significant differences between upper reaches and mouth reach, but the middle riffles did not differ from headwater habitats. In the middle reach, mesohabitat analysis distinguished riffles, with higher abundance of fast-water crenuchids, from pools, with a higher abundance of lentic-water characids. These results suggest that environmental differences along the stream determine the wider structural patterns. However, the middle reach amassed species from upper areas and lowlands in structured fish mesohabitat associations, possibly implying distinct local ecological interactions. These findings contribute to the assessment of stream conservation status and to recognize eventual direct impacts on fish structures along longitudinal gradients.

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Wood, Diane L., and Robert W. Sites. "Submerged Rootmats: A Mesohabitat Harboring a Distinct Insect Community in Ozark Streams." Journal of Freshwater Ecology 17, no. 3 (September 2002): 431–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02705060.2002.9663917.

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Kehmeier, Jon W., Richard A. Valdez, C. Nicolas Medley, and Orrin B. Myers. "Relationship of Fish Mesohabitat to Flow in a Sand-Bed Southwestern River." North American Journal of Fisheries Management 27, no. 3 (August 2007): 750–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1577/m06-016.1.

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Pegg, M. A., A. T. Behmer, P. Parasaweicz, and J. N. Rogers. "Application of mesohabitat fish use information to identify guilds for lotic systems." Journal of Applied Ichthyology 30, no. 5 (July 14, 2014): 1065–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jai.12502.

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Armitage, P. D., and C. E. Cannan. "Annual changes in summer patterns of mesohabitat distribution and associated macroinvertebrate assemblages." Hydrological Processes 14, no. 16-17 (2000): 3161–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/1099-1085(200011/12)14:16/17<3161::aid-hyp140>3.0.co;2-8.

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Linhart, Jakub, Šárka Vlčková, and Vladimír Uvíra. "Bryophytes as a special mesohabitat for meiofauna in a rip-rapped channel." River Research and Applications 18, no. 4 (July 2002): 321–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rra.671.

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Baran, P., M. Delacoste, and J. M. Lascaux. "Variability of Mesohabitat Used by Brown Trout Populations in the French Central Pyrenees." Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 126, no. 5 (September 1997): 747–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1577/1548-8659(1997)126<0747:vomubb>2.3.co;2.

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Alcaraz-Hernández, Juan Diego, Francisco Martínez-Capel, Matías Peredo Parada, and Aina B. Hernández-Mascarell. "Mesohabitat heterogeneity in four mediterranean streams of the Jucar river basin (Eastern Spain)." Limnetica 30, no. 2 (December 15, 2011): 363–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.23818/limn.30.26.

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Suen, J. P., and W. C. Su. "Reconstructing riverine mesohabitat unit composition using fish community data and an autecology matrix." Journal of Fish Biology 77, no. 4 (July 26, 2010): 972–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2010.02737.x.

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Yeiser, J. M., and S. C. Richter. "Microhabitat conditions influence mesohabitat associations and distribution of larval salamanders in headwater streams." Hydrobiologia 751, no. 1 (January 28, 2015): 175–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-015-2185-5.

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Baran, Philippe, Sovan Lek, Marc Delacoste, and Alain Belaud. "Stochastic models that predict trout population density or biomass on a mesohabitat scale." Hydrobiologia 337, no. 1-3 (November 1996): 1–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf00028502.

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Gosselin, M. P., I. Maddock, and G. Petts. "Mesohabitat use by brown trout (Salmo trutta ) in a small groundwater-dominated stream." River Research and Applications 28, no. 3 (October 29, 2010): 390–401. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rra.1464.

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Machado, NG, EM Venticinque, and J. Penha. "Effect of environmental quality and mesohabitat structure on a Biotic Integrity Index based on fish assemblages of cerrado streams from Rio Cuiabá basin, Brazil." Brazilian Journal of Biology 71, no. 3 (August 2011): 577–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s1519-69842011000400002.

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Over the last 30 years, the Cerrado has been experiencing various antropic impacts that have brought about alterations to species composition, structure and functioning of aquatic habitats. Therefore, studies on negative impacts are useful to prevent future damage and restore environmental quality. The objectives of our study were: i) to adapt an index of biotic integrity of streams in the Rio Cuiabá Basin and ii) to analyze if the Index of Biotic Integrity (IBI) correlated with the environmental quality measured by the Index of Environmental Quality (IEQ) and with the mesohabitat structure. We sampled 26 streams in sub-basins of the Cuiabá River. In each stream, we closed a stretch of 50 m with blockage nets and used electrofishing to capture fish. To obtain a measure of environmental quality in sampled units, we characterized the stream and its micro basin. For the analyses, we used the Spearman Correlation, Kruskal-Wallis test and Analysis of Multiple Regression. We collected 697 individuals distributed into 6 orders, 15 families and 49 species. The IBI followed changes on environmental quality measured by IEQ when we removed streams that present natural barriers from the analysis (r² = 0.4; r² = 0.58). Types of land use did not affect the biotic integrity (n = 26; df = 4; H = 4,860; p = 0.302), but natural and artificial barriers affected it (n = 26; df = 4; H = 11,027; p = 0.026). The IBI was not sensitive to variations in mesohabitat structure (F2,23 = 0.373; r² = 0.031; Axe 1 p = 0.620; Axe 2 p = 0.490). The IBI is certainly a reasonable instrument for evaluating changes in the environment, but we cannot ignore the fact that we were able to obtain the same result with any combinations of metrics. This makes its analysis and interpretation difficult.

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Beisel, Jean-Nicolas, Philippe Usseglio-Polatera, Sandra Thomas, and Jean-Claude Moreteau. "Effects of mesohabitat sampling strategy on the assessment of stream quality with benthic invertebrate assemblages." Fundamental and Applied Limnology 142, no. 4 (July 30, 1998): 493–510. http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/archiv-hydrobiol/142/1998/493.

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Schwartz, John. "Use of Ecohydraulic-Based Mesohabitat Classification and Fish Species Traits for Stream Restoration Design." Water 8, no. 11 (November 8, 2016): 520. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w8110520.

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Devin, S., C. Piscart, J. N. Beisel, and J. C. Moreteau. "Ecological traits of the amphipod invader Dikerogammarus villosus on a mesohabitat scale." Archiv für Hydrobiologie 158, no. 1 (August 15, 2003): 43–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/0003-9136/2003/0158-0043.

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Belcher, Carolyn N., and Cecil A. Jennings. "Utility of mesohabitat features for determining habitat associations of subadult sharks in Georgia’s estuaries." Environmental Biology of Fishes 88, no. 4 (April 20, 2010): 349–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10641-010-9648-3.

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Diaz, Peter H., Joe N. Fries, Timothy H. Bonner, Mara L. Alexander, and Weston H. Nowlin. "Mesohabitat associations of the threatened San Marcos salamander (Eurycea nana) across its geographic range." Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 25, no. 3 (March 19, 2015): 307–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aqc.2559.

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Syrovátka, Vít, and Karel Brabec. "Effects of physical factors on chironomid larvae distribution and community structure at a mesohabitat scale." SIL Proceedings, 1922-2010 29, no. 4 (October 2006): 1845–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03680770.2006.11903009.

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Della Bella, Valentina, Marcello Bazzanti, and Flavia Chiarotti. "Macroinvertebrate diversity and conservation status of Mediterranean ponds in Italy: water permanence and mesohabitat influence." Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 15, no. 6 (2005): 583–600. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aqc.743.

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Worischka, Susanne, Claudia Hellmann, Thomas U. Berendonk, and Carola Winkelmann. "Fish predation can induce mesohabitat-specific differences in food web structures in small stream ecosystems." Aquatic Ecology 48, no. 4 (September 2, 2014): 367–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10452-014-9490-3.

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Green, Matthew W., Peter W. Blum, Stephanie C. Sellers, Michael M. Gangloff, Luke M. Jacobus, and Shea R. Tuberty. "Mesohabitat current velocity effects on Didymosphenia geminata and macroinvertebrates in a SE USA hypolimnetic tailwater." Aquatic Ecology 53, no. 4 (August 7, 2019): 607–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10452-019-09712-5.

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Dijoux, Samuel, and David S. Boukal. "Community structure and collapses in multichannel food webs: Role of consumer body sizes and mesohabitat productivities." Ecology Letters 24, no. 8 (May 25, 2021): 1607–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele.13772.

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Suska, Katarzyna, and Piotr Parasiewicz. "Application of the Mesohabitat Simulation System (MesoHABSIM) for Assessing Impact of River Maintenance and Restoration Measures." Water 12, no. 12 (November 30, 2020): 3356. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w12123356.

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Maintenance and restoration activities alter the river morphology and hydrology, and in consequence, alter fish habitats. The aim of this research was to investigate the change of habitat availability for fish guilds after carrying out maintenance works, commonly used river restoration measures and a restoration derived from fish habitat requirements. The selected study site is located at a close to natural condition section of Swider River in central Poland. The MesoHABSIM model was used to assess the area of suitable habitats in this site and predict habitat distribution at all planning scenarios. The affinity index which is a measure of similarity of two distributions showed that the likely distribution of habitats for fish resulting from simulated maintenance is 76.5% similar to that under measured conditions. The distribution of habitats caused by river restoration is also similar to that of the baseline in 73.2%. The resemblance between the restoration scenario focusing on fish habitat requirements and the reference conditions is 93.1%. It is beneficial to define the river restoration measures based on habitat availability for fish community. Modelling is a useful tool to simulate the changes and predict which guilds there is abundance of suitable habitats, and for which there are too few. It allows for more effective use of resources according to quantitative target states.

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Angradi, Ted R., and Terri M. Jicha. "Mesohabitat-specific macroinvertebrate assemblage responses to water quality variation in mid-continent (North America) great rivers." Ecological Indicators 10, no. 5 (September 2010): 943–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2010.02.004.

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Pace, Giorgio, Paolo Andreani, Mariachiara Barile, Andrea Buffagni, Stefania Erba, Laura Mancini, and Carlo Belfiore. "Macroinvertebrate assemblages at mesohabitat scale in small sized volcanic siliceous streams of Central Italy (Mediterranean Ecoregion)." Ecological Indicators 11, no. 2 (March 2011): 688–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2010.09.008.

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Brignon, William R., Douglas E. Olson, Howard A. Schaller, and Carl B. Schreck. "Factors influencing density, distribution, and mesohabitat selection of juvenile wild salmonids and residual hatchery winter steelhead." Aquaculture 362-363 (September 2012): 137–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2011.04.040.

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Vimos-Lojano, Diego J., Francisco Martínez-Capel, Henrietta Hampel, and Raúl F. Vázquez. "Hydrological influences on aquatic communities at the mesohabitat scale in high Andean streams of southern Ecuador." Ecohydrology 12, no. 1 (September 17, 2018): e2033. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/eco.2033.

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Ferro, Michael L., and Robert W. Sites. "The Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, and Trichoptera of Missouri State Parks, with Notes on Biomonitoring, Mesohabitat Associations, and Distribution." Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 80, no. 2 (April 2007): 105–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.2317/0022-8567(2007)80[105:tepato]2.0.co;2.

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Salmaso, Francesca, Paolo Espa, Giuseppe Crosa, and Silvia Quadroni. "Impacts of fine sediment input on river macroinvertebrates: the role of the abiotic characteristics at mesohabitat scale." Hydrobiologia 848, no. 18 (June 22, 2021): 4189–209. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-021-04632-8.

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