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Ocon C, Siri A, Altieri P, Donato M. Functional feeding groups of Chironomidae (Diptera: Nematocera) and their spatial variation in an intermittent hill stream (Ventana Stream, Buenos Aires, Argentina). AN ACAD BRAS CIENC 2023; 95:e20191316. [PMID: 37729296 DOI: 10.1590/0001-3765202320191316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2019] [Accepted: 07/07/2020] [Indexed: 09/22/2023] Open
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The feeding habits of Chironomidae in hill streams in the pampean region have not been described. In this study, we analyzed the gut contents of this insect family with an aim at establishing their diet in an intermittent stream in the Ventania-Hill system. We sampled three sites with different habitat characteristics (i. e., altitude, substrate type, and current velocity). Of the total of nine taxa were recorded, the only one present at all sites was Corynoneura sp. 1. The food items found were detritus, diatoms, filamentous chlorophytes, euglenophytes, vascular plants, fungi, and animal remains. Most of the taxa could be classified as gathering collectors, with those having a higher proportion of detritus in the gut contents although the guts of Pentaneura nr. cinerea, Cricotopus sp. 1, and Onconeura analiae included high proportions of animal remains. No differences in the feeding habits were attributable to the location in the stream. This research contributes to our understanding of the trophic habits of Chironomidae in an intermittent hill stream system of South America.
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- Carolina Ocon
- CONICET-UNLP, Instituto de Limnología Dr. Raúl A. Ringuelet, CCT La Plata, 120 Bvd. N° 1462 (1900) La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP), 60 and 122 Av (1900) La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- CONICET-UNLP, Instituto de Limnología Dr. Raúl A. Ringuelet, CCT La Plata, 120 Bvd. N° 1462 (1900) La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP), 60 and 122 Av (1900) La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- CONICET-UNLP, Instituto de Limnología Dr. Raúl A. Ringuelet, CCT La Plata, 120 Bvd. N° 1462 (1900) La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- CONICET-UNLP, Instituto de Limnología Dr. Raúl A. Ringuelet, CCT La Plata, 120 Bvd. N° 1462 (1900) La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP), 60 and 122 Av (1900) La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Paz LE, Rodriguez M, Gullo B, Rodrigues Capítulo A. Impacts of urban and industrial pollution on functional traits of benthic macroinvertebrates: Are some traits advantageous for survival? THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 807:150650. [PMID: 34597538 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2021] [Revised: 09/23/2021] [Accepted: 09/24/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Urbanization and industrialization produce substantial changes in biodiversity and in the functionality of ecosystems. However, little is known about how anthropic pressures might drive these changes and about their functional consequences. We aimed to determine the responses of macroinvertebrate biological traits to urban and industrial pollution and assess the impacts of these disturbances on the functional diversity of these assemblages. We sampled benthic macroinvertebrates in 27 sites of four basins with different urban disturbance gradients (rural, peri-urban, and urban-industrial), among them the Matanza-Riachuelo River, one of the most polluted basins in the world. We classified macroinvertebrates into 11 traits and 56 categories. Then, we performed an RLQ analysis and computed functional richness, evenness, divergence and Rao diversity indexes for each site and community weighted means for each trait category. The urban and industrial sites (mainly low and middle Matanza-Riachuelo River Basin) showed high concentrations of ammonium, SRP, conductivity, COD, BOD, and organic matter, as well as the lowest values of DO. The functional richness and Rao index of these sites were significantly lower than that of the other sites. Macroinvertebrate traits associated with urban and industrial sites were aerial respiration (spiracles), forms of resistance (eggs or statoblast), cylindrical body shape, oviparity, feeding on microinvertebrates, and full water swimmers. These traits potentially enabled tolerant species persistence at polluted sites while gills, grazers, and crawlers were sensitive to these disturbances. Urban and industrial activities influence biological traits, producing the disappearance or dominance of certain traits in macroinvertebrate assemblages. As a consequence, extreme pollution caused predictable trait-based community changes resulting in reduced functional diversity, and potentially altered the ecosystem function.
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- L E Paz
- Instituto Multidisciplinario sobre Ecosistemas y Desarrollo Sustentable, Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, CONICET, Campus Universitario, Paraje Arroyo Seco s/n, Tandil 7000, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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- Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud (FCS), Universidad Nacional de Entre Ríos (UNER), Lorenzo P. Sartorio 2160, 3260 Concepción del Uruguay, Provincia de Entre Ríos, Argentina
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- Cátedra Zoología Invertebrados I, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo (FCNyM), Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP), 122 y 60, 1900 La Plata, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Limnología Dr. Raúl A. Ringuelet, CONICET, UNLP-CC 712, La Plata 1900, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Ridel A, Lafage D, Devogel P, Lacoue-Labarthe T, Pétillon J. Habitat filtering differentially modulates phylogenetic and functional diversity relationships between predatory arthropods. ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE 2021; 8:202093. [PMID: 34109036 PMCID: PMC8170193 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.202093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2020] [Accepted: 05/07/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Mechanisms underlying biological diversities at different scales have received significant attention over the last decades. The hypothesis of whether local abiotic factors, driving functional and phylogenetic diversities, can differ among taxa of arthropods remains under-investigated. In this study, we compared correlations and drivers of functional diversity (FD) and phylogenetic diversity (PD) between spiders and carabids, two dominant taxa of ground-dwelling arthropods in salt marshes. Both taxa exhibited high correlation between FD and PD; the correlation was even higher in carabids, probably owing to their lower species richness. Analyses using structural equation modelling highlighted that FD and PD were positively linked to taxonomic diversity (TD) in both taxa; however, abiotic factors driving the FD and PD differed between spiders and carabids. Salinity particularly drove the TD of carabids, but not that of spiders, suggesting that spiders are phenotypically more plastic and less selected by this factor. Conversely, PD was influenced by salinity in spiders, but not in carabids. This result can be attributed to the different evolutionary history and colonization process of salt marshes between the two model taxa. Finally, our study highlights that, in taxa occupying the same niche in a constrained habitat, FD and PD can have different drivers, and thereby different filtering mechanisms.
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- Aurélien Ridel
- UMR CNRS 6553 Ecobio, Université de Rennes, 263 Avenue du Gal Leclerc, CS 74205, 35042 Rennes cedex, France
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- UMR CNRS 6553 Ecobio, Université de Rennes, 263 Avenue du Gal Leclerc, CS 74205, 35042 Rennes cedex, France
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- UMR CNRS 6553 Ecobio, Université de Rennes, 263 Avenue du Gal Leclerc, CS 74205, 35042 Rennes cedex, France
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- UMR CNRS 7266 LIENSs, Université de La Rochelle, 2 Rue Olympe de Gouges, 17000 La Rochelle, France
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- UMR CNRS 6553 Ecobio, Université de Rennes, 263 Avenue du Gal Leclerc, CS 74205, 35042 Rennes cedex, France
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Jaiswal D, Pandey J. Investigations on peculiarities of land-water interface and its use as a stable testbed for accurately predicting changes in ecosystem responses to human perturbations: A sub-watershed scale study with the Ganga River. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2019; 238:178-193. [PMID: 30851556 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.02.126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2018] [Revised: 02/05/2019] [Accepted: 02/26/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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In lotic systems, the hydrologic forcing together with structural and functional complexities make it difficult to predict how the river ecosystem will respond to human perturbations. We conducted two sets of studies selecting two segments; a 518 km main river stem, and two point source trajectories at the Ganga River during summer low flow of three consecutive years (2016-2018). The objective was to test if the land-water interface (LWI) of the river serves as a stable testbed for predicting human control on water quality and ecosystem responses. Samples were collected from LWI and complementary locations (50 m reach) from 8 selected sites of the main stem and 15 equidistant locations downstream each point source. Concentrations of carbon, nutrients and heavy metals at LWI varied in concordance with their concentrations in river water and riverbed sediment. Also, the microbial biomass (C, N, and P), activities and extracellular enzymes at LWI showed synchrony with their respective counterparts in riverbed sediment. We found strong positive correlations (p < 0.05-0.001) between these variables at LWI and their counterparts in water/riverbed sediment along the main stem and point source downstream. Our study establishes the credential of LWI for more accurately predicting changes in ecosystem responses to human perturbations. The study will facilitate accurate upscaling intercomparability across varied environmental control on the headwater streams-to-estuaries continuum.
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- Deepa Jaiswal
- Ganga River Ecology Research Laboratory, Environmental Science Division, Centre of Advanced Study in Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India
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- Ganga River Ecology Research Laboratory, Environmental Science Division, Centre of Advanced Study in Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India.
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Colin N, Villéger S, Wilkes M, de Sostoa A, Maceda-Veiga A. Functional diversity measures revealed impacts of non-native species and habitat degradation on species-poor freshwater fish assemblages. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2018; 625:861-871. [PMID: 29306829 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.12.316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2017] [Revised: 12/27/2017] [Accepted: 12/27/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Trait-based ecology has been developed for decades to infer ecosystem responses to stressors based on the functional structure of communities, yet its value in species-poor systems is largely unknown. Here, we used an extensive dataset in a Spanish region highly prone to non-native fish invasions (15 catchments, N=389 sites) to assess for the first time how species-poor communities respond to large-scale environmental gradients using a taxonomic and functional trait-based approach in riverine fish. We examined total species richness and three functional trait-based indices available when many sites have ≤3 species (specialization, FSpe; originality, FOri and entropy, FEnt). We assessed the responses of these taxonomic and functional indices along gradients of altitude, water pollution, physical habitat degradation and non-native fish biomass. Whilst species richness was relatively sensitive to spatial effects, functional diversity indices were responsive across natural and anthropogenic gradients. All four diversity measures declined with altitude but this decline was modulated by physical habitat degradation (richness, FSpe and FEnt) and the non-native:total fish biomass ratio (FSpe and FOri) in ways that varied between indices. Furthermore, FSpe and FOri were significantly correlated with Total Nitrogen. Non-native fish were a major component of the taxonomic and functional structure of fish communities, raising concerns about potential misdiagnosis between invaded and environmentally-degraded river reaches. Such misdiagnosis was evident in a regional fish index widely used in official monitoring programs. We recommend the application of FSpe and FOri to extensive datasets from monitoring programs in order to generate valuable cross-system information about the impacts of non-native species and habitat degradation, even in species-poor systems. Scoring non-native species apart from habitat degradation in the indices used to determine ecosystem health is essential to develop better management strategies.
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- Nicole Colin
- Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology & Environmental Sciences-Institute of Research in Biodiversity (IRBio-UB), University of Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain; Center for Research on Biodiversity and Sustainable Environments (CIBAS), Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción, Concepción, Chile.
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- Biodiversité marine et ses usages (UMR 9190 MARBEC), CNRS, Université de Montpellier, Place Eugène Bataillon, CP 34095, Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience, Coventry University, Ryton Organic Gardens, Wolston Lane, Ryton-On-Dunsmore, CV8 3LG, UK
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- Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology & Environmental Sciences-Institute of Research in Biodiversity (IRBio-UB), University of Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology & Environmental Sciences-Institute of Research in Biodiversity (IRBio-UB), University of Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain; Department of Integrative Ecology, Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD-CSIC), 41092, Sevilla, Spain
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Paillex A, Castella E, zu Ermgassen P, Gallardo B, Aldridge DC. Large river floodplain as a natural laboratory: non-native macroinvertebrates benefit from elevated temperatures. Ecosphere 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.1972] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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- Amael Paillex
- Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology; 8600 Dübendorf Switzerland
- Aquatic Ecology Group; Department of Zoology; University of Cambridge; The David Attenborough Building, Pembroke Street Cambridge CB2 3QZ UK
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- Department F.-A. Forel for Environmental and Aquatic Sciences & Institute for Environmental Sciences; University of Geneva; Boulevard Carl-Vogt 66 1211 Geneva 4 Switzerland
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- School of Geosciences; University of Edinburgh; The King's Buildings Alexander Crum Brown Road Edinburgh EH9 3FF UK
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- Applied and Restoration Ecology Group; Pyrenean Institute of Ecology (IPE-CSIC); Avda. Monañana 1005 50059 Zaragoza Spain
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- Aquatic Ecology Group; Department of Zoology; University of Cambridge; The David Attenborough Building, Pembroke Street Cambridge CB2 3QZ UK
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Kuzmanovic M, Dolédec S, de Castro-Catala N, Ginebreda A, Sabater S, Muñoz I, Barceló D. Environmental stressors as a driver of the trait composition of benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages in polluted Iberian rivers. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2017; 156:485-493. [PMID: 28415043 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2017.03.054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2017] [Revised: 03/18/2017] [Accepted: 03/29/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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We used the trait composition of macroinvertebrate communities to identify the effects of pesticides and multiple stressors associated with urban land use at different sites of four rivers in Spain. Several physical and chemical stressors (high metal pollution, nutrients, elevated temperature and flow alterations) affected the urban sites. The occurrence of multiple stressors influenced aquatic assemblages at 50% of the sites. We hypothesized that the trait composition of macroinvertebrate assemblages would reflect the strategies that the assemblages used to cope with the respective environmental stressors. We used RLQ and fourth corner analysis to address the relationship between stressors and the trait composition of benthic macroinvertebrates. We found a statistically significant relationship between the trait composition and the exposure of assemblages to environmental stressors. The first RLQ dimension, which explained most of the variability, clearly separated sites according to the stressors. Urban-related stressors selected taxa that were mainly plurivoltine and fed on deposits. In contrast, pesticide impacted sites selected taxa with high levels of egg protection (better egg survival), indicating a potentially higher risk for egg mortality. Moreover, the trait diversity of assemblages at urban sites was low compared to that observed in pesticide impacted sites, suggesting the homogenization of assemblages in urban areas.
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- Maja Kuzmanovic
- Department of Environmental Chemistry, IDAEA-CSIC, C/Jordi Girona 18-26, 08034 Barcelona, Spain; Catalan Institute for Water Research (ICRA), Parc Científic i Tecnològic de la Universitat de Girona, C/Emili Grahit, 101 Edifici H2O, 17003 Girona, Spain.
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- UMR 5023, LEHNA, Biodiversité et Plasticité dans les Hydrosystèmes, Université Lyon 1, 69100 Villeurbanne, France
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- Department of Ecology, Universitat de Barcelona, Av. Diagonal, 643, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Environmental Chemistry, IDAEA-CSIC, C/Jordi Girona 18-26, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalan Institute for Water Research (ICRA), Parc Científic i Tecnològic de la Universitat de Girona, C/Emili Grahit, 101 Edifici H2O, 17003 Girona, Spain; GRECO, Institut d'Ecologia Aquàtica, Universitat de Girona, Facultat de Ciències, Campus Montilivi, 17003 Girona, Spain
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- Department of Ecology, Universitat de Barcelona, Av. Diagonal, 643, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Environmental Chemistry, IDAEA-CSIC, C/Jordi Girona 18-26, 08034 Barcelona, Spain; Catalan Institute for Water Research (ICRA), Parc Científic i Tecnològic de la Universitat de Girona, C/Emili Grahit, 101 Edifici H2O, 17003 Girona, Spain
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Determination of food sources and trophic position in Malaysian tropical highland streams using carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chnaes.2016.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Jänes H, Kotta J, Pärnoja M, Crowe TP, Rindi F, Orav‐Kotta H. Functional traits of marine macrophytes predict primary production. Funct Ecol 2016. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12798] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Holger Jänes
- Estonian Marine Institute University of Tartu Mäealuse 14 12618 Tallinn Estonia
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- Estonian Marine Institute University of Tartu Mäealuse 14 12618 Tallinn Estonia
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- Estonian Marine Institute University of Tartu Mäealuse 14 12618 Tallinn Estonia
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- Earth Institute and School of Biology and Environmental Science University College Dublin Dublin Ireland
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell'Ambiente Università Politecnica delle Marche Via Brecce Bianche 60131 Ancona Italy
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- Estonian Marine Institute University of Tartu Mäealuse 14 12618 Tallinn Estonia
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Bolam SG, McIlwaine PSO, Garcia C. Application of biological traits to further our understanding of the impacts of dredged material disposal on benthic assemblages. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2016; 105:180-192. [PMID: 26899157 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.02.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2015] [Revised: 02/10/2016] [Accepted: 02/11/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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While the effects of coastal disposal of dredged material on benthic assemblage structure have been well studied, our understanding of the mechanism of such responses, and their potential ecological implications, remain relatively unknown. Data from a licenced disposal site off the northeast coast of England are analysed to address this and improve our ability to make informed licencing decisions for this activity. Assemblages within the disposal site displayed reduced number of species and total invertebrate density, an altered assemblage taxonomic structure, and a shift towards a greater numerical dominance of less-productive individuals. Following separate analyses of biological response and effect traits, a novel approach for marine benthic trait analysis, we identify the traits responsible (i.e. response traits) for the observed structural alterations. Furthermore, analysis of the effect traits revealed that the assemblages characterising the disposal site possess a greater bioturbative capability compared to those not directly impacted by disposal.
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- S G Bolam
- The Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Pakefield Road, Suffolk NR33 0HT, UK
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- The Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Pakefield Road, Suffolk NR33 0HT, UK.
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- The Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Pakefield Road, Suffolk NR33 0HT, UK
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Mbaka JG, Szöcs E, Schäfer RB. Meta-analysis on the responses of traits of different taxonomic groups to global and local stressors. ACTA OECOLOGICA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2015.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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He F, Jiang W, Tang T, Cai Q. Assessing impact of acid mine drainage on benthic macroinvertebrates: can functional diversity metrics be used as indicators? JOURNAL OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY 2015; 30:513-524. [DOI: 10.1080/02705060.2014.998730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Tszydel M, Markowski M, Majecki J, Błońska D, Zieliński M. Assessment of water quality in urban streams based on larvae of Hydropsyche angustipennis (Insecta, Trichoptera). ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2015; 22:14687-14701. [PMID: 25982980 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-015-4638-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2014] [Accepted: 04/29/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Hydropsyche angustipennis (Insecta, Trichoptera) larvae were used as indicators of stream contamination in the city of Łódź, Poland. The larvae of H. angustipennis were present at 9 sampling sites established for this study. Significant differences between the sampling sites were noted for environmental parameters as well as concentration of chemicals in water and biodiversity of aquatic invertebrates. Statistical analyses showed significant correlations between quantity and quality of water pollutants and density of H. angustipennis larvae, concentration of metals in larval bodies, and the appearance of morphological anomalies in tracheal gills and anal papillae. In comparison to literature data, the level of contaminants in water, including heavy metals, for each of the studied streams of Łódź was surprisingly low while concentration of these metals in the whole bodies of H. angustipennis larvae was very high. Some of the heavy metals present in the water might be identified only after conducting analyses of their concentration in the larval bodies. Therefore, long life cycle of H. angustipennis and heavy metal tolerance with a possibility of their accumulation in the larval bodies may constitute a support to traditional chemical assessment of water quality or traditional biomonitoring.
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- Mariusz Tszydel
- Department of Ecology and Vertebrate Zoology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Łódź, 12/16 Banacha Str., 90-237, Łódź, Poland.
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- Department of Experimental Zoology and Evolutionary Biology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Łódź, 12/16 Banacha Str., 90-237, Łódź, Poland
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- Department of Experimental Zoology and Evolutionary Biology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Łódź, 12/16 Banacha Str., 90-237, Łódź, Poland
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- Department of Ecology and Vertebrate Zoology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Łódź, 12/16 Banacha Str., 90-237, Łódź, Poland
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- Department of Ecology and Vertebrate Zoology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Łódź, 12/16 Banacha Str., 90-237, Łódź, Poland
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Mostafavi H, Schinegger R, Melcher A, Moder K, Mielach C, Schmutz S. A new fish-based multi-metric assessment index for cyprinid streams in the Iranian Caspian Sea Basin. LIMNOLOGICA (ONLINE) 2015; 51:37-52. [PMID: 25960581 PMCID: PMC4418740 DOI: 10.1016/j.limno.2014.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2014] [Revised: 10/21/2014] [Accepted: 10/24/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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A major issue for water resource management is the assessment of environmental degradation of lotic ecosystems. The overall aim of this study is to develop a multi-metric fish index for the cyprinid streams of the Caspian Sea Basin (MMICS) in Iran. As species diversity and composition as well as population structure in the studied streams are different to other regions, there is a substantial need to develop a new fish index. We sampled fish and environmental data of 102 sites in medium sized streams. We analysed human pressures at different spatial scales and determined applicable fish metrics showing a response to human pressures. In total, five structural and functional types of metrics (i.e. biodiversity, habitat, reproduction, trophic level and water quality sensitivity) were considered. In addition, we used 29 criteria describing major anthropogenic human pressures at sampling sites and generated a regional pressure index (RPI) that accounted for potential effects of multiple human pressures. For the MMICS development, we first defined reference sites (least disturbed) and secondly quantified differences of fish metrics between reference and impaired sites. We used a Generalised Linear Model (GLM) to describe metric responses to natural environmental differences in least disturbed conditions. By including impaired sites, the residual distributions of these models described the response range of each metric to human pressures, independently of natural environmental influence. Finally, seven fish metrics showed the best ability to discriminate between impaired and reference sites. The multi-metric fish index performed well in discriminating human pressure classes, giving a significant negative linear response to a gradient of the RPI. These methods can be used for further development of a standardised monitoring tool to assess the ecological status and trends in biological condition for streams of the whole country, considering its complex and diverse geology and climate.
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- Hossein Mostafavi
- Department of Water, Atmosphere and Environment, Institute of Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecosystem Management, BOKU University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
- Department of Bio-diversity and Ecosystem Management, Environmental Sciences Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Water, Atmosphere and Environment, Institute of Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecosystem Management, BOKU University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Water, Atmosphere and Environment, Institute of Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecosystem Management, BOKU University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Landscape, Spatial and Infrastructure Sciences, Institute of Applied Statistics and Computing, BOKU University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Water, Atmosphere and Environment, Institute of Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecosystem Management, BOKU University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Water, Atmosphere and Environment, Institute of Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecosystem Management, BOKU University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
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Buss DF, Carlisle DM, Chon TS, Culp J, Harding JS, Keizer-Vlek HE, Robinson WA, Strachan S, Thirion C, Hughes RM. Stream biomonitoring using macroinvertebrates around the globe: a comparison of large-scale programs. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT 2015; 187:4132. [PMID: 25487459 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-014-4132-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2014] [Accepted: 10/28/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Water quality agencies and scientists are increasingly adopting standardized sampling methodologies because of the challenges associated with interpreting data derived from dissimilar protocols. Here, we compare 13 protocols for monitoring streams from different regions and countries around the globe. Despite the spatially diverse range of countries assessed, many aspects of bioassessment structure and protocols were similar, thereby providing evidence of key characteristics that might be incorporated in a global sampling methodology. Similarities were found regarding sampler type, mesh size, sampling period, subsampling methods, and taxonomic resolution. Consistent field and laboratory methods are essential for merging data sets collected by multiple institutions to enable large-scale comparisons. We discuss the similarities and differences among protocols and present current trends and future recommendations for monitoring programs, especially for regions where large-scale protocols do not yet exist. We summarize the current state in one of these regions, Latin America, and comment on the possible development path for these techniques in this region. We conclude that several aspects of stream biomonitoring need additional performance evaluation (accuracy, precision, discriminatory power, relative costs), particularly when comparing targeted habitat (only the commonest habitat type) versus site-wide sampling (multiple habitat types), appropriate levels of sampling and processing effort, and standardized indicators to resolve dissimilarities among biomonitoring methods. Global issues such as climate change are creating an environment where there is an increasing need to have universally consistent data collection, processing and storage to enable large-scale trend analysis. Biomonitoring programs following standardized methods could aid international data sharing and interpretation.
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- Daniel F Buss
- Laboratório de Avaliação e Promoção da Saúde Ambiental, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil,
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Soil invertebrates are known to be much involved in soil behaviour and therefore in the provision of ecosystem services. Functional trait-based approaches are methodologies which can be used to understand soil invertebrates' responses to their environment. They (i) improve the predictions and (ii) are less dependent on space and time. The way traits have been used recently has led to misunderstandings in the integration and interpretation of data. Trait semantics are especially concerned. The aim of this paper is to propose a thesaurus for soil invertebrate trait-based approaches. T-SITA, an Internet platform, is the first initiative to deal with the semantics of traits and ecological preferences for soil invertebrates. It reflects the agreement of a scientific expert community to fix semantic properties (e.g. definition) of approximately 100 traits and ecological preferences. In addition, T-SITA has been successfully linked with a fully operational database of soil invertebrate traits. Such a link enhances data integration and improves the scientific integrity of data.
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Current use of and future needs for soil invertebrate functional traits in community ecology. Basic Appl Ecol 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2014.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Ruhí A, Boix D, Gascón S, Sala J, Batzer DP. Functional and phylogenetic relatedness in temporary wetland invertebrates: current macroecological patterns and implications for future climatic change scenarios. PLoS One 2013; 8:e81739. [PMID: 24312347 PMCID: PMC3842952 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0081739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2013] [Accepted: 10/16/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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In freshwater ecosystems, species compositions are known to be determined hierarchically by large to small‑scale environmental factors, based on the biological traits of the organisms. However, in ephemeral habitats this heuristic framework remains largely untested. Although temporary wetland faunas are constrained by a local filter (i.e., desiccation), we propose its magnitude may still depend on large-scale climate characteristics. If this is true, climate should be related to the degree of functional and taxonomic relatedness of invertebrate communities inhabiting seasonal wetlands. We tested this hypothesis in two ways. First, based on 52 biological traits for invertebrates, we conducted a case study to explore functional trends among temperate seasonal wetlands differing in the harshness (i.e., dryness) of their dry season. After finding evidence of trait filtering, we addressed whether it could be generalized across a broader climatic scale. To this end, a meta-analysis (225 seasonal wetlands spread across broad climatic categories: Arid, Temperate, and Cold) allowed us to identify whether an equivalent climate-dependent pattern of trait richness was consistent between the Nearctic and the Western Palearctic. Functional overlap of invertebrates increased from mild (i.e., Temperate) to harsher climates (i.e., Arid and Cold), and phylogenetic clustering (using taxonomy as a surrogate) was highest in Arid and lowest in Temperate wetlands. We show that, (i) as has been described in streams, higher relatedness than would be expected by chance is generally observed in seasonal wetland invertebrate communities; and (ii) this relatedness is not constant but climate-dependent, with the climate under which a given seasonal wetland is located determining the functional overlap and the phylogenetic clustering of the community. Finally, using a space-for-time substitution approach we suggest our results may anticipate how the invertebrate biodiversity embedded in these vulnerable and often overlooked ecosystems will be affected by long-term climate change.
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- Albert Ruhí
- Institute of Aquatic Ecology, University of Girona, Girona, Catalonia, Spain
- Catalan Institute for Water Research, Girona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Institute of Aquatic Ecology, University of Girona, Girona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Institute of Aquatic Ecology, University of Girona, Girona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Institute of Aquatic Ecology, University of Girona, Girona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America
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Rose BP, Mesa MG. Effects of Summer Drawdown on the Fishes and Larval Chironomids in Beulah Reservoir, Oregon. NORTHWEST SCIENCE 2013. [DOI: 10.3955/046.087.0304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Schmera D, Erős T, Heino J. Habitat filtering determines spatial variation of macroinvertebrate community traits in northern headwater streams. COMMUNITY ECOL 2013. [DOI: 10.1556/comec.14.2013.1.9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Contrasting influence of soil nutrients and microbial community on differently sized basal consumers. Naturwissenschaften 2013; 100:611-20. [DOI: 10.1007/s00114-013-1058-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2013] [Revised: 02/05/2013] [Accepted: 05/07/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Habitat Isolation Reduces the Temporal Stability of Island Ecosystems in the Face of Flood Disturbance. ADV ECOL RES 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-417199-2.00004-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Heino J. The importance of metacommunity ecology for environmental assessment research in the freshwater realm. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 2012; 88:166-78. [PMID: 22937892 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-185x.2012.00244.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Most bioassessment programs rest on the assumption that species have different niches, and that abiotic environmental conditions and changes therein determine community structure. This assumption is thus equivalent to the species sorting perspective (i.e. that species differ in their responses to environmental variation) in metacommunity ecology. The degree to which basing bioassessment on the species sorting perspective is reasonable is likely to be related to the spatial extent of a study and the characteristics of the organism groups (e.g. dispersal ability) with which the effects of anthropogenic changes are assessed. Recent findings in metacommunity research have stressed that community structure is determined not only by local abiotic environmental conditions but also by biotic interactions and dispersal-related effects. For example, dispersal limitation may prevent community structure recovery from the effects of a putative stressor, as organisms may not be able to disperse to all sites in a region. Mass effects (i.e. the presence of species in environmentally suboptimal sites due to high dispersal rates from environmentally suitable sites) may, in turn, obscure the effects of a stressor, as dispersal from source sites (e.g. an unaltered site) allows persistence at sink sites (e.g. an anthropogenically altered site). Better bioassessment should thus take both niche- and dispersal-related processes simultaneously into consideration, which can be accomplished by explicitly modelling spatial location as a proxy for dispersal effects. Such an integrated approach should be included in bioassessment programs using general multivariate approaches, predictive modelling, and multimetric indices.
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- Jani Heino
- Finnish Environment Institute, Natural Environment Centre, Ecosystem Change Unit, PO Box 413, FI-90014 Oulu, Finland.
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Drinkard MK, Kershner MW, Romito A, Nieset J, de Szalay FA. Responses of plants and invertebrate assemblages to water-level fluctuation in headwater wetlands. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011. [DOI: 10.1899/10-099.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Department of Biology, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44240 USA
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- Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602 USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, 44325 USA
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Walters AW. Resistance of aquatic insects to a low-flow disturbance: exploring a trait-based approach. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011. [DOI: 10.1899/10-041.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Annika W. Walters
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, P.O. Box 208106, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8106 USA
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Maloney KO, Munguia P, Mitchell RM. Anthropogenic disturbance and landscape patterns affect diversity patterns of aquatic benthic macroinvertebrates. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011. [DOI: 10.1899/09-112.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Kelly O. Maloney
- Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC), 647 Contees Wharf Rd. P.O. Box 28, Edgewater, Maryland 21037-0028 USA
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- Marine Science Institute, University of Texas at Austin, 750 Channel View Dr., Port Aransas, Texas 78373 USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, 331 Funchess Hall, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama 36849-5407 USA
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Mulder C, Boit A, Bonkowski M, De Ruiter PC, Mancinelli G, Van der Heijden MG, Van Wijnen HJ, Vonk JA, Rutgers M. A Belowground Perspective on Dutch Agroecosystems: How Soil Organisms Interact to Support Ecosystem Services. ADV ECOL RES 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-374794-5.00005-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Varandas SG, Cortes RMV. Evaluating macroinvertebrate biological metrics for ecological assessment of streams in northern Portugal. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT 2010; 166:201-221. [PMID: 19488735 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-009-0996-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2008] [Accepted: 05/13/2009] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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A procedure to select the most relevant metrics for assessing the ecological condition of the Douro basin (north Portugal) was developed based upon a set of 184 benthic community metrics. They were grouped into 16 biological categories selected from literature using data collected over 2 years from 54 sites along 31 rivers covering the whole perceived range of human disturbance. Multivariate analyses were carried out to identify the main trends in the macroinvertebrate data, to select reference versus impaired sites, to avoid multicolinearity between metrics, and to identify those that were clearly independent from natural stream typology. Structural metrics, adaptation metrics, and tolerance measures most effectively responded across a range of human influence. We find these attributes to be ecologically sound for monitoring Portugal's lotic ecosystems and providing information relevant to the Water Framework Directive, which asserts that the definition of water quality depends on its "ecological status", independent of the actual or potential uses of those waters.
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- Simone G Varandas
- CITAB-Center for Research and Technology of Agro-Environment and Biological Sciences, Forestry Department, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Apartado 1013, 5001-801, Vila Real, Portugal.
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Menezes S, Baird DJ, Soares AMVM. Beyond taxonomy: a review of macroinvertebrate trait-based community descriptors as tools for freshwater biomonitoring. J Appl Ecol 2010. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2010.01819.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 227] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Resh VH, Rosenberg DM. Recent trends in life-history research on benthic macroinvertebrates. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010. [DOI: 10.1899/08-082.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Vincent H. Resh
- Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-3114 USA
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- Freshwater Institute, 501 University Crescent, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N6 Canada
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Dolédec S, Statzner B. Responses of freshwater biota to human disturbances: contribution of J-NABS to developments in ecological integrity assessments. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010. [DOI: 10.1899/08-090.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Sylvain Dolédec
- UMR CNRS 5023 Ecologie Hydrosystèmes Fluviaux, Université Claude Bernard Lyon I, 43 bd du 11 novembre 1918, 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France
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- CNRS, Biodiversité des Ecosystèmes Lotiques, 304 Chemin Creuse Roussillon, F-01600 Parcieux, France
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Larsen S, Sorace A, Mancini L. Riparian bird communities as indicators of human impacts along Mediterranean streams. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2010; 45:261-273. [PMID: 20066532 DOI: 10.1007/s00267-009-9419-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2008] [Accepted: 12/10/2009] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Riparian areas link aquatic and terrestrial habitats, supporting species-rich bird communities, which integrate both terrestrial and aquatic processes. For this reason, inclusion of riparian birds in stream bioassessment could add to the information currently provided by existing programs that monitor aquatic organisms. To assess if bird community metrics could indicate stream conditions, we sampled breeding birds in the riparian zone of 37 reaches in 5 streams draining watersheds representing a gradient of agricultural intensity in central Italy. As a more direct indicator of water quality, stream macroinvertebrates were also sampled for computation of the Italian Extended Biotic Index (IBE). An anthropogenic index was calculated within 1 km of sampled reaches based on satellite-derived land-use classifications. Predictive models of macroinvertebrate integrity based on land-use and avian metrics were compared using an information-theoretic approach (AIC). We also determined if stream quality related to the detection of riverine species. Apparent bird species diversity and richness peaked at intermediate levels of land-use modification, but increased with IBE values. Water quality did not relate to the detection of riverine species as a guild, but two species, the dipper Cinclus cinclus and the grey wagtail Motacilla cinerea, were only observed in reaches with the highest IBE values. Small-bodied insectivorous birds and arboreal species were detected more often in reaches with better water quality and in less modified landscapes. In contrast, larger and granivorous species were more common in disturbed reaches. According to the information-theoretic approach, the best model for predicting water quality included the anthropogenic index, bird species diversity, and an index summarizing the trophic structure of the bird community. We conclude that, in combination with landscape-level information, the diversity and trophic structure of riparian bird communities could serve as a rapid indicator of stream-dwelling macroinvertebrates and, therefore, degradation of in-stream biotic integrity.
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- Stefano Larsen
- Cardiff University-Bioscience, Cardiff University, Museum Avenue, Cardiff CF 10 3US, UK.
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Heino J. Biodiversity of Aquatic Insects: Spatial Gradients and Environmental Correlates of Assemblage-Level Measures at Large Scales. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009. [DOI: 10.1608/frj-2.1.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Tullos DD, Penrose DL, Jennings GD, Cope WG. Analysis of functional traits in reconfigured channels: implications for the bioassessment and disturbance of river restoration. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009. [DOI: 10.1899/07-122.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Desiree D. Tullos
- Biological and Ecological Engineering Department, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97330 USA
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- Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695 USA
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- Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695 USA
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- Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695 USA
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Aquatic insect ecophysiological traits reveal phylogenetically based differences in dissolved cadmium susceptibility. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2008; 105:8321-6. [PMID: 18559853 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0801686105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 148] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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We used a phylogenetically based comparative approach to evaluate the potential for physiological studies to reveal patterns of diversity in traits related to susceptibility to an environmental stressor, the trace metal cadmium (Cd). Physiological traits related to Cd bioaccumulation, compartmentalization, and ultimately susceptibility were measured in 21 aquatic insect species representing the orders Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, and Trichoptera. We mapped these experimentally derived physiological traits onto a phylogeny and quantified the tendency for related species to be similar (phylogenetic signal). All traits related to Cd bioaccumulation and susceptibility exhibited statistically significant phylogenetic signal, although the signal strength varied among traits. Conventional and phylogenetically based regression models were compared, revealing great variability within orders but consistent, strong differences among insect families. Uptake and elimination rate constants were positively correlated among species, but only when effects of body size and phylogeny were incorporated in the analysis. Together, uptake and elimination rates predicted dramatic Cd bioaccumulation differences among species that agreed with field-based measurements. We discovered a potential tradeoff between the ability to eliminate Cd and the ability to detoxify it across species, particularly mayflies. The best-fit regression models were driven by phylogenetic parameters (especially differences among families) rather than functional traits, suggesting that it may eventually be possible to predict a taxon's physiological performance based on its phylogenetic position, provided adequate physiological information is available for close relatives. There appears to be great potential for evolutionary physiological approaches to augment our understanding of insect responses to environmental stressors in nature.
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Predicting the abundance of European stream macroinvertebrates using biological attributes. Oecologia 2008; 156:65-73. [PMID: 18270744 DOI: 10.1007/s00442-008-0972-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2007] [Accepted: 01/10/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Is there a relationship between the abundance of organisms and particular biological attributes? To assess this old, yet still acutely debated key question of ecology, we have used large databases on 312 stream macroinvertebrate genera (from 27 orders) that describe (1) invertebrate abundance at 527 least human-impacted European stream sites, (2) 11 biological traits (size, life-history, food, among others) described in 61 biological trait categories (BTCs; e.g. small, intermediate or large size) and (3) 14 attributes indicating specialization (AISs; e.g. species richness, size and food diversity). We applied interactive procedures to obtain models (for BTCs, AISs and a mixture of both descriptions) explaining as much as possible of the abundance variability of the genera with the lowest number of significant and ecologically meaningful attributes and assessed the predictive power of these models (in crosswise validations) by comparing predicted and observed abundances. Mean European invertebrate abundance increased with BTC affinities favouring viability in stream systems (e.g. attachment to the stream bottom to resist the flow, aquatic passive dispersal with the flow, exploitation of abundant food sources) and decreased with BTC affinities disfavouring this viability (e.g. drag force increase associated with larger body size, flow exposure associated with aerial respiration). Abundance consistently decreased with specialization of the genera (e.g. low species richness, oddity of their overall BTC profile from an "average" European genus). The model including a mixture of a few BTCs and AISs had the greatest predictive power: it predicted 35% of the observed abundance (ln-transformed) variability of the genera; these predictions were marginally affected by taxonomy (using orders as categorical variables). We conclude that a better appreciation of the influence of the examined taxonomic diversity, number and type of biological attributes, environmental system and spatial scale could enable abundance predictions using different sets of biological attributes for different taxonomic groups and systems.
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Statzner B, Bonada N, Dolédec S. Biological attributes discriminating invasive from native European stream macroinvertebrates. Biol Invasions 2007. [DOI: 10.1007/s10530-007-9148-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Poff NL, Olden JD, Vieira NKM, Finn DS, Simmons MP, Kondratieff BC. Functional trait niches of North American lotic insects: traits-based ecological applications in light of phylogenetic relationships. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006. [DOI: 10.1899/0887-3593(2006)025[0730:ftnona]2.0.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 595] [Impact Index Per Article: 33.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Furey PC, Nordin RN, Mazumder A. Littoral benthic macroinvertebrates under contrasting drawdown in a reservoir and a natural lake. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006. [DOI: 10.1899/0887-3593(2006)25[19:lbmucd]2.0.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Bonada N, Prat N, Resh VH, Statzner B. Developments in aquatic insect biomonitoring: a comparative analysis of recent approaches. ANNUAL REVIEW OF ENTOMOLOGY 2006; 51:495-523. [PMID: 16332221 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ento.51.110104.151124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 257] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Aquatic insects and other benthic invertebrates are the most widely used organisms in freshwater biomonitoring of human impact. Because of the high monetary investment in freshwater management, decisions are often based on biomonitoring results, and a critical and comparative review of different approaches is required. We used 12 criteria that should be fulfilled by an "ideal" biomonitoring tool, addressing the rationale, implementation, and performance of a method. After illustrating how the century-old but still widely used Saprobian system does not meet these criteria, we apply them to nine recent approaches that range from the suborganismal to the ecosystem level. Although significant progress has been made in the field, no recent approach meets all 12 criteria. Given that the use of biomonitoring information has important financial consequences, we suggest that societies and governments prioritize how these criteria should be ranked.
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- Núria Bonada
- CNRS UMR5023, Ecologie des Hydrosystèmes Fluviaux, Université Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France.
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Density-dependent processes are fundamental in the understanding of species population dynamics. Whereas the benefits of considering the spatial dimension in population biology are widely acknowledged, the implications of doing so for the statistical detection of spatial density dependence have not been examined. The outcome of traditional tests may therefore differ from those that include ecologically relevant locational information on both the prey species and natural enemy. Here, we explicitly incorporate spatial information on individual counts when testing for density dependence between an insect herbivore and its parasitoids. The spatially explicit approach used identified significant density dependence more frequently and in different instances than traditional methods. The form of density dependence detected also differed between methods. These results demonstrate that the explicit consideration of patch location in density-dependence analyses is likely to significantly alter current understanding of the prevalence and form of spatial density dependence in natural populations.
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- Ruan Veldtman
- Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa
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Statzner B, Moss B. Linking ecological function, biodiversity and habitat: a mini-review focusing on older ecological literature. Basic Appl Ecol 2004. [DOI: 10.1078/1439-1791-00221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Resh VH, Lévêque C, Statzner B. Long-term, large-scale biomonitoring of the unknown: assessing the effects of insecticides to control river blindness (onchocerciasis) in West Africa. ANNUAL REVIEW OF ENTOMOLOGY 2004; 49:115-139. [PMID: 14651459 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ento.49.061802.123231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The control of river blindness (onchocerciasis), a human disease transmitted by black flies, has been an economic and public health success in West Africa. It involved insecticide applications to as many as 50,000 km of rivers, almost weekly, in 11 countries between 1974 and 2002. The long-term biomonitoring of the effects of insecticide use on the nontarget invertebrate (primarily insect) and fish communities was initially designed on the basis of limited knowledge available for West African rivers and on information from other areas. Routine monitoring surveys demonstrated little effect on fish but produced inconclusive results for invertebrates. Research conducted beyond these surveys and current views in river and general ecology indicate that permanent damage to invertebrates from insecticiding was unlikely. The scientific progress made during the 29 years of this biomonitoring program is relevant to future, large-scale, long-term programs worldwide.
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- Vincent H Resh
- Department of Environmental Science, Policy & Management, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-3112, USA.
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Statzner B, Bis B, Dolédec S, Usseglio-Polatera P. Perspectives for biomonitoring at large spatial scales: a unified measure for the functional composition of invertebrate communities in European running waters. Basic Appl Ecol 2001. [DOI: 10.1078/1439-1791-00039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 177] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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