Factors structuring macroinvertebrate communities in a headwater stream and its springs in the Upper Austrian Limestone Alps

2010 ◽  
Vol 28 (5) ◽  
pp. 637-646 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nella Pokorny ◽  
Christian Fesl ◽  
Michael Schagerl ◽  
Johann Waringer
Keyword(s):  
Headwater Stream ◽  
Macroinvertebrate Communities ◽  
Limestone Alps

Testing for longitudinal zonation of macroinvertebrate fauna along a small upland headwater stream in two seasons

Biologia ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 71 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Milan Lehotský ◽  
Zuzana Pastuchová ◽  
Eva Bulánková ◽  
Igor Kokavec
Keyword(s):  
Benthic Invertebrates ◽  
Total Dissolved Solids ◽  
Headwater Stream ◽  
Habitat Characteristics ◽  
Sampling Point ◽  
Macroinvertebrate Communities ◽  
Mean Flow ◽  
Dissolved Solids ◽  
Measuring Device ◽  
Longitudinal Zonation

AbstractThe effect of longitudinal zonation patterns and macroinvertebrate responses to changes in habitat characteristics have been given a lot of attention. But studies of changes in macroinvertebrate assemblages along small upland undisturbed watercourses are still lacking. The aim of the study is to analyse variability in macroinvertebrate communities between two different habitats/morphological sequences – shallow (riffle/run/step/) and deeper (pool) channel-bed morphological units on the background of the environmental parameters (local relief, slope, channel confinement ratio, channel-valley walls connectivity, floodplain continuity and channel abut, channel sinuosity and predominant land cover of riparian zone) of seven valley segments (functional process zones) in two seasons of the year (spring and autumn). The longitudinal-downstream gradient research was conducted on the semi-natural upland headwater brook in the Little Carpathians (9,330 m long, average gradient 2.8%) at 15 morphological sequences (30 sampling points). Each sampling point in spring as well as in autumn was characterised by mean flow velocity, discharge, water depth, channel width, channel bottom particle size, and flow types. Selected physico-chemical variables: pH, dissolved oxygen content (DO), oxygen saturation (DO %), temperature (t) conductivity and total dissolved solids (TDS) were measured directly in the field using the multisonde measuring device. Organisms were identified into the family level. The results showed that differences in zonation of benthic invertebrates between seasons are more apparent than seasonal variability between pools and riffles. Spring samples followed the increasing gradient of total dissolved solids downstream with characteristic families for upper and lower stretch. The disruption of macroinvertebrates zonation was more evident in autumn samples with greatest effects in pools. Based on RDA, the distribution of families was driven by three significant variables in riffles and four in pools. Alike environmental factors of pool sequences in the middle and upper reaches were responsible for similarity in macroinvertebrate structure. In conclusion, the distribution pattern of benthic invertebrates of the natural part of the small headwater stream in terms of abundance of macroinvertebrate families followed the longitudinal zonation in spring, but in autumn were the local habitat conditions more important.

The effect of excluding plant litter on the aquatic hyphomycete conidia in a headwater stream.

2003 ◽  
Vol 54 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 249-260 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vladislav Gulis ◽  
Keller Suberkropp
Keyword(s):  
Plant Litter ◽  
Headwater Stream

The Influence of Benthic Biota on Copper Speciation and Distribution in Freshwater-Sediment Systems

1981 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Krantzberg ◽  
P.M. Stokes
Keyword(s):  
Freshwater Sediment ◽  
Benthic Macroinvertebrate ◽  
Macroinvertebrate Communities ◽  
Copper Species ◽  
Copper Speciation ◽  
Physico Chemical ◽  
Macro Benthos

Abstract An investigation was made of the effects exerted by benthic macroinvertebrate communities on copper speciation in sediments from a lake which is becoming acidified. In laboratory microcosms, benthic macroinvertebrate communities stimulated the flux of copper from sediment to water. The presence of the macro-benthos resulted in a redistribution of physico-chemical copper species within the sediment with a transfer from more strongly complexed forms (HC1 extractable) to adsorbed and cation exchangeable forms (MgCl2 extractable). The role of bio-turbation in copper transformations is discussed.

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