Diatom communities of acidic mountain streams in Poland

Hydrobiologia ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 269-270 (1) ◽  
pp. 335-342 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janina Kwandrans
Keyword(s):  
Mountain Streams ◽  
Diatom Communities

Response of macroinvertebrate and diatom communities to human-induced physical alteration in mountain streams

2008 ◽  
Vol 24 (8) ◽  
pp. 1068-1081 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesca Bona ◽  
Elisa Falasco ◽  
Stefano Fenoglio ◽  
Luca Iorio ◽  
Guido Badino
Keyword(s):  
Mountain Streams ◽  
Diatom Communities

scholarly journals Evaluating the ecological status of mountain streams from a megacity (Mexico City) with diatoms: development and implementation of morphological and eDNA-based methods

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victor Hugo Salinas Camarillo ◽  
Javier Carmona-Jiménez ◽  
Nelida Abarca ◽  
Jonas Zimmermann ◽  
Demetrio Mora
Keyword(s):  
Community Structure ◽  
Ecological Status ◽  
Fish Farming ◽  
Organic Pollution ◽  
Mountain Streams ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Ecological Quality ◽  
Basin Of Mexico ◽  
Diatom Communities

In central Mexico, streams flow from mountain protected areas at high elevations, i.e. abive 2,400 m a.s.l., being exposed to different human activities along their course. The main human threats of these aquatic ecosystems include the presence of hydraulic infrastructure (e.g. canals and dams), the construction of bridges or roads, fish farming, agriculture, livestock, unregulated tourism or irregular human settlements, resulting in nutrient enrichment, organic pollution and low hydromorphological quality. Diatoms, widely recognized as valuable indicators of environmental conditions, offer a unique opportunity to assess the ecological quality of the streams in and around this megacity, as they respond directly and sensitively to specific physical, chemical and biological changes. To conduct ecological assessment, the composition of diatom communities has traditionally been characterized by morphological methods and most recently by environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding. However, the diatom communities of only a few of these streams in the Basin of Mexico have been characterized morphologically at low resolution light microscopy (LM), and no eDNA-based studies have been conducted yet. In this context, our aims are to 1) implement morphological and eDNA metabarcoding methods for the identification and quantification of epilithic diatoms and to assess their seasonal and spatial response in three peri-urban mountain streams from the Basin of Mexico, and 2) develop a metric to assess and monitor the ecological quality in these streams. For this purpose, we characterized a) the physical, environmental and hydro-morphological conditions related to ecosystem quality, and b) the diatom diversity and community structure of nine sites per stream (27 sites). The sites include headwaters, as well as middle and lower reaches with different land-use and anthropologic pressures, and were investigated over three hydrological periods, i.e. post-rainy, dry-cold and dry-warm. Species identification was first conducted under LM and scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and is currently been done by eDNA metabarcoding of the V4 region of the 18S rRNA gene and a fragment of the chloroplast marker rbcL. Our study has resulted in 520 infrageneric taxa identified by LM and SEM, the largest diversity ever found for freshwater diatoms of Mexico. From this data, we found a clear environmental gradient from almost pristine conditions towards heavily polluted states as the streams enter the city. These changes are well reflected by variations in the diatom community structure, as revealed by the Diatom Ecological Quality Index (DEQI), newly developed to evaluate the ecological quality of the streams in and around this megacity.

EVALUATION OF MOUNTAIN AREA AS NON-POINT SOURCE OF NITROGEN FOR SETO INLAND SEA: THE NORTHERN SHIKOKU REGION, JAPAN

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shohei Morisawa ◽  
Shohei Morisawa ◽  
Yukio Komai ◽  
Yukio Komai ◽  
Takao Kunimatsu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Average Concentration ◽  
Point Sources ◽  
Seto Inland Sea ◽  
Mountain Streams ◽  
Unit Load ◽  
Mountain Areas ◽  
Mountain Area ◽  
The Seto Inland Sea ◽  
Unit Load Method ◽  
Important Position

The northern Shikoku region is located in the Western part of Japan and faces towards the Seto Inland Sea. The forest area, which is one of the non-point sources in the Seto Inland Sea watershed, occupies 75% of the land use in the watershed of the northern Shikoku region. The amount of loadings of nutrients and COD in the Seto Inland Sea has been estimated by the unit load method but actually the data has not been investigated. It is however, necessary to know the real concentration of nitrogen in mountain streams to evaluate the role which is the mountain area plays as non-point sources. Therefore, more water samples of mountain streams in the watershed need to be taken and the concentrations of nitrogen analyzed. The mountain streams in the northern Shikoku area were investigated from April, 2015 to November, 2015. The number of sampling sites was 283, in addition to the past data by Kunimatsu et al. The average concentration of nitrate nitrogen in Ehime, Kagawa, and Tokushima was 0.61mg/L, 0.78mg/L and 0.34mg/L, respectively. The environmental standard range for nitrogen in the Seto Inland Sea is from between less than 0.2mg/L and less than 1mg/L. Therefore, the average concentration of nitrogen in these regions was over category II, and those of mountain streams in Kagawa Prefecture exceeded category III. About 20% of mountain streams were more than 1mg/L. It has become clear that mountain areas occupy an important position as non-point sources for the Seto Inland Sea.

Influence of glacial turbidity and climate on diatom communities in two Fjord Lakes (British Columbia, Canada)

2021 ◽  
Vol 83 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathleen R. Laird ◽  
Cécilia Barouillet ◽  
Brian F. Cumming ◽  
Christopher J. Perrin ◽  
Daniel T. Selbie
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Diatom Communities

scholarly journals Indicator taxa of benthic diatom communities: a case study in Mediterranean streams

2007 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Tornés ◽  
J. Cambra ◽  
J. Gomà ◽  
M. Leira ◽  
R. Ortiz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Benthic Diatom ◽  
Mediterranean Streams ◽  
Indicator Taxa ◽  
Diatom Communities

Effects of cadmium stress on periphytic diatom communities in indoor artificial streams

2003 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 316-328 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline Gold ◽  
Agnès Feurtet-Mazel ◽  
Michel Coste ◽  
Alain Boudou
Keyword(s):  
Cadmium Stress ◽  
Artificial Streams ◽  
Diatom Communities ◽  
Periphytic Diatom
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