Abundance, diversity and succession of aquatic Coleoptera and Heteroptera in a cluster of artificial ponds in the North German Lowlands

Bloechl, Armin; Koenemann, Stefan; Philippi, Barbara; Melber, A.

doi:10.1016/j.limno.2009.08.001

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“…This accords with e.g. De Szalay and Resh (2000), Herrmann et al (2000), Williams et al (2007), Bloechl et al (2010). Chironomids also appeared early in Skälby Dämme, confirming Barnes (1983), Layton and Voshell (1991), Herrmann et al (2000), Hov and Walseng (2003), and Ekologgruppen (2010), whereas Oertli and Lachavanne (1995) found them to be "particularly slow colonisers".…”

Section: Invertebratessupporting

confidence: 84%

“…This initial occurrence may be related to their special capacity of flight behaviour in combination with well-adapted lifecycles (Bilton et al, 2001). That beetles, and often dytiscids, often form the most species-rich early colonising group was also found by Fairchild et al (2000), Lundkvist (2003), Williams et al (2007), and Ekologgruppen (2010), while Bloechl et al (2010) found that aquatic coleopterans predominate in older ponds.…”

Section: Invertebratesmentioning

confidence: 91%

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Chemical and biological benefits in a stormwater wetland in Kalmar, SE Sweden

Herrmann

2012

Limnologica

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a b s t r a c tA manmade stormwater wetland in Kalmar, SE Sweden, sized 1 ha and receiving water from residential and road areas, was monitored over the first years after inundation with respect to chemistry and biology. Water flow and chemistry was analysed in years 2-4, mainly on a monthly basis, but, in the final year, every second month. This revealed that total nitrogen, according to the Swedish Environmental Quality Criteria (EQC), typically showed moderate or high concentrations, whereas total phosphorous levels were very high or extremely high. Metal (Cd, Cr, Cu, Pb and Zn) concentrations were low or moderate in terms of EQC. Yearly average reduction of nitrogen was 173 kg ha −1 y −1 , tending to increase over time, and for phosphorous 12.1 kg ha −1 y −1 , tending to decrease. Vegetation analysis was performed in years 1-4 by noting all species in 27 consecutive zones around the wetland system. This showed that one year after filling with water, the vegetation was already well established with >30 plant species in the entire pond system, and this increased only slightly. After four years, the shoreline vegetation cover had become denser, especially with larger graminoids such as common reed (Phragmites australis) and sea club-rush (Bolboschoenus maritimus), and submersed vegetation almost disappeared. There was a tendency for common species to become more dominant, and for less common species to become rarer. Using sweep net sampling of benthic invertebrates during years 0-2, ca 50 species/higher taxa were observed during the first year, largely because of the appearance of many beetles, especially dytiscids. However, these decreased the following years. Apart from these animals, in the first few months the invertebrate colonisation was dominated by chironomids and corixids, whereas later prominent increases were noticed for the isopod Asellus aquaticus, the snail Physa fontinalis, and the mayfly nymph Cloeon dipterum. The results are discussed in terms of wetland values for biodiversity and nutrient reduction, suggesting that these objectives seem possible to combine in stormwater wetlands.

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Section: Invertebratesmentioning

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Chemical and biological benefits in a stormwater wetland in Kalmar, SE Sweden

Herrmann

2012

Limnologica

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“…Other insect groups such as the Hemiptera (e.g. Naucoris, Agraptocorixia, Sigara and Anisops) prefer open water (Bloechl et al 2010;Mereta et al 2012). In our study, these taxa were also more abundant in less vegetated wetlands.…”

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Spatial and temporal variation of invertebrate community structure in flood-controlled tropical floodplain wetlands

Dube

Necker

Vuren

et al. 2016

Journal of Freshwater Ecology

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The Phongolo floodplain in South Africa is a unique system because of its biodiversity and socio-economic value. The spatial and temporal changes of invertebrate communities of the downstream floodplain influenced by controlled flooding from an upstream dam are poorly understood. The study investigated the spatial and temporal changes in community assemblage of macroinvertebrates and zooplankton in the permanent wetlands (pans) of the Phongolo floodplain in relation to controlled flooding. This was achieved by sampling during the dry period (September) and after controlled release of water (December). Although controlled flooding did not coincide with significant changes in the taxon diversity of macroinvertebrates and zooplankton, macroinvertebrate regional taxa richness (g-diversity) was relatively higher in the period coinciding with controlled flood (December) compared to the dry period. For zooplankton, regional taxa diversity was similar in both periods. The average local taxa richness (a-diversity) was higher after the controlled flooding period for both macroinvertebrates and zooplankton. Spatial species turnover (b-diversity) was lower after the controlled flooding period suggesting the homogenization of aquatic communities through flooding. The community pattern of macroinvertebrates, but not of zooplankton, significantly changed after the controlled flooding period. The most important local environmental variables determining the distribution of both macroinvertebrates and zooplankton were macrophyte cover and dissolved oxygen. As the invertebrate diversity in this unique floodplain is at least partly dependent on release of water from the dam, future management schemes aimed to meet irrigation demands for agriculture should always consider flooding of the precious floodplain wetlands to maintain ecosystem integrity.

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“…Force 1981;Smith 1982;Kaufman 1983), it can also be tested in man-made aquatic habitats, e.g. marshy wetlands (Levin et al 1996;Herrmann et al 2000), pond clusters (Seabloom and Van Der Valk 2003;Bloechl et al 2010) or reservoirs (Voshell and Simmons 1984;Bass 1992;Koskenniemi 1994). In turn, the study of primary succession has generated theories on mechanisms by which communities are assembled, including the relative role of deterministic and stochastic pathways (Milner et al 2008).…”

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How do early successional patterns in man-made wetlands differ between cold temperate and Mediterranean regions?

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The early stages of succession in newly created wetlands should be impacted by the region in which the wetland is located, since climate may have filtered the dominant biological strategies of the taxa leading this process and may condition their dynamics. We studied the early successional patterns of macroinvertebrates within man made ponds, located in cold temperate (Scandinavian Peninsula) and Mediterranean regions (Iberian Peninsula), during the first three years following their creation. We predicted (1) non random subsets of the regional species pool (deterministic assembly) guiding the successional process in cold temperate wetlands, and random (stochastic) assembly in the Mediterranean region; (2) higher successional rates in Mediterranean ponds than in the cold temperate ponds, with contrary episodes of highest and lowest change throughout the year; and (3) a significant difference in the composition of biological traits between regions, due to the dominance of traits adapted to hydrological variability in the Mediterranean region. Hypotheses on community structure (1) and the composition of dominant biological traits (3) were mostly supported - deterministic assembly mechanisms in the cold temperate ponds and stochastic assembly in the Mediterranean ponds; and a dominance of different biological traits between regions, explained by the need to overcome hydrological disturbances in the Mediterranean ponds. The dynamics of succession (2) were explained by climatic factors in the cold temperate region but not in the Mediterranean ponds. We suggest that the intrinsic hydrological variability of Mediterranean lentic systems may be a major factor driving community changes in man-made wetlands in this region. In order to generalize the observed patterns, we performed a meta-analysis of the temporal trends of taxonomic distinctness parameters of other successional studies across a latitudinal gradient in Europe, which supported the differences we had observed between latitudinal extremesThis work was supported by a PhD grant and a Scientific Research grant (CGL2011-23907) from the Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnologia of the Spanish Governmen

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Abundance, diversity and succession of aquatic Coleoptera and Heteroptera in a cluster of artificial ponds in the North German Lowlands

Cited by 64 publications

References 15 publications

Chemical and biological benefits in a stormwater wetland in Kalmar, SE Sweden

Chemical and biological benefits in a stormwater wetland in Kalmar, SE Sweden

Spatial and temporal variation of invertebrate community structure in flood-controlled tropical floodplain wetlands

How do early successional patterns in man-made wetlands differ between cold temperate and Mediterranean regions?

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