Habitat Duration and Community Structure in Temporary Ponds

Spatial and temporal patterns of benthic invertebrate communities in an intermittent river (North Africa)

“…Benthic macroinvertebrates in intermittent streams have been partitioned into 3 groups of taxa: permanent, facultative (i.e., lotic/lentic generalists), and temporary for non-flowing conditions (Williams & Hynes 1977). Schneider and Frost (1996) argued that the persistence of many species in temporary aquatic systems with a wide range of wetted habitat duration may be possible, largely through life history adaptation, rather than from random processes such as colonization or extinction, or from biotic interactions with other species. In this context, many species may persist in such habitats as long as they complete the aquatic stage of their life cycles before the loss of critical aquatic habitat (Wiggins et al 1980, Schneider & Frost 1996, Williams 1996.…”

Management Strategies for Large River Floodplain Lakes Undergoing Rapid Environmental Changes

“…Prolonged drought can lead to cessation of crustacean populations and functioning of floodplain ecosystems. Intensity of floodplain drying also increases changes in algal composition and diversity intensifying the top-down predation and competition (Schneider & Frost, 1996). However, the dry-wet cycles in floodplains recharge the system contributing to the emergence of endangered species of micro-crustaceans through regeneration of egg banks (Boulton & Loyid, 1992).…”

A comparison of methods for sampling aquatic insects (Heteroptera and Coleoptera) of different body sizes, in different habitats using different baits

“…Dytiscids are excellent swimmers (Nilsson, 1996) that capture their prey while actively swimming (Ribera et al, 1997). Hydrophiloidea are poor swimmers doi: 10.14411/eje.2017.017 changes in water levels and duration of the hydroperiod are the most important factors infl uencing the structure of the aquatic insect fauna (Schneider & Frost, 1996;Turić et al, 2015) because newly fl ooded wetlands are often nutrient-rich and may provide suitable feeding and reproduction possibilities for aquatic insects (Nilsson & Holmen, 1995;Batzer & Wissinger, 1996;Schneider, 1999;Larson et al, 2000;Wilcox, 2001). Research on aquatic insects in the Kopački rit area has increased during the last ten years.…”