Is coal combustion the last chance for vanishing insects of inland drift sand dunes in Europe?

Tropek, Robert; Cerna, Ilona; Straka, Jakub; Čížek, Oldřich; Konvička, Martin

doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2013.03.027

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“…These findings fully corroborate with numerous other studies which have revealed post-industrial sites as refuges of both terrestrial (e.g. Beneš et al 2003;Lundholm and Richardson 2010;Tropek et al 2013) and aquatic Dolný 2012, 2015;Harabiš et al 2013) biodiversity. To the best of our knowledge, we bring the first evidence of a secondary surrogate habitat at any post-industrial site for headwater biodiversity.…”

Section: Biodiversity Of Post-mining Drainage Ditchessupporting

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Conservation value of post-mining headwaters: drainage channels at a lignite spoil heap harbour threatened stream dragonflies

Tichánek

Tropek

2015

J Insect Conserv

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Headwaters and small streams are crucial components of riverine systems, harbouring many highly specialized and unique invertebrate species. Unfortunately, the overwhelming majority of the Central European lowland headwaters are channelized, eutrophicated and/or polluted, and many related species have become critically endangered. Artificial streams established to drain some post-mining sites supplement a network of headwaters and generally do not suffer from agricultural pollution. Nevertheless, the biodiversity and conservation potential of the streams at post-mining sites has never been evaluated. We studied the biodiversity of dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata) at 53 sections (30 m) of an extraordinarily dense system of drainage ditches at a large lignite spoil heap in the Czech Republic. We recorded 22 dragonfly species, of which eight are threatened according to the national Red List. Moreover, four of them are closely associated with the endangered environment of small streams. Overall diversity was generally low at very tiny and/or narrowed streams and was also strongly reduced by high water velocity, high bankside inclination and dominance of expansive common reeds. Sufficient cover of rather shallow sediment layers strongly supports the studied diversity indicators. We thus conclude that post-mining streams in drainage ditches could have a strong potential to offer secondary habitats for threatened headwater biodiversity. However, intermittent reed suppression and the establishment of gently sloping banks and a structured stream bottom are necessary measures for maximizing post-mining stream conservation.

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Section: Biodiversity Of Post-mining Drainage Ditchessupporting

confidence: 93%

Conservation value of post-mining headwaters: drainage channels at a lignite spoil heap harbour threatened stream dragonflies

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Tropek

2015

J Insect Conserv

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“…Phosphate rock is an effective binder for stabilizing soils that are rich in Pb, Zn, Cu, and Cd (Zhang et al, 2010;Fang et al, 2012;Tropek et al, 2013;Heneberg et al, 2014). The main chemical composition of phosphate rock is apatite (Ca 5 (PO 4 ) 3 X À , X ¼ Cl À , OH À , F À ) with small amounts of quartz and calcite (Mignardi et al, 2012).…”

Section: Immobilization Mechanisms Of Pb and Zn With Phosphate Rockmentioning

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New phosphate-based binder for stabilization of soils contaminated with heavy metals: Leaching, strength and microstructure characterization

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Reddy

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Journal of Environmental Management

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“…There are several papers focusing on primary succession of arthropods in post-industrial habitats, however, they focus mainly on specific topics e.g. importance of the survival of endangered species (Tropek et al, 2010;Tropek, Cerna, Straka, Cizek, & Konvicka, 2013) or changes of species diversity in time (Schwerk & Szyszko, 2011;Schwerk, 2014). Long-term trends in arthropod succession and studies based on functional diversity (FD) are missing entirely, although arthropods can often indicate changes in an environment in a more comprehensive and sensitive manner than changes on a vegetation or vertebrate level (Gerlach, Samways, & Pryke, 2013;Hodkinson, Webb, & Coulson, 2002;Kremen et al, 1993;Samways, McGeoch, & New, 2010).…”

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Post-industrial areas as successional habitats: Long-term changes of functional diversity in beetle communities

Hodecek

Kuras

Šipoš

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Basic and Applied Ecology

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Is coal combustion the last chance for vanishing insects of inland drift sand dunes in Europe?

Cited by 62 publications

References 20 publications

Conservation value of post-mining headwaters: drainage channels at a lignite spoil heap harbour threatened stream dragonflies

Conservation value of post-mining headwaters: drainage channels at a lignite spoil heap harbour threatened stream dragonflies

New phosphate-based binder for stabilization of soils contaminated with heavy metals: Leaching, strength and microstructure characterization

Post-industrial areas as successional habitats: Long-term changes of functional diversity in beetle communities

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