Relationship of fish and macroinvertebrate communities in the mid-Atlantic uplands: Implications for integrated assessments

Flinders, Camille A.; Horwitz, Richard J.; Belton, Thomas J.

doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2007.08.004

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“…Assemblage-specific responses to different types, levels, or scales of disturbance can result in low intercorrelation between diatoms, macroinvertebrates, and fish metrics (Flinders et al, 2008). Therefore, there is growing recognition of the importance of larger-scale factors in the determination of the structure of aquatic communities (Poff and Allan, 1995;Townsend, 2003), supporting the notion that environmental factors operating at multiple scales affect aquatic communities (Black et al, 2004).…”

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“…This is because changes from forests to paddy fields or urban in land cover increase the sediment input to streams, which alters substrate composition (Lenat and Crawford, 1994;Quinn et al, 1997). Meanwhile, fish, which have greater mobility and longevity, are more influenced by larger spatial conditions, such as catchment land cover, geology, and hydrology (Richards et al, 1997;Sponseller et al, 2001;Black et al, 2004;Flinders et al, 2008).…”

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“…In this sense, the use of multiple biological indices with more than one assemblage for the assessment of the biotic integrity of aquatic ecosystems would be warranted. Flinders et al (2008) suggested the use of multi-metric indices for bioassessment of a stream's condition because they provide a broad measure of their aggregate impact and better support for assessment, and provide information on stressors not evaluated, as well in individual metric analyses. However, policy issues arise in defining a single impairment status from multiple assessments.…”

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“…In addition, relatively few studies have evaluated the response of multiple biological assemblages in biomonitoring studies, and even fewer studies have examined the relationship and intercorrelation of different assemblages' measures and their response to stress on multiple spatial scales (Hering et al, 2006;Flinders et al, 2008). In this sense, our study had three aims: to evaluate the relationships between diatom, macroinvertbrate, and fish indices as descriptive measures in streams; to examine the relationships between biological indices and environmental variables in multi-levels, such as sub-basin, hydrology, land cover, substrate, and water quality variables; and to evaluate important environmental variables influencing biological indices.…”

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Relationships between three major stream assemblages and their environmental factors in multiple spatial scales

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-This study investigated the relationships of three major aquatic assemblages (diatom, macroinvertebrate, and fish) and environmental variables, including sub-basin, hydrology, land cover, and water quality variables on multiple scales. Samples were collected at 720 sampling sites on the Korean nationwide scale. Geological variables, including altitude and slope, showed a strong positive correlation with proportions of forest in land cover types and cobbles in substrates, while they were negatively correlated with water quality variables, including conductivity and total phosphorus. Considering the concordance of the different assemblages, species richness of fish and macroinvertebrates displayed significant correlation, and diatoms were significantly correlated with fish. However, diatoms did not show significant correlation with macroinvertebrates. Altitude and slope showed significant correlation with all biological variables of the three assemblages. Macroinvertebrates and fish showed positive relations with large substrate sizes. Indices of diatoms and macroinvertebrates well reflected the perturbation of water quality variables. However, fish indices showed a relatively low association with water quality variables, compared with those of diatoms and macroinvertebrates. These patterns were also confirmed by the ordination and prediction of biological indices with environmental variables through the learning process of a self-organizing map as well as random forest. Overall, our study supports the concept of multi-scale habitat filters and functional organization in streams, and is consistent with the recommended use of multiple biological indices with more than one assemblage for the assessment of the biotic integrity of aquatic ecosystems.

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“…However, the results of simple correlation analysis and the comparison of correlation coefficients cannot conclusively determine which indicator is more sensitive to water quality degradation. Different strengths of relationships between biological criteria and water chemistry may suggest different responses among various aquatic communities to stream conditions, which vary both temporally and spatially (Flinders et al, 2008). Macroinvertebrates seem to have close associations with different kinds of natural and anthropogenic stresses (Pearson and Rosenberg, 1978;Weisberg et al, 1997).…”

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Overview and application of the National Aquatic Ecological Monitoring Program (NAEMP) in Korea

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Lee

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-This paper provides an overview of the development and application of the National Aquatic Ecological Monitoring Program (NAEMP) in Korea, which uses biological and habitat-riparian criteria for river/stream and watershed management. Development of NAEMP began in 2003, with recognition by the Korean Ministry of Environment (MOE) of the limitations of applying chemical parameters (e.g., biochemical oxygen demand (BOD)) as the principal targets of water environment management. Ecosystem health criteria under NAEMP were developed from 2003 to 2006. Candidate sites for monitoring were also screened and established across the country. NAEMP was implemented in 2007, and since then a standard protocol of nationwide monitoring based on multi-criteria has been implemented to assess the ecological condition of rivers and streams. The monitoring results indicate that many Korean rivers and streams are severely degraded, with biological conditions that are much worse than their water chemistry suggests. In 2009, 24% of rivers and streams were in classes C (Fair) and D (Poor) for BOD, but more than 71, 53, and 27% were categorized as Fair to Poor according to fish, diatom, and benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages, respectively. NAEMP is promising in that the results have already had great impacts on policy making and scientific research relevant to lotic water environment and watershed management in Korea. In the future, NAEMP results will be used to develop more aggressive regulations for the preservation and restoration of rivers/ streams, riparian buffer areas and watersheds. Another future aim of the NAEMP is to develop aquatic ecological modeling based on the monitoring results.

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Nested analysis of macroinvertebrate diversity along a river continuum: Identifying relevant spatial scales for stream communities

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Benthic macroinvertebrates are important for stream ecosystem function and are considerable food resources for vertebrate consumers such as fish. The diversity, composition, and distribution of stream macroinvertebrate taxa are affected by factors that act at different spatial scales, from microhabitat to watershed‐level effects. While comparative studies of watershed‐level and between stream influences on benthic diversity are common, the effects of scale are less investigated within individual river segments. Benthic macroinvertebrates were systematically sampled across nested spatial scales along a 2.2‐km near‐pristine stretch of the Upper Black River (MI, USA), and analyzed in relation to near‐bed flow and substrate features. Responses of community diversity metrics to near‐bed conditions were quantified, and diversity was modeled to determine the contribution of each spatial scale to total diversity. Near‐bed conditions, especially Froude number and substrate size, were positively associated with macroinvertebrate diversity and abundance. Larger (e.g., 100 m stream reach) and finer scales (e.g., individual samples) accounted for a greater proportion of variation in taxon richness and abundance, respectively. Longitudinal variation in environmental conditions was an important driver of macroinvertebrate diversity, with replacement between sites (i.e., turnover) contributing a considerably greater proportion of variation in total diversity than nestedness. Results demonstrate that macroinvertebrate communities were shaped by both local flow and substrate conditions as well as taxa replacement over larger spatial scales. This emphasizes the importance of maintaining the hydro‐morphological integrity along stream courses as a requisite condition to further watershed and fisheries conservation and management.

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Relationship of fish and macroinvertebrate communities in the mid-Atlantic uplands: Implications for integrated assessments

Cited by 41 publications

References 30 publications

Relationships between three major stream assemblages and their environmental factors in multiple spatial scales

Relationships between three major stream assemblages and their environmental factors in multiple spatial scales

Overview and application of the National Aquatic Ecological Monitoring Program (NAEMP) in Korea

Nested analysis of macroinvertebrate diversity along a river continuum: Identifying relevant spatial scales for stream communities

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