The Impact of Land Use Transformations on Zooplankton Communities in a Small Mountain River (The Corgo River, Northern Portugal)

Sługocki, Łukasz; Czerniawski, Robert; Kowalska‐Góralska, Monika; Senze, Magdalena; Reis, Anabela; Carrola, João; Teixeira, Carlos Afonso

doi:10.3390/ijerph16010020

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“…This results in poor knowledge about the zooplankton communities in small lowland and upland rivers, particularly in mountain rivers [55]. For example, the first study recently showed spatial changes in the zooplankton composition in a small mountain river relative to environmental changes in the catchment area and riverbed transformations [62]. However, studies of the species richness of rotifers in small rivers in the Ukraine (tributaries of the Dnieper River) showed a high species richness of rotifers in natural rivers and in rivers with a periodic alteration of the direction and velocity of the flow.…”

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Diversity of Rotifers in Small Rivers Affected by Human Activity

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The rivers flowing through Upper Silesia and the adjacent areas (Southern Poland) are affected by various anthropogenic pressures including urbanisation, agriculture and animal husbandry, as well as industry (e.g., mining), which are reflected in the measured physical and chemical water parameters. The species composition of rotifers relative to a variety of microhabitats was studied in eight small rivers of this region in 2017. Our research is a comprehensive and up-to-date analysis that focuses on the rotifers in small rivers and shows the diversity of rotifers relative to the microhabitats and environmental variables. The diversity of rotifers ranged from 0 to 23 taxa in individual samples. In the studied rivers, 129 taxa of rotifers were found. Notommata groenlandica, a species that has not been recorded in the country for 100 years, was found in two rivers. The Kruskal–Wallis one-way ANOVA and Dunn’s multiple comparison post hoc tests revealed statistically significant differences in the median number of rotifer taxa between the abiotic types of rivers, rivers, sampling sites, microhabitats and seasons. A multiple regression analysis revealed a significant relationship (correlation) between the number of rotifer taxa, and the concentration of nitrites, total dissolved solids and dissolved oxygen in the water.

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“…The riparian forests of blue spaces, associated with alder ( Alnus glutinosa ), ash ( Fraxinus angustifolia ), willow ( Salix sp. ), and thickets and nettle ( Celtis australis ), encompass several uncommon and confined plant species [ 46 ]. Additionally, these habitats are particularly biodiverse and important for the conservation of endangered endemic aquatic animals.…”

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Distance to Natural Environments, Physical Activity, Sleep, and Body Composition in Women: An Exploratory Analysis

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Gabriel

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A growing body of evidence indicates that living close to nature is associated with better health and well-being. However, the literature still lacks studies analyzing the benefits of this proximity for sleep and obesity, particularly in women. The purpose of this study was to explore how distance to natural spaces is reflected in women’s physical activity, sleep, and adiposity levels. The sample consisted of 111 adult women (37.78 ± 14.70). Accessibility to green and blue spaces was assessed using a geographic-information-system-based method. Physical activity and sleep parameters were measured using ActiGraph accelerometers (wGT3X-BT), and body composition was assessed using octopolar bioimpedance (InBody 720). Nonlinear canonical correlation analysis was used to analyze the data. Our findings reveal that women living in green spaces close to their homes had lower levels of obesity and intra-abdominal adiposity. We also demonstrated that a shorter distance to green spaces seemed to correlate with better sleep onset latency. However, no relationship was found between physical activity and sleep duration. In relation to blue spaces, the distance to these environments was not related to any health indicator analyzed in this study.

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“…Since then, the field of land use transition research has continued to expand. The scope of such research includes the impacts of land use transition in agricultural production [12,13], the driving mechanisms of land use transition [14][15][16][17], the relationships between land use transition and urbanization [18,19], and the impacts of land use transition on the ecological environment [20][21][22][23]. Thus, the research field tends to be diversified.…”

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Understanding the Characteristics and Realization Path of Urban Land Use Transition in the Bohai Economic Rim: An Analytical Framework of “Dominant–Recessive” Morphology Coupling

Shu

Zong

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Taking the Bohai Economic Rim as the research area and 44 prefecture-level cities as research objects, on the basis of deepening the connotation of urban land use morphology, we constructed a multi-dimensional indicator system for urban land use transition based on the dominant and recessive morphologies of land use. The patterns of change and transition type are described by single-morphology and comprehensive morphology indices, respectively, while a decoupling elastic coefficient model was used to analyze the coupling relationship and evolution process between the dominant and recessive morphologies of urban land use. The results showed the following: (1) From 2000 to 2020, the single-morphology and comprehensive morphology indices of urban land use in the Bohai Economic Rim both improved, to a certain extent. Overall, the transition types of dominant and recessive morphologies of urban land use showed a development trend, in which the degree of recessive morphology transition was higher than the degree of dominant morphology transition, and the spatial difference of its distribution pattern was obvious. (2) From 2000 to 2020, the type of coupling relationship between the dominant and recessive morphologies of urban land use in the Bohai Economic Rim experienced an evolution, from a single-morphology recession decoupling to a single-morphology leading positive hook. The whole region was in the benign development stage of close coupling, where the degree of transition showed the spatial characteristics of Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei > Liaodong Peninsula > Shandong Peninsula. (3) Differences in the economic levels and urbanization processes of different cities led to different paths, speeds, and degrees of urban land use transition, showing stable, volatile, and non-transition paths. The direct influence of different influencing factors, as well as their potential effects, drive the dominant and recessive morphologies of urban land use to grow, in terms of coupling and synergy, promoting the realization of urban land use transition.

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The Impact of Land Use Transformations on Zooplankton Communities in a Small Mountain River (The Corgo River, Northern Portugal)

Cited by 13 publications

References 42 publications

Diversity of Rotifers in Small Rivers Affected by Human Activity

Diversity of Rotifers in Small Rivers Affected by Human Activity

Distance to Natural Environments, Physical Activity, Sleep, and Body Composition in Women: An Exploratory Analysis

Understanding the Characteristics and Realization Path of Urban Land Use Transition in the Bohai Economic Rim: An Analytical Framework of “Dominant–Recessive” Morphology Coupling

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