The influence of the landscape structure within buffer zones, catchment land use and instream environmental variables on mollusc communities in a medium‐sized lowland river

Zawal, Andrzej; Lewin, Iga; Stępień, Edyta; Szlauer-Łukaszewska, Agnieszka; Buczyńska, Edyta; Buczyński, P.; Stryjecki, Robert

doi:10.1007/s11284-016-1395-2

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“…In each of the analysed streams, bivalvia, Pisidium , were also abundant on flowing sections. Rapid water flow prevents the accumulation of fine‐grain sediment and aerates the spaces between grains of such substrates better, providing favourable conditions (Zawal et al, 2016).…”

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Transformation of benthic communities in forest lowland streams colonised by Eurasian beaver Castor fiber (L.)

Wojton

Kukuła

2020

Int Rev Hydrobiol

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Beavers are an exception among animals in terms of the scale of environmental transformations they achieve. This study investigated primary environmental factors influencing the occurrence of aquatic invertebrates in lowland streams inhabited by the Eurasian beaver. The study was conducted in two forest streams inhabited by beavers, and in an uninhabited stream. In streams inhabited by beavers, the study covered seven ponds. Sections with flowing water were also analysed downstream and upstream of the ponds. Benthos and water samples were collected at each site. Dissolved oxygen (DO) concentration and saturation were the only physicochemical parameters that indicated decreases in water quality in beaver ponds. The benthic communities of different beaver ponds were similar. The taxa that exerted the greatest influence on the similarity of the invertebrate fauna in the ponds were Oligochaeta and Chironomidae. Ostracods were also abundant in the ponds, whereas they were few in the flowing sections. Mayflies (Cloeon) and caddisflies belonging to the family Phryganeidae were also closely associated with the ponds. Caddisflies (Plectrocnemia and Sericostoma), mayflies (Baetis) and stoneflies (Nemourella and Leuctra) exhibited the highest correlation with DO concentrations, which is typical of flowing sections, and avoided stream fragments dammed by beavers. Bivalvia (Pisidium) were also abundant in each of the streams along the flowing sections. The highest number of taxa and greatest taxonomic diversity was observed in sections flowing below the beaver ponds. The engineering activity of beavers transformed the studied lowland streams, resulting in the development of rheophilic and stagnophilic communities of aquatic invertebrates, in free‐flowing and dammed sections, respectively.

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Transformation of benthic communities in forest lowland streams colonised by Eurasian beaver Castor fiber (L.)

Wojton

Kukuła

2020

Int Rev Hydrobiol

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“…In opposition to this, there are the springs from the locality of Z1, where there was only a small water bodies element, resulting from the dominant influence of flood waters. Crenobiontic fauna have a much less significant dispersal ability than rheobiontic fauna and therefore the damaged fauna is reborn much more slowly even the same environmental conditions ( Szlauer-Łukaszewska & Zawal, 2014 ; Stępień et al., 2015 ; Zawal et al, 2015 ; Zawal et al, 2016a ; Zawal et al, 2016b ; Zawal et al, 2016c ; Zawal et al, 2017 ; Dąbkowski et al., 2016 ; Płaska et al., 2016 ; Buczyński et al, 2016 ; Pakulnicka et al, 2016a ; Pakulnicka et al, 2016b ; Buczyńska et al., 2017 ; Gerecke, Martin & Gledhill, 2017 ). We did not find any rhitrobiontic species in flooded springs: these were dominated by lenitobionts and to a lesser extent by crenobionts.…”

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“…Previous studies of the Krąpiel valley showed environmental factors to be acting at different levels of organization in the environment, i.e., (1) the landscape level, (2) the macrohabitat level and (3) the mesohabitat level; they all affect the species composition and the abundance of water mite assemblages ( Stryjecki et al, 2016 ; Buczyńska et al., 2017 ; Zawal et al, 2016b ; Zawal et al, 2017 ).…”

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Water mites (Acari, Hydrachnidia) of riparian springs in a small lowland river valley: what are the key factors for species distribution?

Zawal

Stryjecki

Buczyńska

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This paper examines the impact of disturbance factors—flooding and intermittency—on the distribution of water mites in the riparian springs situated in the valley of a small lowland river, the Krąpiel. The landscape factors and physicochemical parameters of the water were analysed in order to gain an understanding of the pattern of water mite assemblages in the riparian springs. Three limnological types of springs were examined (helocrenes, limnocrenes and rheocrenes) along the whole course of the river and a total of 35 water mite species were found. Our study shows that flooding influences spring assemblages, causing a decrease in crenobiontic water mites in flooded springs. The impact of intermittency resulted in a high percentage of species typical of temporary water bodies. Surprisingly, the study revealed the positive impact of the anthropogenic transformation of the river valley: preventing the riparian springs from flooding enhances the diversity of crenobiontic species in non-flooded springs. In the conclusion, our study revealed that further conservation strategies for the protection of the riparian springs along large rivers would take into account ongoing climatic changes and possible the positive impact of the anthropogenic transformation of river valleys.

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“…Aquatic communities in the urban environment are affected by an additional increase in water temperature due to decreased canopy cover (Somers et al 2013). Such influence of increasing insolation and temperature has been demonstrated for some species of water mites, mollusks, and ostracods in the Krąpiel River especially in lentic habitats (Stryjecki et al 2016;Zawal et al 2016c, Szlauer-Łukaszewska and Pešić 2020.…”

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Main macroinvertebrate community drivers and niche properties for characteristic species in urban/rural and lotic/lentic systems

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The effect of urbanization is often reflected both in lotic and lentic habitats, through changes in diversity and structural and compositional changes in macroinvertebrate communities. In this study, we focused on macroinvertebrate assemblage in lotic and lentic ecosystems of the Krąpiel River catchment area (NW Poland) with the following aims: (1) to determine the main driver in structuring lotic and lentic macroinvertebrate communities and the factors that influence them in urban versus rural landscapes; (2) to test whether the diversity of macroinvertebrate assemblages in urban lotic/lentic ecosystems is lower than that in rural landscapes; (3) to identify characteristic macroinvertebrate species for urban and rural lotic/lentic ecosystems; to (4) determine species tolerance ranges and species optimums, with special emphasis on characteristic “urban” and “rural” species. Distance from study sites to built-up areas and conductivity were the main factors contributing to the separation of urban vs. rural habitats. For lotic sites, temperature, the percentage of built-up area, insolation, and oxygen concentration were the main factors significantly associated with changes in community composition. For lentic sites, insolation, temperature, and BOD5 were recognized as the main factors which are significantly associated with changes in community composition. The results for lentic habitats were as expected: average species richness was higher in rural than in urban habitats. The characteristic species for each of the four habitat groups included Mideopsis orbicularis for Lentic rural habitats; Hygrobates longipalpis for Lotic rural habitats; Piona sp. for Lentic urban habitats; Mideopsis crassipes for Lotic urban habitats. Hygrobates longipalpis and Piona sp. were at the opposite sides with respect to the degree of urbanization. Result of this investigation has shown that the impact of urbanization and consequently the implementation of conservation measures should be viewed separately within the lentic and lotic gradient.

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The influence of the landscape structure within buffer zones, catchment land use and instream environmental variables on mollusc communities in a medium‐sized lowland river

Cited by 9 publications

References 50 publications

Transformation of benthic communities in forest lowland streams colonised by Eurasian beaver Castor fiber (L.)

Transformation of benthic communities in forest lowland streams colonised by Eurasian beaver Castor fiber (L.)

Water mites (Acari, Hydrachnidia) of riparian springs in a small lowland river valley: what are the key factors for species distribution?

Main macroinvertebrate community drivers and niche properties for characteristic species in urban/rural and lotic/lentic systems

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