Variation with Stream Order in Species Composition, Diversity, Biomass, and Chlorophyll of Periphyton in Otter Creek, Oklahoma

Seyfer, James R.; Wilhm, Jerry

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“…An increase of the species number and diversity along the course was also found by Szabó et al (2004). Seyfer & Wilhm (1977) supported this relationship from fourth-to sixth-order streams as did Vilbaste & Truu (2003) from first-to fifth-order streams, but in the latter study they could show only a tendency without statistical support of the differences. However, their multivariate analysis justified that the order of the stream is the master variable for the benthic diatom composition (Vilbaste & Truu, 2003).…”

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“…The effects of these factors on diatom composition are mixed and difficult to separate (Rimet et al, 2004). Furthermore, it has been shown that higher order streams with a greater abundance and variety of food (Lotrich, 1973), bigger habitat size and diffuse pollution (Harrel et al, 1967) support a more diverse assemblage of biota such as fish and macroinvertebrates (Seyfer & Wilhm, 1977).…”

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“…It is a useful descriptor of the catchment area, distance from the source, and the mean annual discharge (Hughes et al, 2011). Stream order may separate streams into different segments with similar internal characteristics (Seyfer & Wilhm, 1977). Several studies were published where stream order was used to classify and explain diversity and composition of lotic-[like macroinvertebrates (e.g., Pringle, 1985), phytoplankton (e.g., Garnier et al, 1995), fish (e.g., McCormick et al, 2000)] and riparian organisms (e.g., Dunn et al, 2011), and even the water quality (Crunkilton & Duchrow, 1991).…”

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Stream order-dependent diversity metrics of epilithic diatom assemblages

Stenger‐Kovács

Tóth

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Diatoms are considered as an appropriate indicator group for ecological status assessment of surface waters. These organisms can be indicative not only of the waterchemical but also of the hydromorphological characteristics (e.g., stream size, physical habitat diversity) of running waters. In this study, diatom diversity metrics (species number, Shannon diversity, and evenness) from 506 sites in Pannon ecoregion (Hungary) were compared to the Strahler stream order system established with ArcView GIS 3.2. SOM analyses were performed to exclude the effect of nutrients on diversity metrics along the stream orders. Mixed-effects linear models and Tukey's post hoc test revealed a linear relationships between species number, diversity and stream orders on ecoregion level from first-to eighth-order streams. The species number increases with an average of 8%, and the diversity by 10% per unit increase of the stream order. However, we could not find relationships with evenness. Autotrophic diversity metrics based on diatom species data appear to increase parallel with the stream order while those of heterotrophic metrics (published in the literature) maximize at medium stream orders. We argue that stream order is a relevant typological parameter which can basically determine the diatom diversity metrics, and it is well applicable in biomonitoring.

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Stream order-dependent diversity metrics of epilithic diatom assemblages

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Tóth

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Hydrobiologia

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“…While minimal concentrations occurred at the farthest upstream stations in these studies, maximal concentrations often were found in an intermediate reach, with decreased levels farther downstream. Others have reported that chlorophyll concentrations decreased over downstream distances ranging from 1-27 km (Seyfer & Wilhm, 1977;Duffer & Dorris, 1966;Kobayasi, 1972;Wilhm et al, 1978;Cushing et al, 1983). Statistical substantiation of the reported increases and decreases probably would be difficult because of large variances in the data sets.…”

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Benthic community metabolism in four temperate stream systems: An inter-biome comparison and evaluation of the river continuum concept

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Benthic community metabolism was studied on four stream systems located in different biomes in the United States: the eastern deciduous forest (Pennsylvania, PA, and Michigan, MI), the high desert (Idaho, ID), and the coniferous forest (Oregon, OR). Studies were designed to test the hypothesis advanced within the River Continuum Concept that a transition in community metabolism will occur from a predominance of heterotrophy in headwaters to a predominance of autotrophy in mid-sized reaches, with a return to heterotrophy further downstream. Both gross primary productivity (GPP) and community respiration (CR 24 ) increased with downstream direction on all systems. Net daily metabolism (NDM, or GPP -CR 2 4 ) shifted from heterotrophy (-NDM, GPP < CR 24 ) to autotrophy (+NDM, GPP > CR 2 4 ) with downstream direction at all sites, supporting the hypothesis. Annual metabolism in the most upstream reach of all sites was dominated by respiration; however, the farthest downstream reach was not necessarily the most autotrophic. Site-specific factors affected manifestation of the trend. Photosynthesis predominated annual metabolism in reaches (designated 1-4 in order of increasing size) 2-4 in ID, 3 and 4 in OR, and 4 in MI. In PA annual photosynthesis was slightly greater than respiration only at Station 3. Photosynthesis was predominant most consistently in ID and respiration most often in PA. About half the reaches that were heterotrophic annually were autotrophic at one or more seasons. Annual means of benthic GPP, CR 24 and NDM ranged from 0.16 to 3.37, 0.36 to 2.88 and -0.73 to 0.50 g 02 m 2 d 1, respectively. Metabolic rates were usually high in PA and Ml (and sometimes ID) and almost always lowest in OR. Parameters accounting for most variance in multiple linear regression analyses of the combined metabolism data from all sites were indicators of stream size, photosynthetically active radiation, temperature, and chlorophyll a concentration.

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“…(Boyer, 1916;Stoermer, 1964;Patrick & Reimer, 1966;Morris et al, 1979;Foged, 1981;Javakul et al, 1983;Dodd, 1987;Stoermer et al, 1999). In the central part of the United States, this taxon has been reported from Kansas (Wujek et al, 1980;Wenke & Eberle, 1986;Harris & Eberle, 2001), Oklahoma (Koch & Risser, 1974;Seyfer & Wilhm, 1977;Pfiester et al, 1979;Troeger, 1978Troeger, , 1983, and the Plains States (Patrick & Reimer, 1966).…”

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Morphological variation of the Caloneis schumanniana species complex (Bacillariophyceae) from different environmental conditions in North American streams

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Morphological variations of the Caloneis schumanniana (Grunow) Cleve species complex were studied using multivariate analysis. Populations of three species, synonymized in the literature, i.e., C. schumanniana, Caloneis limosa (Kützing) Patrick and Caloneis lewisii Patrick, were analyzed. Their morphological and ecological characteristics were evaluated and outlined for the sampled streams by US EPA's Western Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program. Geographic separation among the three taxa was not resolved. This study showed that C. schumanniana has wider ecological tolerance than C. limosa and C. lewisii. Despite the ecological overlap, specific ecological preferences of C. limosa and C. lewisii were described.

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Variation with Stream Order in Species Composition, Diversity, Biomass, and Chlorophyll of Periphyton in Otter Creek, Oklahoma

Cited by 10 publications

References 39 publications

Stream order-dependent diversity metrics of epilithic diatom assemblages

Stream order-dependent diversity metrics of epilithic diatom assemblages

Benthic community metabolism in four temperate stream systems: An inter-biome comparison and evaluation of the river continuum concept

Morphological variation of the Caloneis schumanniana species complex (Bacillariophyceae) from different environmental conditions in North American streams

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