Assessing Invertebrate Responses to Human Activities: Evaluating Alternative Approaches

Fore, Leska S.; Karr, James R.; Wisseman, Robert W.

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“…The basic measure of biological diversity À rarefied species richness have been described as unimodally related with different types of environmental disturbance (Fore et al, 1996;Townsend et al, 1997;Gallardo et al, 2011); in the present study their values were also higher at moderate values of EQ. The same unimodal mode of relationship was observed also in each of the applied measures of diversity except of evenness.…”

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Taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional diversity of leeches (Hirudinea) and their suitability in biological assessment of environmental quality

Koperski

2017

Knowl. Manag. Aquat. Ecosyst.

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-Different components of biological diversity of leeches (Hirudinea), sampled in lowland watercourses in Poland were compared between sites differed in terms of environmental quality, measured by officially approved procedures. Indices based on taxonomic diversity, rarefied species richness, taxonomic distinctness, phylogenetic diversity and functional diversity were considered in the analysis, for sites belonging to three biocoenotic types of watercourses. In most cases values of all indices except Pielou's evenness show unimodal relationships with environmental quality and in any case monotonic increase in diversity was not shown. Median values of diversity were significantly higher and its highest values were significantly more frequent at sites with moderate than with low or high environmental quality. This pattern of relationships was observed both for indices based on presence/absence data and those based on relative abundance of species. The significance of this mode of relationships differed between biocoenotic types and between procedures using to measure environmental quality. The results obtained show low and doubtful usefulness of each component of leech diversity as an element of biological assessment in lowland watercourses.Keywords: taxonomic diversity / phylogenetic diversity / functional diversity / Hirudinea / biological assessment Résumé -Diversité taxonomique, phylogénétique et fonctionnelle des sangsues (Hirudinea) et leur aptitude à l'évaluation biologique de la qualité environnementale. Différentes composantes de la diversité biologique des sangsues (Hirudinea), échantillonnées dans les cours d'eau de plaine en Pologne, ont été comparées entre des sites différents en termes de qualité environnementale, mesurée par des procédures officiellement approuvées. Les indices fondés sur la diversité taxonomique, la richesse en espèces raréfiées, la diversité phylogénétique et la diversité fonctionnelle ont été pris en compte dans l'analyse, pour des sites de cours d'eau appartenant à trois types biocénotiques. Dans la plupart des cas, les valeurs de tous les indices, à l'exception de l'équitabilité de Pielou, montrent des relations unimodales avec la qualité de l'environnement et, en tout état de cause, une augmentation monotone de la diversité. Les valeurs médianes de la diversité étaient significativement plus élevées et les valeurs les plus élevées étaient significativement plus fréquentes dans les sites de qualité environnementale modérée plutôt que faible ou élevée. Ce patron de relations a été observé à la fois pour les indices fondés sur les données de présence/ absence et ceux fondés sur l'abondance relative des espèces. L'importance de ce mode de relations différait entre les types de biocénoses et entre les procédures utilisées pour mesurer la qualité de l'environnement. Les résultats obtenus montrent que chaque composante de la diversité des sangsues est peu utile et douteuse en tant qu'élément de l'évaluation biologique dans les cours d'eau de plaines.Mots-clés : diversité taxo...

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Taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional diversity of leeches (Hirudinea) and their suitability in biological assessment of environmental quality

Koperski

2017

Knowl. Manag. Aquat. Ecosyst.

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“…Este trabalho amplia nosso conhecimento sobre a relação das espécies amostradas com o ambiente que exploram e, poderá servir de base para trabalhos futuros. Determinar as razões da preferência por habitat degradado por gêneros observados neste trabalho, como por exemplo Argia, Macrothemis e Oxyagrion são questões importantes, pois conhecer como esses insetos se reproduzem, utilizam o ambiente e respondem às atividades humanas é importante para sua utilização no monitoramento da qualidade ambiental dos sistemas aquáticos (FORE et al 1996). coletas na EEJ, ao Frederico A.…”

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Comunidade de Odonata (Insecta) em áreas naturais de Cerrado e monocultura no nordeste do Estado de São Paulo, Brasil: relação entre o uso do solo e a riqueza faunística

Ferreira-Peruquetti

Fonseca-Gessner

2003

Rev. Bras. Zool.

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“…Urbanization specifically leads to fundamental changes in the hydrologic, hydraulic, erosional, and depositional characteristics of fluvial systems causing increased channel instability [4]. Urbanization in the western United States was reported to produce lower Index of Biotic Integrity (IBI) scores than activities such as logging and larger cities were reported to have lower IBI scores than smaller cities [5][6][7]. States such as California that have experienced expanded population growth in many urban and residential areas provide an example of multiple stressors in aquatic environments that can contribute to degradation.…”

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A Three Year Assessment of the Influence of Physical Habitat, Pyrethroids and Metals on Benthic Communities in Two Urban Calfornia Streams

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Killen²,

Anderson³

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J Ecosyst Ecogr

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This three year study was designed to characterize benthic communities (macroinvertebrates) and physical habitat annually in two urban stream areas (Arcade Creek and Salinas streams) in California. Concurrent water quality evaluations, physical sediment parameters, pyrethroids, and bulk metals [including simultaneously extracted metals (SEM) and acid volatile sulfides (AVS) ratios] were also measured in both study areas. The relationship of various benthic metrics to physical habitat metrics, pyrethroids, and metals was evaluated for the the three year data set (2009 -2011) using univariate analysis, stepwise multiple regression analysis and canonical correlation analysis. Habitat conditions were determined to be poor in Arcade Creek and extremely poor in the Salinas streams. Tolerant benthic taxa were dominant in both study areas but degraded communities more apparent in Salinas streams. Canonical correlation analysis of the three year data set for Arcade Creek indicated that, while benthic community diversity was inversely related to toxicants (metals and pyrethroids) in the sediments, community composition appeared to be more closely related to physical habitat quality. The statistical analyses conducted on the three year data set from Salinas streams detected fewer and weaker relationships between benthic metrics and environmental variables than did the analyses of data from Arcade Creek, likely due to the greater degree of overall environmental degradation of the Salinas streams. However, habitat (particularly sediment deposition) appeared to be the most significant stressor. In summary the tthree year data sets for both streams showed more significant relationships with benthic metrics and habitat metrics than with pyrethroid or metals.

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Assessing Invertebrate Responses to Human Activities: Evaluating Alternative Approaches

Cited by 320 publications

References 36 publications

Taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional diversity of leeches (Hirudinea) and their suitability in biological assessment of environmental quality

Taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional diversity of leeches (Hirudinea) and their suitability in biological assessment of environmental quality

Comunidade de Odonata (Insecta) em áreas naturais de Cerrado e monocultura no nordeste do Estado de São Paulo, Brasil: relação entre o uso do solo e a riqueza faunística

A Three Year Assessment of the Influence of Physical Habitat, Pyrethroids and Metals on Benthic Communities in Two Urban Calfornia Streams

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