Impact of a changed inundation regime caused by climate change and floodplain rehabilitation on population viability of earthworms in a lower River Rhine floodplain

Thonon, Ivo; Klok, C.

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.10.028

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“…The differences between the dynamic and stable habitats are in line with the decrease of biomass expected by Thonon and Klok (2007) in response to river restoration and illustrate the potential of earthworms as bioindicators.…”

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confidence: 55%

“…In subalpine floodplains, epigeic species are considered as bioindicators of recent flood events because of their relation to topsoil texture and organic matter qual-ity (Bullinger-Weber et al, 2012). River restoration was shown to affect negatively L. rubellus biomass through a reduction of suit-able habitats and an enhanced exposure to contaminants (Thonon and Klok, 2007). Inundations were reported to increase earthworm abundance and biomass in a human transformed ecosystem used for drinking water production by artificial groundwater recharge (Schütz et al, 2008).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Patterns of earthworm communities and species traits in relation to the perturbation gradient of a restored floodplain

Fournier

Samaritani

Shrestha

et al. 2012

Applied Soil Ecology

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a b s t r a c tLittle is known about the diversity and ecology of earthworms in floodplains, as well as their response to natural and anthropic perturbations (e.g. floods, river channelisation, floodplain restoration). We characterised the patterns of earthworm communities and species traits in the different habitats of a lowland restored floodplain in Switzerland. In addition to classical species-based metrics, such as species richness and Shannon diversity, species traits were used to calculate the community weighted means (CWMs) of traits and functional dispersion (FDis). We hypothesised that trait-based metrics would reveal clearer patterns than classical approaches. The distribution of earthworm traits varied among habitats in relation to changes in flooding frequency: poorly developed gravel bar soils most exposed to flooding were characterised by high abundance of small epigeic species and low abundance of large anecic species. Differences in anecic and endogeic earthworm community structure matched flood frequency. In agreement with our hypothesis, CWMs were more strongly correlated to environmental variables than species composition, diversity, or functional diversity. Based on these results, the ratio of the relative abundances of epigeic and anecic species, and the differences in species composition within anecic and endogeic ecological types of earthworms were identified as indicators of soil development in floodplains.

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Patterns of earthworm communities and species traits in relation to the perturbation gradient of a restored floodplain

Fournier

Samaritani

Shrestha

et al. 2012

Applied Soil Ecology

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“…The impacts mostly focused on growth, reproduction, population and community of earthworms, even genetic structure change of earthworm species (Dupont et al 2015). The second trend was the research focus on the effect of climate issues on earthworm, like climate type (Hackenberger and Hackenberger 2014), acid rain (Zhang et al 2015),floods and floodplain rehabilitation (Thorion and Klok 2007). The third trend was emphasis on effect of earthworm on soil profiles (Oo et al 2015), agriculture (Idowu et al 2008), biochar (Elmer et al 2015), nutrient distribution and cycling (Marhan et al 2015), greenhouse gas emission (Kernecker et al 2015), and native ecosystems.…”

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confidence: 99%

Worldwide earthworm research: a scientometric analysis, 2000–2015

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To understand the history and research status of earthworm, earthworm research citation data was collected from the Science Citation Index Expanded during the period from 2000 to 2015. Next, HistCite was used to analyse the yearly output, country, institution, journal, citation impact and citation relationships in the field. Results indicated that the research of earthworm has increased during the studied 16-year period. The country with the highest research output was the USA, while the institution with the highest research output was the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The majority of articles and Total Location Citation Score (TLCS) values came from developed countries. Developed countries have more research advantages in this field than that of developing countries. The top three outputs journals were Soil Biology and Biochemistry, Pedobiologia and Applied Soil Ecology. The top 3 TLCS journals were the same as top outputs journals. Articles published with higher TLCS scores had a greater impact on the following research and played an important role in research development.

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“…Periodic flooding can also drastically change soil structure and the physical properties associated with it directly via slaking and dispersion (Sedgley 1962) or indirectly via adverse impact on soil fauna, e.g. earthworms (Thonon and Klok 2007). Furthermore, flooding by sea water will result in salinity and sodicity problems leading to deterioration of soil structure and crop yield losses.…”

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Climate Change on Soil Structure and Soil Health: Impacts and Adaptation

Chan

2011

Soil Biology

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Impact of a changed inundation regime caused by climate change and floodplain rehabilitation on population viability of earthworms in a lower River Rhine floodplain

Cited by 14 publications

References 25 publications

Patterns of earthworm communities and species traits in relation to the perturbation gradient of a restored floodplain

Patterns of earthworm communities and species traits in relation to the perturbation gradient of a restored floodplain

Worldwide earthworm research: a scientometric analysis, 2000–2015

Climate Change on Soil Structure and Soil Health: Impacts and Adaptation

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