The temporal dynamics of temporary pond macroinvertebrate communities over a 10-year period

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“…Specifically, ephemeral pond invertebrate communities partially reflected the communities that preceded them (Jeffries, 2011). Similarly, macroinvertebrate biodiversity was recorded to increase temporally (over a 10 year study period) within ephemeral and perennial ponds in Cheshire, UK (Hassall et al, 2012).…”

“…After the dry phase there is a re-setting of the succession process and a rapid re-appearance of invertebrates via both re-emergence and recolonization processes. This highlights the importance of the connectedness of a pondscape because many taxa will reside in permanent ponds during the dry phase (Jeffries, 2011).…”

“…Initially periphyton and phytoplankton grow, the first fauna to appear in the spring tend to be detritivorous (Wiggins et al, 1980) feeding on the remaining allochthonous litter from the previous terrestrial phase. Pioneer communities colonize including Ostracoda, Copepoda and other microcrustacea (Jeffries, 2011). Ephemeral pond communities are dominated by microcrustacea during early successional stages as they emerge from diapause eggs and other in situ desiccation-avoidance mechanisms.…”

“…The increase in gamma diversity has been attributed to the colonization by mobile species such as Coleoptera and Odonata from proximal ponds (Hassall et al, 2012). In contrast to Jeffries (2011), there was a reduction in temporal beta-diversity indicating that invertebrate community composition between the ponds was becoming more similar over time (Hassall et al, 2012).…”

“…There has been an increasing volume of published research on perennial and ephemeral pond biodiversity (Oertli et al, 2009) in both northern (Jeffries, 1991;Boothby et al, 1995a;Guest, 1997;Jeffries, 2011;Hassall et al, 2012) and southern UK (Rundle et al, 2002;Williams et al, 2003;Bilton et al, 2009;Armitage et al, 2012;Sayer et al, 2012 (Lott, 1999, unpublished data). At least one Red Data Book species was recorded from 26 of the 30 pond sites.…”