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Freshwater Biology
Volume 44 Issue 3 Page 523 - July 2000
Beetle assemblages in ponds: effects of habitat and site age
G. Winfield Fairchild*, Ann M. Faulds* and James F. Matta
Summary
1. Water beetle assemblages were sampled in each of 18 freshwater ponds,
including 11 recently constructed sites designed to provide mitigation for
wetlands destruction elsewhere, and seven older reference sites. There were
three objectives: (a) to relate taxon richness and biomass of the beetles to the
same properties of the wider aquatic invertebrate community, (b) to evaluate
changes in beetle assemblage structure over time, and (c) to determine
habitat effects on taxonomic composition, mean body size and trophic guild
structure of the beetle assemblage.
2. Forty-seven beetle genera were identified, representing 77 species. The
beetles represented an average of 21.5% of total generic richness, but only
3.7% of total wet biomass of the wider invertebrate community.
3. Of all variables evaluated using canonical correspondence analysis (CCA),
site age had the greatest influence on the beetle assemblage. Predatory
dytiscids were early colonists at younger sites, while herbivorous
curculionids and chrysomelids associated with particular types of vegetation
typically occurred in older ponds. Mitigation ponds and reference ponds
supported similar numbers of species. Reference sites, however, harboured
substantially more unique species found at only a single site within the study
area.
4. The presence of fish was also strongly related to beetle assemblage
structure. Ponds with few or no fish contained about 3-fold higher biomass
and 3-fold greater mean wet weight per individual compared to ponds with
substantial fish assemblages.
5. Beetle assemblage composition varied among sites and sampling years, but
beetle biomass, richness and species composition may be useful tools in
evaluating the success of wetland mitigation efforts.
Ручейники
Ручейники ручьев, Венгрия
ASSESSING STREAM DWELLING CADDISFLY ASSEMBLAGES (INSECTA: TRICHOPTERA) COLLECTED BY LIGHT TRAPS IN HUNGARY
Авторы Denes Schmera
Журнал Biodiversity & Conservation
Год выпуска 2003 Дата июнь
Том 12 Номер 6
Страницы 1175-1191 Статус
Ручейники: Дания, фауна
SPECIES RICHNESS AND ASSEMBLAGE STRUCTURE OF TRICHOPTERA IN DANISH STREAMS
Авторы P. Wiberg-Larsen, K.P. Brodersen, S. Birkholm, P.N. Gron, J. Skriver
Журнал Freshwater Biology Год выпуска 2000 Дата март Том 43 Номер 4
Страницы 633-647 Статус
1 Species richness and assemblages of Trichoptera from 157 'pristine' Danish lowland stream sites were analyzed, for dependence on geographical position of the sites and simple physical variables, using two way indicator species analysis and detrended correspondence analysis.
2 A total of 106 species were recorded, representing ≈ 90% of the species pool known from Danish streams. Only seven species occurred at more than half the sites, whereas an additional 11 species were found at more than a quarter of the sites.
3 Although sites showed significant regional differences in environmental variables (stream order, width, slope and presence/absence of riparian forest), species richness and assemblages were primarily correlated with stream order, width and slope. Maximum richness was found at the largest (5th order) stream sites.
4 Regional differences in species assemblages were found, with several species being absent from the islands Funen and Bornholm. Species assemblages also differed between forested and non-forested stream sites.
5 We found evidence that stream temperature may be of only minor importance in determining Trichoptera species richness and assemblage composition in Danish streams compared to other size-related physical factors.
Резюме
1 Богатство разновидностей и assemblages Trichoptera от 157 'древних' датских участков потока низменности были проанализированы, для зависимости от географического положения участков и простых физических переменных, используя два пути анализ разновидностей индикатора и detrended анализ корреспонденции.
2 В общей сложности 106 разновидностей были зарегистрированы, представляя 90 % объединения разновидностей, известного от датских потоков. Только семь разновидностей произошли на больше чем половине участков, тогда как дополнительные 11 разновидностей были найдены в больше чем четверть участков.
3 Хотя участки показали существенные региональные различия в экологических переменных (заказ потока, ширина, наклон и присутствие/отсутствие прибрежного леса), богатство разновидностей и assemblages были прежде всего коррелированы с заказом потока, шириной и наклоном. Максимальное богатство было найдено в наибольшем (5-ый заказ) участками потока.
4 Региональные различия в разновидностях assemblages были найдены, с несколькими разновидностями, являющимися отсутствующим от островов Funen и Борнхольмом. Разновидности assemblages также отличались между засаженными деревьями и незасаженными деревьями участками потока.
5 Мы нашли свидетельство, что температура потока может иметь только незначительное значение в определении богатства разновидностей Trichoptera и состава сборки в датских потоках по сравнению с другими связанными с размером физическими факторами.
Ручейники: питание альгофагов.
Authors: Feminella-JW Resh-VH
Title: Herbivorous Caddisflies, Macroalgae, and Epilithic
Microalgae - Dynamic Interactions in a Stream Grazing
System
Source: OECOLOGIA
1991, Vol 87, Iss 2, pp 247-256
Language: English
Document type: Article
Addresses:
UNIV-CALIF-BERKELEY, DEPT ENTOMOL SCI, BERKELEY, CA 94720, USA
Author keywords:
Algae; Aquatic Insect; Biotic Interactions; Periphyton; Grazing
Keywords Plus:
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA STREAM; RIVER FOOD WEBS; INTRASPECIFIC
COMPETITION; SUBMERSED MACROPHYTES; PERIPHYTON RESPONSES;
MARINE HERBIVORES; PISCIVOROUS BASS; CURRENT VELOCITY;
AQUATIC INSECTS; MOUNTAIN STREAM
Abstract:
1. During the low-flow period (April-October) in sunlit
pools of Big Sulphur Creek (northern coastal California), the
attached algal community predictably changes from an assemblage
dominated by lush, upright Cladophora glomerata filaments in
spring and early summer to one dominated by epilithic diatoms
and blue-green algae (together = microalgae) in late summer
through early autumn. Previous studies in this stream indicated
that grazing by the caddisflies Helicopsyche borealis and Gumaga
nigricula maintain low algal biomass during the latter part of
this period. We used a combination of in situ
exclusion/enclosure experiments to examine (1) the separate and
combined effects of these grazers on Cladophora and microalgal
assemblages, and (2) food preferences, growth, and
microdistribution patterns of grazers when offered these
different algal foods. 2. Grazers exerted strong but divergent
effects on algal assemblages. Selective grazing on Cladophora
by G. nigricula greatly accelerated the transition from upright
Cladophora to epilithic microalgae, whereas selective grazing on
microalgae by H. borealis dramatically reduced biomass of these
forms. Grazers were largely ineffective at reducing the non-
preferred algal food source (i.e. Cladophora by H. borealis,
microalgae by G. nigricula). In the case of each grazer, growth
was highest on the preferred algal food. Together, the activity
of these grazers produced a low-biomass assemblage dominated by
microalgal cells. 3. Removal of the Cladophora over-story by
G. nigricula resulted in a three-fold increase in the abundance
of epilithic microalgae, the preferred food of H. borealis.
Elimination of Cladophora by G. nigricula can increase food
availability for H. borealis and, in so doing, can indirectly
facilitate the growth of this grazer during food-limited
conditions. However, microdistribution of G. nigricula shifts
from high overlap with H. borealis in spring and early summer
when Cladophora is abundant to low overlap in late summer after
Cladophora has been eliminated. This may indicate intense
competition between these species for limited epilithic algae,
and a concomitant movement by G. nigricula to areas in the
stream where food resources are more available.
Ручейники в водотоках Дании.
Freshwater Biology Volume 43 Issue 4 Page 633 - March 2000
Species richness and assemblage structure of Trichoptera in Danish streams
P. Wiberg-Larsen*, K. P. Brodersen, S. Birkholm, P. N. Gron and J. Skriver**
Summary
1 Species richness and assemblages of Trichoptera from 157 pristine Danish
lowland stream sites were analyzed, for dependence on geographical
position of the sites and simple physical variables, using two way indicator
species analysis and detrended correspondence analysis.
2 A total of 106 species were recorded, representing 90% of the species pool
known from Danish streams. Only seven species occurred at more than half
the sites, whereas an additional 11 species were found at more than a quarter
of the sites.
3 Although sites showed significant regional differences in environmental
variables (stream order, width, slope and presence/absence of riparian
forest), species richness and assemblages were primarily correlated with
stream order, width and slope. Maximum richness was found at the largest
(5th order) stream sites.
4 Regional differences in species assemblages were found, with several
species being absent from the islands Funen and Bornholm. Species
assemblages also differed between forested and non-forested stream sites.
5 We found evidence that stream temperature may be of only minor
importance in determining Trichoptera species richness and assemblage
composition in Danish streams compared to other size-related physical
factors.
Ручейники: питание.
Authors: Becker-G
Title: Comparison of the Dietary-Composition of Epilithic
Trichopteran Species in a 1st Order Stream
Source: ARCHIV FUR HYDROBIOLOGIE
1990, Vol 120, Iss 1, pp 13-40
Language: English
Document type: Article
Addresses:
MAX-PLANCK-INST-LIMNOL, W-6407 SCHLITZ, GERMANY
Keywords Plus:
CADDISFLY POPULATION; MOUNTAIN STREAM; TROPHIC BASIS;
PERIPHYTON; INSECTS; LARVAE; COMMUNITY; GRAZER; BREITENBACH;
FOOD
Abstract:
The dietary composition of six epilithic trichopteran
species, each with a similar life cycle, was examined. In 1986
and 1987 the gut-contents of later stage larvae were analyzed
and comparisons were made between specimens sampled along the
lower 2 km of a Central European first-order stream. Gut-
contents were classified into 9 components and quantified using
image analysis.
A multifactorial ANOVA revealed significant differences (p
< 0.001) between the utilization of several food components by
the six species considered, despite an overlap in their
microhabitats and food resources.
The gut-contents of Drusus annulatus, Tinodes rostocki, and
Micrasema longulum contained a high proportion of diatoms,
whereas cyanobacteria were abundant in Apatania fimbriata and D.
annulatus. There were fewer algae, but higher proportions of
detritus, in Agapetus fuscipes and Silo pallipes.
Seasonal variability in periphyton composition was partly
reflected in the larval gut-contents. A diatom maximum in
spring was utilized by all species, but a second maximum in
autumn was only reflected in the diets of D. annulatus, T.
rostocki, and M. longulum. A. fuscipes consumed similar
proportions of diatoms in the spring and summer. The summer
cyanobacteria maximum in periphyton was particularly conspicuous
in the diets of A. fimbriata and D. annulatus. POM (< 5-mu-m)
was consumed the most between April and July, while POM (> 5-mu-
m in the larval guts increased in the autumn and winter.
The guts of A. fibriata and D. annulatus contained algae in
similar proportions to the local periphyton. T. rostocki and M.
longulum contained higher proportions of diatoms. A cluster
analysis analysis revealed three species groupings: A. fuscipes
and S. pallipes showed the most distinct trophic niche overlap,
followed by A. fimbriata and D. annulatus. T. rostocki and M.
longulum were combined in one group at a lower similarity level.
Differences in foraging strategies among the six larval
species are discussed. Significant differences between the
utilization of several food components reduced the likelihood of
any inter-specific competition for high quality food resources.
Ручейники: Leptoceridae, экология.
Authors: Towns-DR
Title: Ecology of Leptocerid Caddisfly Larvae in an
Intermittent South Australian Stream Receiving
Eucalyptus Litter
Source: FRESHWATER BIOLOGY
1991, Vol 25, Iss 1, pp 117-129
Language: English
Document type: Article
Addresses:
UNIV-ADELAIDE, DEPT ZOOL, ADELAIDE, SA 5001, AUSTRALIA
Keywords Plus:
RIVER CONTINUUM CONCEPT; NORTHERN JARRAH FOREST;
ZELANDOPSYCHE-INGENS TRICHOPTERA; NEW-ZEALAND STREAM;
WESTERN-AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; LEAF LITTER;
MACROINVERTEBRATES; ECOSYSTEMS; DECOMPOSITION
Abstract:
1. Brown Hill Creek, a small intermittent stream in dry
sclerophyll forest in South Australia, flows for about 6 months
during winter and spring. When flow ceases the stream dries to
isolated pools which receive high summer inputs of Eucalyptus
obliqua litter. Decomposition of this material in remnant pools
causes extremely dark waters and depressed oxygen concentrations
for up to 90 days.
2. Only two fully aquatic insect species, Leptorussa
darlingtoni and Lectrides varians (Trichoptera: Leptoceridae),
persist under these conditions. Both utilize litter as food,
but have different feeding strategies. The more abundant L.
darlingtoni ingests organic and microbial material from leaf
surfaces, whereas L. varians is a leaf shredder.
3. Larval processing budgets based on laboratory and field
experiments indicated that L. varians has a greater impact on
litter decomposition rates than L. darlingtoni. However,
because of low density, low oxygen concentrations in pools
during summer, and rapid flushing of litter from pools once flow
recommences, L. varians larvae process a small proportion of the
total litter input.
Ручейники: Hydropsychidae.
Authors: Hideux-P Elouard-JM Troubat-JJ
Title: Broading and Life-Cycle of Cheumatopsyche-Digitata
(Trichoptera, Hydropsychidae)
Source: ARCHIV FUR HYDROBIOLOGIE
1991, Vol 122, Iss 4, pp 493-512
Language: French
Document type: Article
Addresses:
ORSTOM, AV VAL MONTFERRAND, BP 5045, F-34032 MONTPELLIER,
FRANCE
ORSTOM, BAMAKO, MALI
Keywords Plus:
SPINNING CADDISFLIES TRICHOPTERA; MAYFLY SPECIES
EPHEMEROPTERA; IVORY-COAST; SIMULIUM-DAMNOSUM; AQUATIC
INSECTS; FOOD QUALITY; LAKE OUTLET; DENSITY; LARVAE; STREAM
Abstract:
A running water breeding apparatus, the ''fluvarium'', made
up of several gutters, allows the larvae of the caddis fly to go
through their larval and pupal development and then to emerge.
Several experiments carried out in different conditions have
allowed the authors to estimate the duration of the life cycle
and to distinguish the preferences of the larvae as regards
current speed, water temperature, food quality and quantity and
dissolved oxygen. The information obtained from this breeding is
compared with field information concerning the biology of this
species as well as with information from literature about the
Cheumatopsyche in general.
Ручейники: биология Hydropsyche.
Authors: Kerans-BL
Title: Season and Body Size Influence Movement of Hydropsychid
Caddisfly Larvae (Trichoptera, Hydropsychidae)
Source: CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES
1992, Vol 49, Iss 2, pp 259-265
Source: CAN J FISHERIES AQUAT SCI
1992, Vol 49, Iss 2, pp 259-265
Addresses:
OHIO-STATE-UNIV, DEPT ZOOL, COLUMBUS, OH 43210, USA
Abstract:
Movement patterns of fifth-instar Hydropsyche slossonae
larvae were investigated in artificial streams. In the first
choice experiment, larvae were released into a central area and
their upstream or downstream crawling or drifting was monitored.
A second experiment used the same design; however, fifth instars
collected during spring and fall were divided into two,
nonoverlapping, relative size-classes (large and small) to
determine how these factors influenced movement parameters. In
both experiments, larvae always drifted more frequently than
they crawled, but in experiment 2, drifting tendency declined
with increasing weight in spring. In both experiments, there
was no statistically detectable directional bias to crawling nor
change in relative crawling direction with season or size-class.
In experiment 2, drifting larvae were lighter than nondrifting
larvae in the large size-class, but equal in weight in the small
size-class. This result was unrelated to absolute weight, as
large size-class larvae in fall were similar in weight to small
size-class larvae in spring. It is possible that the relative
weight differential of drifting and nondrifting larvae in one
size-class but not the other may be related to sexual rather
than body size differences.
Ручейники: биология Sericostoma.
Authors: Wagner-R
Title: The Influence of the Diel Activity Pattern of the Larvae
of Sericostoma-Personatum (Kirby and Spence)
(Trichoptera) on Organic-Matter Distribution in Stream-
Bed Sediments - A Laboratory Study
Source: HYDROBIOLOGIA
1991, Vol 224, Iss 2, pp 65-70
Addresses:
MAX-PLANCK-INST-LIMNOL, LIMNOL FLUSSSTN, POSTFACH 260, W-6407
SCHLITZ, GERMANY
Diel patterns in mobility and feeding behaviour of the
larvae of the stream-dwelling trichopteran Sericostoma
personatum larvae were investigated. Larvae fed at night on
coarse particulate organic matter (CPOM) at the sediment
surface. In the daytime they rested a few cm below the sediment
surface, during which time their defaecation activity effected a
release of fine particulate organic matter (FPOM) into the
sediment. The amount of faeces (mean particle size = 0.1 +/-
0.044 mm, x +/- SD, n = 500) introduced into the sediment by the
larvae, evaluated in two experiments, was 0.4-0.56 mg day-1.
This amount did not differ significantly from the organic input
resulting from bacterial activity (0.36-0.64 mg day-1). The
presence of S. personatum larvae increased the sediment organic
content by 42.9 mg (75.8%) and 59.8 mg (185.6%) AFDW per 16 cm3
sediment over a 90-day period, as compared with control systems
containing no larvae.
Ручейники: питание Lepidostoma.
Authors: Whiles-MR Wallace-JB Chung-K
Title: The Influence of Lepidostoma (Trichoptera,
Lepidostomatidae) on Recovery of Leaf-Litter Processing
in Disturbed Headwater Streams
Source: AMERICAN MIDLAND NATURALIST
1993, Vol 130, Iss 2, pp 356-363
Addresses:
UNIV-GEORGIA, DEPT ENTOMOL, BIOSCI BLDG, ATHENS, GA 30602, USA
Abstract:
Two headwater streams draining catchments 53 and 54 (C53
and C54, respectively) at the Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory in
western North Carolina were treated with insecticide in 1980
(C53) and 1986-1988 (C54). During recovery periods in both
streams, Lepidostoma spp. were abundant, early colonizers.
Densities of Lepidostoma in litterbags and benthic samples
collected from recovering streams were substantially higher than
in untreated streams (pretreatment and reference streams).
During treatment years, leaf-litter processing rates were
severely reduced relative to pretreatment and reference streams.
In contrast, litter processing rates in C53 and C54 during
recovery were faster than those in untreated streams
(pretreatment and reference). Rhododendron is one of the most
refractory leaves commonly found in Coweeta streams; however,
percent increase of rhododendron processing rates from treatment
periods to recovery was greater than that of more labile red
maple. Laboratory feeding experiments were performed in order to
examine and quantify use of rhododendron and red maple litter by
Lepidostoma larvae. In the laboratory, Lepidostoma consumed
significantly more rhododendron (1.062 mg AFDM/mg AFDM body
wt/day) than red maple (0.479 mg AFDM/mg AFDM body wt/day) (P =
0.001). Results suggest that changes in the taxonomic
composition of stream macroinvertebrate communities due to
disturbance may have significant effects on ecosystem processes
for at least 2 yr after termination of disturbance. Lepidostoma
colonize rapidly following disturbance, enhancing the
restoration of vital ecosystem processes such as litter
decomposition in Coweeta streams.
Влияние температуры и пищи: ручейники, мошки.
Authors: Fuller-RL Fry-TJ
Title: The Influence of Temperature and Food Quality on the
Growth of Hydropsyche-Betteni (Trichoptera) and Simulium-
Vittatum (Diptera)
Source: JOURNAL OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY
1991, Vol 6, Iss 1, pp 75-86
Language: English
Document type: Article
Addresses:
COLGATE-UNIV, DEPT BIOL, HAMILTON, NY 13346, USA
Keywords Plus:
SOUTHERN ONTARIO; AQUATIC INSECTS; FEEDING ECOLOGY; STREAM;
DIET; PLECOPTERA; EPHEMEROPTERA; BACTERIA; PATTERNS; ALGAE
Abstract:
Growth responses of Simulium vittatum and Hydropsyche
betteni were observed at 5 C, 14 C and 20 C while on diets
restricted to sterile or conditioned fine particulate leaf
detritus (FPOM), cultured bacteria (Escherichia coli), a
filamentous cyanobacterium (Oscillatoria lutea), two eukaryotic
algae (Ulothrix confervicola and diatoms), and Daphnia magna (H.
betteni only). Simulium showed little growth at 5 C regardless
of food type; however, at 14 C growth of Simulium on conditioned
leaf FPOM and O. lutea was greater than on sterile leaf FPOM or
U. confervicola all of which resulted in lower growth rates than
E. coli and diatoms. Growth was highest at 20 C, with all foods
producing similar growth responses except sterile leaf FPOM,
which produced a lower growth rate. Hydropsyche betteni also
grew little or not at all at 5 C but showed positive growth on
all foods at 14 C; furthermore, at 14 C, growth on algae and
Daphnia was higher than for detrital/bacterial or cyanobacterial
foods. At 20 C growth was negative on detrital FPOM, E. coli
and O. lutea but positive on diatoms and Daphnia. These data
suggest that colder temperatures restricted growth of both test
animals regardless of food quality. Also, H. betteni could not
use detrital/bacterial foods as a sole source of energy
(especially at temperatures greater-than-or-equal-to 20 C)
whereas Simulium grew equally well on algae, cyanobacteria and
bacteria either alone or associated with detritus. Differences
in growth responses to temperature and food type may help
explain observed differences in distribution and abundance of
these two species below lake outlets with epilimnial versus
hypolimnial releases.
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