The effects of small-scale heterogeneity on biomonitoring of desmid phytobenthos in Central European temperate mountain peatlands
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-025-05879-1" target="_blank" >10.1007/s10750-025-05879-1</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The effects of small-scale heterogeneity on biomonitoring of desmid phytobenthos in Central European temperate mountain peatlands
Original language description
Biomonitoring of the ecological status of peatlands is often based on the analysis of the dominant groups of phytobenthos, such as desmids (Desmidiales, Zygnematophyceae, Streptophyta). The most commonly used framework is based on the NCV index, which assesses the conservation value of wetlands based on the ecological traits of the desmid taxa comprising the natural assemblages. However, microphytobenthos is often characterized by remarkable small-scale variability even within ecologically homogeneous sites, and it is not clear how this heterogeneity affects the indicative values of individual samples. In this study, we compared the community structure and the NCV index scores of 32 samples collected on a microscale level in two mountain peatland pools in the Ore Mts. (Czech Republic). The observed variability was compared with regional data from a total of 96 sites. The results showed not only a significant spatial autocorrelation within individual sites, but also a relatively stable community structure and corresponding NCV values in relation to regional variation. This shows that reliable biomonitoring of peatland localities can be based on a relatively small number of samples from each pool, as the NCV index provides a robust framework compared to the small-scale variability within these localities.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10611 - Plant sciences, botany
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA22-20989S" target="_blank" >GA22-20989S: Desmids under the climate change – desiccation and temperature stress in mountainous peat bogs and fens</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Hydrobiologia
ISSN
0018-8158
e-ISSN
1573-5117
Volume of the periodical
852
Issue of the periodical within the volume
18
Country of publishing house
NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS
Number of pages
12
Pages from-to
4609-4620
UT code for WoS article
001467082700001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-105003305954