Temporal and spatial dynamics in aquatic macroinvertebrate communities along a small urban stream
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60076658%3A12310%2F18%3A43897538" target="_blank" >RIV/60076658:12310/18:43897538 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2Fs12665-018-7735-5.pdf" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2Fs12665-018-7735-5.pdf</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12665-018-7735-5" target="_blank" >10.1007/s12665-018-7735-5</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Temporal and spatial dynamics in aquatic macroinvertebrate communities along a small urban stream
Original language description
Urbanization is a current and increasing threat to biodiversity. The effects of urbanization on the functional and taxonomic composition of macroinvertebrate assemblages were investigated in two seasons along a small urban stream. Species composition was determined by the rate of urbanization; however, response of species richness could not be evidenced. Relative abundance of the sensitive macroinvertebrate groups (EPT%) was negatively related to urbanization. Almost all feeding groups showed a sharp decline in the number of specimens along the increase of urbanization. The study supports the view that urbanization has a negative effect on the biological quality of a stream, yet, this obvious impact can be overridden by different measures such as modification in streambed morphology. The altered conditions and new circumstances in urban environments lead to the creation of novel ecosystems, inhabited by macroinvertebrate communities with species richness approaching that of low impacted sites. However, species composition of these communities could be basically different from that of the natural ones.
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
10511 - Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7)
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2018
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Environmental Earth Sciences
ISSN
1866-6280
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
77
Issue of the periodical within the volume
15
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
10
Pages from-to
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UT code for WoS article
000440654600003
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85050981257