Environmental filtering of aquatic insects in spring fens: patterns of species-specific responses related to specialist-generalist categorization

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14310%2F17%3A00094947" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14310/17:00094947 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-017-3169-4" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-017-3169-4</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-017-3169-4" target="_blank" >10.1007/s10750-017-3169-4</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Environmental filtering of aquatic insects in spring fens: patterns of species-specific responses related to specialist-generalist categorization

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Environmental factors driving compositional changes of headwater aquatic assemblages have been widely studied as these habitats are among the most vulnerable environments and host diverse and species-rich assemblages. However, responses of individual species to multiple environmental gradients remain poorly known, despite such information being essential for understanding the differences in metacommunity structuring. This study aims to explore species-specific responses to the main environmental gradients in Central European spring fens and to assess the responses in relation to the specialist-generalist categorization of species. In total, the responses of 40 species were analysed by GLM, cluster analysis and PCA. Spring-fen specialists responded predominantly to water temperature and the proportion of fine particulate organic matter in the substratum, while generalists responded mainly to flow conditions and oxygenation in the combination with various substratum characteristics. Our results revealed that it is not easy to find general patterns in species responses to environmental gradients. However, we found a clear distinction between specialist and generalist species in how the local environment affects their successful colonization and establishment of viable population. This result emphasizes the need to consider species specialization in future ecological studies of aquatic spring biota.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Environmental filtering of aquatic insects in spring fens: patterns of species-specific responses related to specialist-generalist categorization

Popis výsledku anglicky

Environmental factors driving compositional changes of headwater aquatic assemblages have been widely studied as these habitats are among the most vulnerable environments and host diverse and species-rich assemblages. However, responses of individual species to multiple environmental gradients remain poorly known, despite such information being essential for understanding the differences in metacommunity structuring. This study aims to explore species-specific responses to the main environmental gradients in Central European spring fens and to assess the responses in relation to the specialist-generalist categorization of species. In total, the responses of 40 species were analysed by GLM, cluster analysis and PCA. Spring-fen specialists responded predominantly to water temperature and the proportion of fine particulate organic matter in the substratum, while generalists responded mainly to flow conditions and oxygenation in the combination with various substratum characteristics. Our results revealed that it is not easy to find general patterns in species responses to environmental gradients. However, we found a clear distinction between specialist and generalist species in how the local environment affects their successful colonization and establishment of viable population. This result emphasizes the need to consider species specialization in future ecological studies of aquatic spring biota.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

10600 - Biological sciences

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GA16-03881S" target="_blank" >GA16-03881S: Koexistence vodních bezobratlých na prameništních slatiništích: úloha abiotické heterogenity a biotických interakcí na regionální a lokální škále</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2017

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Hydrobiologia

ISSN

0018-8158

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

797

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

NL - Nizozemsko

Počet stran výsledku

12

Strana od-do

159-170

Kód UT WoS článku

000404174200012

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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