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- Title
Macroinvertebrate community response to large-woody debris additions in small warmwater streams.
- Authors
Hrodey, Peter; Kalb, Bryan; Sutton, Trent
- Abstract
Half-logs are a common restoration tool used to provide cover for fish in degraded streams. These structures may also provide a stable substrate for biofilm production and aquatic macroinvertebrate colonization. Half-logs ( N = 108) were installed into nine streams of the upper Wabash River basin, Indiana, in July 2003 to examine changes in aquatic macroinvertebrate community composition and functional guilds under varying land-use types. Following installation, half-logs were colonized and showed statistically significant increases in both relative abundance and taxa richness of macroinvertebrates over time. The number of Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, and Trichoptera (EPT) taxa collected from half-logs, as a percentage of total community composition, was positively related to the percentage of canopy coverage across streams and the relative abundance of shredder taxa utilizing half-logs decreased significantly with increasing canopy coverage. Forest streams exhibited significantly lower relative abundances of individuals colonizing half-logs (mean = 14.9 taxa/0.25 m2) than fallow field and agricultural streams (mean = 29.5 and 33.1, respectively). The percentage of pollution-tolerant taxa using half-logs was highest in fallow field streams (mean = 18.4%), followed by forest and agriculture systems (mean = 15.9% and 13. 9%, respectively). These results indicate that half-logs were colonized by aquatic macroinvertebrates and exhibited changes in community composition and functional feeding guilds over time and across land-use types. The extent of colonization and use of half-logs was largely dependent upon the pre-existing in-stream habitat quality and the predominant land-use type.
- Subjects
STREAM restoration monitoring; INVERTEBRATES; COARSE woody debris; HALF-timbered buildings; LOG transportation; LAND use; COLONIZATION (Ecology); PLANT canopies; FISHES
- Publication
Hydrobiologia, 2008, Vol 605, Issue 1, p193
- ISSN
0018-8158
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10750-008-9354-8