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Principal determinants of aquatic macroinvertebrate communities in small shallow lakes and ponds

Authors: Frédéric Labat, Gabrielle Thiébaut, Christophe Piscart

Published in: Biodiversity and Conservation | Issue 11/2024

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Small Shallow Lakes and ponds (SSLs) provide numerous ecosystem services and harbour unique biodiversity. They are very vulnerable to human disturbances and play a central role in ecosystem functioning. In this study, we aimed to disentangle the role of environmental variables in the composition and richness of invertebrate communities using datasets collected from 143 French SSLs with minimal impact from human activities. The SSLs were sampled across four climatic ecoregions, encompassing various geologies and elevations. A hierarchical classification revealed a clear separation into two groups: (1) highland waterbodies and (2) lowland waterbodies. The main environmental variables identified by the db-RDA were elevation associated with climate, and the presence of fish, along with interrelated variables such as SSLs morphology. Generalised additive models GAMs that combined diversity and composition indices or taxonomic richness with determinant environmental variables demonstrated that (1) elevation, mesohabitat complexity and the presence of exotic crayfish strongly influenced the structure, richness, and composition of macroinvertebrate communities, and (2) the presence of fish had a significant impact only on community composition (e.g., reducing the relative richness of typical pond-swimmer taxa). Furthermore, even though connectivity with other waterbodies influenced the macroinvertebrate communities, its impact appeared to be less significant than elevation, climate, and local variables such as the presence of predators (fish or crayfish).

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Title: Principal determinants of aquatic macroinvertebrate communities in small shallow lakes and ponds
Authors: Frédéric Labat
Gabrielle Thiébaut
Christophe Piscart
Publication date: 25-07-2024
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published in: Biodiversity and Conservation / Issue 11/2024
Print ISSN: 0960-3115
Electronic ISSN: 1572-9710
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-024-02911-z

The habitat breadth of phyllostomid bats is partially determined by their diet and could be used as a predictor of extinction risk

Original Research

Forest fragmentation and connectivity in South American dry forests

Original Research

Conservation of the diversity of shade-tolerant plants of agricultural mosaics in the eastern Amazon

Original Research

Cross-boundary effects of human impacts on animal assemblages in the coastal zone

Open Access
Original Research

The influence of conservation policies and legislations on communities in Tanzania

Open Access
Original Research

Plant species richness in intensively managed temperate wet grasslands: current state and the importance of edge habitats

Open Access
Original Research