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Macrozoobenthos response to environmental degradation in a heavily modified stream: case study the Upper Elbe River, Czech Republic
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SYSNO ASEP 0345536 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve WOS Title Macrozoobenthos response to environmental degradation in a heavily modified stream: case study the Upper Elbe River, Czech Republic Author(s) Adámek, Zdeněk (UBO-W) RID, SAI, ORCID
Orendt, C. (DE)
Wolfram, G. (AT)
Sychra, J. (CZ)Number of authors 4 Source Title Biologia. - : Springer - ISSN 0006-3088
Roč. 65, č. 3 (2010), s. 527-536Number of pages 10 s. Language eng - English Country PL - Poland Keywords macrozoobenthos ; pollution ; channelization ; degradation ; the Elbe River Subject RIV EH - Ecology, Behaviour CEZ AV0Z60930519 - UBO-W (2005-2011) UT WOS 000277003000020 EID SCOPUS 77951760577 DOI 10.2478/s11756-010-0043-5 Annotation Three successive stretches, each of them providing three different mesohabitats in stillwater (S), torrential (T) and riparian (R) zones were selected for evaluation of the impact of altered metapotamal river bed morphology (channelization) and chemical determinants of water quality on the Upper Elbe River. In downstream direction, the stretches are separated by weirs and characterized as a low polluted low modified natural stream (N), a low polluted channelized stream (C) and a channelized polluted stream (CP). Despite different levels of stream bed and water quality degradation, micro- and mesohabitat characteristics appeared to be the most important factors determining the diversity of macrozoobenthos in riffle (substrate size structure) and in shoreline (macrophyte community composition and structure) mesohabitats. The diversity of macroinvertebrate communities was highest in riparian mesohabitats compared to stillwater and torrential ones. Workplace Institute of Vertebrate Biology Contact Hana Slabáková, slabakova@ivb.cz, Tel.: 543 422 524 Year of Publishing 2011
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