Different approaches to drought capture – how do aquatic invertebrates indicate dry episode in Central European streams?

POLÁŠEK, Marek, Petr PAŘIL, Světlana ZAHRÁDKOVÁ, Vít SYROVÁTKA, Lenka ŠIKULOVÁ, Michal STRAKA and Denisa NĚMEJCOVÁ. Different approaches to drought capture – how do aquatic invertebrates indicate dry episode in Central European streams? In 6th EGU Leonardo conference HYPERDROUGHTS, Prague, 13-14 November 2014. 2014.

Basic information

• Original name: Different approaches to drought capture – how do aquatic invertebrates indicate dry episode in Central European streams?
• Name in Czech: Různé přístupy k zachycení sucha - jak mohou vodní bezobratlí indikovat epizody sucha v středoevropských tocích?
• Authors: POLÁŠEK, Marek (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Petr PAŘIL (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Světlana ZAHRÁDKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic), Vít SYROVÁTKA (203 Czech Republic), Lenka ŠIKULOVÁ (203 Czech Republic), Michal STRAKA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Denisa NĚMEJCOVÁ (203 Czech Republic).
• Edition: 6th EGU Leonardo conference HYPERDROUGHTS, Prague, 13-14 November 2014, 2014.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Conference abstract
• Field of Study: 10600 1.6 Biological sciences
• Country of publisher: Czech Republic
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14310/14:00077350
• Organization unit: Faculty of Science
• Keywords (in Czech): vodní bezobratlí; bioindikace vysychání; Ephemeroptera; Plecoptera; Trichoptera
• Keywords in English: aquatic macroinvertebrates; drought bioindication; Ephemeroptera; Plecoptera; Trichoptera

Abstract

Global climate change brings a new phenomenona to Central Europe - drying up (interruption of surface flow) of small brooks and rivers (up to the 4th Strahler’s order). The project’s “Drying up of streams during climate change” (acronym BIODROUGHT) main goals: retrospective indication of dry episode based on the analysis of taxonomic and functional composition of benthic macroinvertebrate communities maps of vulnerability to drying up of small streams and rivers. This poster presents the preliminary results of the reaction of EPT (Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, Trichoptera) taxa to drying up of streams. For further information about our project, please visit www.biodrought.eu.