The harpacticoid assemblages (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) in the
Western Carpathian spring fens in relation to environmental
variables and habitat age

J 2015

The harpacticoid assemblages (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) in the Western Carpathian spring fens in relation to environmental variables and habitat age

ZHAI, Marie, Dana HŘÍVOVÁ a Tomáš PETERKA

Základní údaje

Originální název

The harpacticoid assemblages (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) in the Western Carpathian spring fens in relation to environmental variables and habitat age

Autoři

ZHAI, Marie (203 Česká republika, garant, domácí), Dana HŘÍVOVÁ (203 Česká republika, domácí) a Tomáš PETERKA (203 Česká republika, domácí)

Vydání

Limnologica, 2015, 0075-9511

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

10600 1.6 Biological sciences

Stát vydavatele

Německo

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

URL

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 1.403

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14310/15:00081002

Organizační jednotka

Přírodovědecká fakulta

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.limno.2015.07.001

UT WoS

000361405900010

Klíčová slova anglicky

Harpacticoids; Spring fens; Nutrients; pH; Climate; Habitat age; Species richness

Štítky

AKR, rivok

Změněno: 2. 3. 2018 12:55, Mgr. Lucie Jarošová, DiS.

Anotace

V originále

Harpacticoids are an important component of meiofaunal assemblages in springs. No information so far has been available on harpacticoid assemblages of the Western Carpathian spring fens, unique biotopes of high conservation value which cover a very long gradient of mineral content of groundwater, due to the variable geological background setting. Spring fens are isolated habitats of different age which can be assessed by radiocarbon dating of their basal sediment layers. This enables to test a possible effect of habitat age on species composition and species richness. In this study, we examined harpacticoid assemblages in 50 permanent tree-less spring fens (helocrenes) in the Western Carpathians (Slovakia and Czech Republic). In total, 20 harpacticoid species were recorded. Three significant explanatory variables, Ellenberg Indicator Values of plant community for nutrients, in situ measured pH, and average January temperature, explained together 19.0% (adj. 13.7%) of the total variance in the species composition data. The relationships of harpacticoids to these three explanatory variables were species specific and no uniform response of the total assemblage to the environmental variables was found (in terms of total abundance and number of species). The only exception was the influence of overall unfavourable conditions in the mineral-poor acidic Sphagnum-fens. Despite a significant correlation between habitat age and species density we found no clear evidence that any colonisation driven process could influence the number of harpacticoid species within the tested time scale. We hypothesize that rather other habitat characteristics connected with age, i.e. habitat heterogeneity and stability, may be determinant for species richness. The occurrence of some species was clearly geographically limited, but due to the spatial structuring of significant environmental variables no conclusion on dispersal limitations could be made.

Návaznosti

GAP505/11/0779, projekt VaV

Název: Vliv faktorů prostředí a schopnosti šíření na skladbu taxocenóz vodních bezobratlých v izolovaných prameništních slatiništích (Akronym: Bezobratlí v prameništních slatiništích)

Investor: Grantová agentura ČR, Vliv faktorů prostředí a schopnosti šíření na skladbu taxocenóz vodních bezobratlých v izolovaných prameništních slatiništích

Citovat

ZHAI, Marie, Dana HŘÍVOVÁ a Tomáš PETERKA. The harpacticoid assemblages (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) in the Western Carpathian spring fens in relation to environmental variables and habitat age. Limnologica. 2015, roč. 53, July, s. 84-94. ISSN 0075-9511. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.limno.2015.07.001.

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ZHAI, Marie, Dana HŘÍVOVÁ a Tomáš PETERKA. The harpacticoid assemblages (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) in the Western Carpathian spring fens in relation to environmental variables and habitat age. \textit{Limnologica}. 2015, roč.~53, July, s.~84-94. ISSN~0075-9511. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.limno.2015.07.001.

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