The role of Gammarus fossarum populations as an indicator of
previous stream drying

k 2019

The role of Gammarus fossarum populations as an indicator of previous stream drying

DOSTÁLOVÁ, Alena and Petr PAŘIL

Basic information

Original name

The role of Gammarus fossarum populations as an indicator of previous stream drying

Name in Czech

Role populací druhu Gammarus fossarum jako indikátorů předchozího vyschnutí toku

Authors

DOSTÁLOVÁ, Alena (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Petr PAŘIL (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Book of abstracts, 11th Symposium for European Freshwater Sciences (SEFS 11), June 30–July 5, 2019, Zagreb, Croatia, p. 257, 2019

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Prezentace na konferencích

Field of Study

10600 1.6 Biological sciences

Country of publisher

Croatia

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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URL

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/19:00110107

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

Keywords (in Czech)

vysychavé potoky; Gammarus fossarum; populační struktura; fekundita; rekolonizace; Česká republika

Keywords in English

intermittent streams; Gammarus fossarum; population structure; fecundity; recolonization; Czech Republic

Abstract

V originále

Increasing stream flow intermittence is one of the long-term effects of climate change in the Czech Republic. Episodes of stream drying can strongly affect the whole aquatic invertebrate communities and even change the population structure of some species. One of the amphipods, Gammarus fossarum, an inhabitant of small, often drying streams, widespread across the whole Czech Republic, lacks any drought-resistant stages and is therefore strongly affected by dry episodes. We studied changes in its population structure across 12 pairs of intermittent and perennial streams in years 2012-2016 and discovered, that populations from intermittent streams have a higher proportion of larger males and a lower proportion of juveniles in comparison to populations of perennial streams. This finding supports the hypothesis that a higher male recolonisation ability is related to bigger body size and therefore higher overall mobility. Comparison of fecundity in natural residual pools and nearby streams in 2017 also indicated a lower proportion of breeding females in natural residual pools, probably caused by an increase in predation in overcrowded residual pools or overall stress in this highly unstable habitat. That could lead to possible egg loss and restricted population recovery after stream inundation. Our study confirms that population structure of Gammarus fossarum is one of the possible indicators of previous dry episodes on small streams across the Czech Republic.

Links

LTC17017, research and development project

Name: Validace bioindikačních metod jako nástrojů pro udržitelný management středoevropských vysychavých toků a přenos těchto metod do praxe (Acronym: InterStreaM)

Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, INTER-COST

Citovat

DOSTÁLOVÁ, Alena and Petr PAŘIL. The role of Gammarus fossarum populations as an indicator of previous stream drying. In Book of abstracts, 11th Symposium for European Freshwater Sciences (SEFS 11), June 30–July 5, 2019, Zagreb, Croatia, p. 257,. 2019.

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DOSTÁLOVÁ, Alena and Petr PAŘIL. The role of Gammarus fossarum populations as an indicator of previous stream drying. In \textit{Book of abstracts, 11th Symposium for European Freshwater Sciences (SEFS 11), June 30–July 5, 2019, Zagreb, Croatia, p. 257,}. 2019.

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