PAŘIL, Petr, Marek POLÁŠEK, Michal STRAKA, Barbora LOSKOTOVÁ, Alena DOSTÁLOVÁ, Jan ŠUPINA, Kateřina ŠUMBEROVÁ and Vendula POLÁŠKOVÁ. Stream drying acceleration in Central Europe: Trends in aquatic and terrestrial communities. In Abstract book, 11th Symposium for European Freshwater Sciences (SEFS 11), June 30–July 5, 2019, Zagreb, Croatia, p.250. 2019.
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Original name Stream drying acceleration in Central Europe: Trends in aquatic and terrestrial communities
Authors PAŘIL, Petr (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Marek POLÁŠEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Michal STRAKA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Barbora LOSKOTOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Alena DOSTÁLOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Jan ŠUPINA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Kateřina ŠUMBEROVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Vendula POLÁŠKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution).
Edition Abstract book, 11th Symposium for European Freshwater Sciences (SEFS 11), June 30–July 5, 2019, Zagreb, Croatia, p.250, 2019.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Conference abstract
Field of Study 10617 Marine biology, freshwater biology, limnology
Country of publisher Croatia
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14310/19:00110117
Organization unit Faculty of Science
Keywords in English stream drying; supraseasonal drought; freezing; climate change; measures against drying
Changed by Changed by: doc. RNDr. Petr Pařil, Ph.D., učo 70751. Changed: 9/7/2019 17:40.
Abstract
Stream intermittency has expanded in the last 5 years over dominant part of the Czech Republic, where more than 50% streams at 1-4 Strahler order belongs to risk of frequent drying. Cumulative effect of supraseasonal drought can lead to a gradual change not only in aquatic communities but also triggers shifts in terrestrial assemblages which can use dry riverbed as a new type of habitat. Gravel bars can be rapidly colonised by vascular plants growing in surrounding riparian habitats/catchment and emerging from the sediment seedbank. For terrestrial invertebrate specialists can be the bare riverbed suitable refuges in the landscape lacking such habitats due to absence of natural disturbances. Similarly big terrestrial mammals can search for food in dry channels during flow cessation and later use them as preferable migratory corridors. Contrary to the expanding niche for terrestrial organisms, aquatic macroinvertebrates experience progressive reduction of habitats and time span to complete their life cycles. In response to this some taxa strongly reduced populations in previously perennial reaches. For very first time we observed new phenomena of delayed winter flow resumption (2-3 months latter then typically) associated with freezing of dry riverbed. All these new factors can lead due to its very fast onset to unpredictable changes in community structure and functioning (e.g. reduction of leaf packs decomposition by absence of aquatic macroinvertebrate autumn generations). Our research project (supported by grant LTC17017) explore some of these impacts using highly dynamic communities of rapidly changing streams in continental humid climate of Central Europe.
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LTC17017, research and development projectName: 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
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