PAŘIL, Petr, Marek POLÁŠEK, Barbora LOSKOTOVÁ, Michal STRAKA, Julie CRABOT and Thibault DATRY. An unexpected source of invertebrate community recovery in intermittent streams from a humid continental climate. Freshwater Biology. Oxford: Wiley, 2019, vol. 64, No 11, p. 1971-1983. ISSN 0046-5070. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13386.
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Original name An unexpected source of invertebrate community recovery in intermittent streams from a humid continental climate
Authors PAŘIL, Petr (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Marek POLÁŠEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Barbora LOSKOTOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Michal STRAKA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Julie CRABOT (250 France) and Thibault DATRY (250 France).
Edition Freshwater Biology, Oxford, Wiley, 2019, 0046-5070.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 10617 Marine biology, freshwater biology, limnology
Country of publisher United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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Impact factor Impact factor: 3.835
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14310/19:00110193
Organization unit Faculty of Science
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13386
UT WoS 000490904700007
Keywords in English temporary rivers; tolerance; similarity; drying; global change
Tags rivok
Tags International impact, Reviewed
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Abstract
1. Intermittent streams are naturally dominant landscape features of Mediterranean and arid regions, but also occur more and more in humid climates, such as in the Czech Republic. Organism abilities to cope with drying (i.e. resistance forms) have been quantified in naturally intermittent streams from Mediterranean and arid regions, in which long-term flow intermittence patterns have promoted physiological adaptations. In contrast, the capacity of aquatic communities to persist without requiring resistance adaptations under recent intermittent flow regimes in more humid climates is virtually unexplored, along with its contribution to community recovery upon rewetting. 2. Here, we addressed the ability of aquatic invertebrates devoid of specific desiccation-resistance forms (e.g. cysts or eggs) to cope with climate change-induced flow intermittence from rivers in continental climate. Owing to the high relative air humidity, the importance of riparian cover and the short duration of drying events, we expected taxonomically and functionally rich communities to persist in the dry streambed during phases with no surface water and to contribute to community recovery upon flow resumption. 3. To explore these ideas, we collected invertebrate communities in the riverbeds before, during and after drying from 10 intermittent rivers in the Czech Republic. We quantified the pool of organisms remaining alive in the dry riverbeds and determined its taxonomic and functional contribution to the recovery of benthic communities upon rewetting. 4. 83% of organisms collected, belonging to 22 taxa, were able to survive during the dry phase without producing desiccation-resistance forms. This pool of organisms contributed substantially both taxonomically and functionally to the quick recovery of benthic communities. The exponential decrease in taxonomic and functional richness implies an initial quick loss of sensitive taxa, while a pool of less sensitive taxa persisted long in the dry riverbeds hence contributing to the fast community recovery upon rewetting. 5. Survival rates of active aquatic macroinvertebrates devoid of specific desiccation-resistance adaptations have rarely been quantified. Likely promoted by benign environmental conditions prevailing on dry riverbeds in this study, their survival demonstrated the need to protect communities in dry riverbed and their adjacent riparian environments so that assemblages can recover rapidly from short periods without river flow. Riparian forest management along intermittent streams from continental climates could help conserve the value of dry streambeds as source of resilience for riverine communities.
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Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, INTER-COST
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