TOMANOVÁ TEDESCO, Sylvie. RIVER HABITAT TEMPLET IN NEOTROPICAL STREAMS: A STUDY CASE ON MACROINVERTEBRATE SPECIES TRAITS. In Symposium RIVER BOTTOM VI Book of Abstracts. 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita v Brně, 2005, p. 65.
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Original name RIVER HABITAT TEMPLET IN NEOTROPICAL STREAMS: A STUDY CASE ON MACROINVERTEBRATE SPECIES TRAITS
Name in Czech Vliv prostředí v neotropických tocích: případová studie na vlastnostech druhů bezobratlých
Authors TOMANOVÁ TEDESCO, Sylvie (203 Czech Republic, guarantor).
Edition 1. vyd. Brno, Symposium RIVER BOTTOM VI Book of Abstracts, p. 65-65, 2005.
Publisher Masarykova univerzita v Brně
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Original language English
Type of outcome Proceedings paper
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/00216224:14310/05:00012854
Organization unit Faculty of Science
Keywords in English species traits; fuzzy codes; spatial heterogeneity; temporal variability
Tags fuzzy codes, spatial heterogeneity, species traits, temporal variability
Tags International impact
Changed by Changed by: Mgr. Sylvie Tomanová, Ph.D., učo 20975. Changed: 14/5/2007 15:28.
Abstract
The River Habitat Templet theory predicts that habitat acts as a filter for a particular set of species traits. The present study examines this prediction in relation to spatial and temporal variability of four headwater tropical streams in Bolivia (South America). First, I studied and transcribed to fuzzy codes 8 traits of 82 neotropical taxa: i) food, ii) feeding habits, iii) respiration, iv) maximal body size, v) body flexibility, vi) body form, vii) specific adaptations to flow stress and viii) mobility and attachment to substrate. Co-inertia analysis was used to examine the relationship between organism traits composition and habitat types. Trends in organism traits were significantly related to spatial and temporal variability of habitats (r = 0.59; p < 0.001). The results show that increasing availability of refugia (large substrate) can reduce the effect of disturbance. Consequently, species with traits considered as disadvantageous in harsh flow conditions (e.g. very large organisms, surface swimmers, organisms with spherical body without flexibility) can still persist in disturbed habitats. General hypothesis of River Habitat Templet that present day habitat conditions in terms of disturbance (temporal variability) and abundance of refugia (spatial variability) are matched by present day traits in organisms is supported by my observations. The present study is, to my knowledge, the first attempt to code the traits of neotropical insect genera. This could be useful for future functional comparisons between macroinvertebrate communities of South America, or also for testing the convergence or divergence of species traits between different biogeographical realms
Abstract (in Czech)
The River Habitat Templet theory predicts that habitat acts as a filter for a particular set of species traits. The present study examines this prediction in relation to spatial and temporal variability of four headwater tropical streams in Bolivia (South America). First, I studied and transcribed to fuzzy codes 8 traits of 82 neotropical taxa: i) food, ii) feeding habits, iii) respiration, iv) maximal body size, v) body flexibility, vi) body form, vii) specific adaptations to flow stress and viii) mobility and attachment to substrate. Co-inertia analysis was used to examine the relationship between organism traits composition and habitat types. Trends in organism traits were significantly related to spatial and temporal variability of habitats (r = 0.59; p < 0.001). The results show that increasing availability of refugia (large substrate) can reduce the effect of disturbance. Consequently, species with traits considered as disadvantageous in harsh flow conditions (e.g. very large organisms, surface swimmers, organisms with spherical body without flexibility) can still persist in disturbed habitats. General hypothesis of River Habitat Templet that present day habitat conditions in terms of disturbance (temporal variability) and abundance of refugia (spatial variability) are matched by present day traits in organisms is supported by my observations. The present study is, to my knowledge, the first attempt to code the traits of neotropical insect genera. This could be useful for future functional comparisons between macroinvertebrate communities of South America, or also for testing the convergence or divergence of species traits between different biogeographical realms
Links
GA206/02/0902, research and development projectName: Životní strategie meio-makrozoobentosu tekoucích vod
Investor: Czech Science Foundation, Life strategy of stream meio-macroinvertebrates
MSM 143100010, plan (intention)Name: Časoprostorová dynamika biodiverzity v ekosystémech střední Evropy.
Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, Spatiotemporal biodiversity dynamics in ecosystems of Central Europe
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