Linkages among land-use, water quality, physical habitat conditions and selected macroinevertebrate assemblages of the Hron River (Slovakia)

BULÁNKOVÁ, Eva and Danka NÉMETHOVÁ. Linkages among land-use, water quality, physical habitat conditions and selected macroinevertebrate assemblages of the Hron River (Slovakia). Acta Universitatis Carolinae Environmentalica. Praha: Karolinum, 2007, vol. 21, 1-2, p. 35-46. ISSN 0862-6529.

Basic information

• Original name: Linkages among land-use, water quality, physical habitat conditions and selected macroinevertebrate assemblages of the Hron River (Slovakia)
• Name in Czech: Linkages among land-use, water quality, physical habitat conditions and selected macroinevertebrate assemblages of the Hron River (Slovakia)
• Authors: BULÁNKOVÁ, Eva (703 Slovakia) and Danka NÉMETHOVÁ (703 Slovakia, guarantor).
• Edition: Acta Universitatis Carolinae Environmentalica, Praha, Karolinum, 2007, 0862-6529.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Article in a journal
• 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/00216224:14310/07:00023881
• Organization unit: Faculty of Science
• Keywords in English: river habitat survey; endangered species; Atherix ibis; Aphelocheirus aestivalis; Onychogomphus forcipatus
• Tags: Aphelocheirus aestivalis, Atherix ibis, endangered species, Onychogomphus forcipatus, river habitat survey
• Tags: International impact, Reviewed

Abstract

Fourteen sampling sites belonging to four stream zones (epirhithral, metarhithral, hyporhithral, epipotamal) of the Hron River were investigated. At each site, geomorphological, physical (using the River Habitat Survey), chemical and biological data were collected. In 2003 and 2004, macroinvertebrates were collected in two-month intervals with the exception of three winter months; the River Habitat Survey was carried out during summer 2003 and 2004. A total of 1759 individuals representing 8 Odonata taxa, 3 Heteroptera taxa and 25 Diptera (excl. Chironomidae, Simuliidae) taxa were collected, some of them are endangered (Aphelocheirus aestivalis, Heteroptera; Atherix ibis, Diptera) or vulnerable (Onychogomphus forcipatus, Odonata) in Europe. These species are mostly limited to the lowland part of the Hron River. Canonical Corresponce Analysis based on hydromorphological features and physicochemical variables confirmed that macroinvertebrates of the selected sites correspond with original stream zones in the whole catchment.

Abstract (in Czech)

Fourteen sampling sites belonging to four stream zones (epirhithral, metarhithral, hyporhithral, epipotamal) of the Hron River were investigated. At each site, geomorphological, physical (using the River Habitat Survey), chemical and biological data were collected. In 2003 and 2004, macroinvertebrates were collected in two-month intervals with the exception of three winter months; the River Habitat Survey was carried out during summer 2003 and 2004. A total of 1759 individuals representing 8 Odonata taxa, 3 Heteroptera taxa and 25 Diptera (excl. Chironomidae, Simuliidae) taxa were collected, some of them are endangered (Aphelocheirus aestivalis, Heteroptera; Atherix ibis, Diptera) or vulnerable (Onychogomphus forcipatus, Odonata) in Europe. These species are mostly limited to the lowland part of the Hron River. Canonical Corresponce Analysis based on hydromorphological features and physicochemical variables confirmed that macroinvertebrates of the selected sites correspond with original stream zones in the whole catchment.

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• MSM0021622412, plan (intention): Name: Interakce mezi chemickými látkami, prostředím a biologickými systémy a jejich důsledky na globální, regionální a lokální úrovni (INCHEMBIOL) (Acronym: INCHEMBIOL)

Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, Interactions among the chemicals, environment and biological systems and their consequences on the global, regional and local scales (INCHEMBIOL)