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DOI | 10.1016/j.limno.2017.04.003 |
Understanding factors structuring zooplankton and macroinvertebrate assemblages in ephemeral pans | |
Nhiwatiwa, Tamuka1,2; Brendonck, Luc3,4; Dalu, Tatenda5,6 | |
通讯作者 | Dalu, Tatenda |
来源期刊 | LIMNOLOGICA
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ISSN | 0075-9511 |
EISSN | 1873-5851 |
出版年 | 2017 |
卷号 | 64页码:11-19 |
英文摘要 | Ephemeral aquatic ecosystems have a global distribution being most abundant in semi-arid and arid regions. Due to anthropogenic impacts threatening these environments, there is a need to understand various factors and processes structuring animal communities in these habitats. Macroinvertebrate and zooplankton assemblages were studied in different ephemeral (i.e. flood plain, large endorheic and small endorheic) pans in the southeastern Lowveld of Zimbabwe in the wet season. Ten Cladoceran species, Calanoids and Cyclopoids taxa and thirty-three macroinvertebrate taxa were identified over the entire hydroperiod. Predator macroinvertebrates were the dominant taxa especially in endorheic pans. The pan categories differed significantly in both zooplankton and macroinvertebrates composition and richness, with zooplankton and macroinvertebrate taxa richness being high in flood plain pans. Conductivity, fish presence, hydroperiod, maximum depth, turbidity and vegetation cover played a major role in shaping both zooplankton and macroinvertebrate communities. The macroinvertebrate community assemblage reveals that small endorheic and flood plain pans represent extremes ends of the environmental gradient in the region while large endorheic pans represent an intermediate end. |
英文关键词 | Zooplankton Macroinvertebrates Ephemeral pans Endorheic Community |
类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Zimbabwe ; Belgium ; South Africa |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000404798100002 |
WOS关键词 | SPECIES RICHNESS ; TEMPORARY POOLS ; AQUATIC INSECTS ; HABITAT SIZE ; SOUTH-AFRICA ; PONDS ; COMMUNITIES ; HYDROPERIOD ; PATTERNS ; PROVINCE |
WOS类目 | Limnology |
WOS研究方向 | Marine & Freshwater Biology |
资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/201014 |
作者单位 | 1.Univ Zimbabwe, Biol Sci, POB MP 167, Harare, Zimbabwe; 2.Univ Lake Kariba Res Stn, POB 48, Kariba, Zimbabwe; 3.Katholieke Univ Leuven, Lab Aquat Ecol Evolut & Conservat, Charles Deberiotstr 32, B-3000 Louvain, Belgium; 4.North West Univ, Res Unit Environm Sci & Management, Potchefstroom Campus,P Bag X6001, ZA-2520 Potchefstroom, South Africa; 5.Rhodes Univ, Zool & Entomol, POB 94, ZA-6140 Grahamstown, South Africa; 6.South African Inst Aquat Biodivers, P Bag 1015, ZA-6140 Grahamstown, South Africa |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Nhiwatiwa, Tamuka,Brendonck, Luc,Dalu, Tatenda. Understanding factors structuring zooplankton and macroinvertebrate assemblages in ephemeral pans[J],2017,64:11-19. |
APA | Nhiwatiwa, Tamuka,Brendonck, Luc,&Dalu, Tatenda.(2017).Understanding factors structuring zooplankton and macroinvertebrate assemblages in ephemeral pans.LIMNOLOGICA,64,11-19. |
MLA | Nhiwatiwa, Tamuka,et al."Understanding factors structuring zooplankton and macroinvertebrate assemblages in ephemeral pans".LIMNOLOGICA 64(2017):11-19. |
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