DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2017.06.043
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-85021406228
论文题名: The influence of aquatic buffer zone vegetation on river macroinvertebrate communities
作者: Mc Conigley C. ; Lally H. ; Little D. ; O'Dea P. ; Kelly-Quinn M.
刊名: Forest Ecology and Management
ISSN: 0378-1127
出版年: 2017
卷: 400 起始页码: 621
结束页码: 630
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Conifer plantations
; Forestry
; Riparian buffer zones
; Sitka spruce
Scopus关键词: Ecosystems
; Forestry
; Minerals
; Plants (botany)
; Soils
; Timber
; Vegetation
; Conifer plantations
; Forestry operations
; Grassland habitat
; Macroinvertebrate community
; Management options
; Riparian buffer zones
; Sitka spruce
; Vegetation community
; Aquatic organisms
; Coniferophyta
; Ephemeroptera
; Picea sitchensis
; Plecoptera
英文摘要: Aquatic buffer zones (ABZs) are areas of the riparian zone managed to protect streams from the potential impacts of commercial conifer forests and associated forestry operations In Ireland. Previous research identified that the dominant vegetation communities in ABZs are wet grassland and scrub habitats and that the vegetation communities are broadly determined by the soil type (peaty or mineral). One of the primary management options available to forest managers is whether to plant native broadleaves in the ABZ or leave them to be naturally colonised. The present study sought to determine the degree to which the vegetation of ABZs influences the composition and structure of associated aquatic macroinvertebrate communities and how this might inform their future management in particular the decision of whether to afforest the ABZ with broadleaf trees. The macroinvertebrate communities from stream on peaty and mineral soils with ABZs dominated by four vegetation communities were sampled, streams bordered by grassland habitats, scrub habitats, no ABZ i.e. conifer trees planted to the streams edge and control streams with no conifer forests in the vicinity. The results of this study showed that the composition and structure of the macroinvertebrate community varied significantly between streams on peaty and mineral soils, but was largely unaffected by the ABZ type. The differences between communities across soil type can be attributed to the lower abundance and richness of Ephemeroptera and conversely the higher abundance and richness of Plecoptera in streams on peaty soils. The lack of a consistent effect of ABZ type on the macroinvertebrate community illustrates the more dominant effect of water chemistry driven by soil type particularly episodic acidity. © 2017 Elsevier B.V. Citation statistics:
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/64231
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作者单位: School of Biology and Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland; Marine and Freshwater Research Centre, Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, Dublin Road, Galway City, Ireland; Woodlands of Ireland, Suite 2, Wicklow Enterprise Park, The Murrough, Wicklow, Ireland; Coillte, Dublin Road, Newtownmountkennedy, Co Wicklow, Ireland
Recommended Citation:
Mc Conigley C.,Lally H.,Little D.,et al. The influence of aquatic buffer zone vegetation on river macroinvertebrate communities[J]. Forest Ecology and Management,2017-01-01,400