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Characterisation of natural streams using community indices and basal resources of macroinvertebrates in the upper Euphrates Basin

Authors :
Rahmi Aydin
Carola Winkelmann
Wolfram Remmers
Claudia Hellmann
Zuhal Gültekin
Source :
Limnologica. 65:34-37
Publication Year :
2017
Publisher :
Elsevier BV, 2017.

Abstract

The characterisation of natural stream conditions is the first important step to analyse ecological quality of streams in the Euphrates basin. We found that the community indices correspond to very good ecological conditions in five natural streams of that region. The macroinvertebrates composition differed significantly between September and May. Number of taxa and Shannon index were significantly higher in autumn than in spring. FPOM and biofilm were the most relevant basal resources of benthic invertebrates.

Details

ISSN :
00759511
Volume :
65
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Limnologica
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........d55fa49b6b2800abde0fd7c76d91401a
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.limno.2017.04.008