A5040964471- Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology
- Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
- Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
- Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution
- Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
- Marine and coastal ecosystems
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
- Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
- Study of Mite Species
- Water Quality and Pollution Assessment
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity
- Historical and Environmental Studies
- Urbanism, Landscape, and Tourism Studies
- Historical and socio-economic studies of Spain and related regions
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
- Mine drainage and remediation techniques
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
Universidad de León
2006-2023
Universidad de León
2004
Universidade de Vigo
2002
Abstract The European Water Framework Directive requires the determination of ecological status in fresh and saline waters. This is to be through establishment a typology surface water bodies, reference (high status) conditions each element (ecotype) lower grades (good, moderate, poor bad) for ecotype. It then classification bodies their restoration at least ‘good status’ specified period. Though there are many methods assessing quality, none has scope that defined Directive. provisions...
Biotic interactions are fundamental drivers governing biodiversity locally, yet their effects on geographical variation in community composition (i.e. incidence‐based) and structure abundance‐based) at regional scales remain controversial. Ecologists have only recently started to integrate different types of biotic into assembly a spatial context, theme that merits further empirical quantification. Here, we applied partial correlation networks infer the strength dependencies between pairs...
Abstract Motivation Aquatic insects comprise 64% of freshwater animal diversity and are widely used as bioindicators to assess water quality impairment ecosystem health, well test ecological hypotheses. Despite their importance, a comprehensive, global database aquatic insect occurrences for mapping biodiversity in macroecological studies applied research is missing. We aim fill this gap present the Global EPTO Database , which includes worldwide geo‐referenced occurrence records four major...
Summary 1. The effects of natural and human‐induced variability on the composition macroinvertebrate communities 28 ponds located in North Iberian Plateau (Spain) were studied to determine best predictors community structure. 2. Constrained ordination was used identify main factors explaining among‐pond variance abundance (as catch per unit effort) total Chironomidae assemblages trophic structure (functional feeding groups). 3. Variance partitioning showed that human disturbance (represented...
ABSTRACT Biodiversity is a central concept in conservation programme design. Until recently, ponds were neglected habitats probably owing to their small size and the ignorance of real value. The classical theory species‐area relationship (SAR) might apparently support such view by predicting low richness values habitat patches. SAR does not take into account fact that groups patches can significantly contribute regional richness, regardless overall area. This work intends SLOSS (single large...
1. The EC Water Framework Directive requires that Member States assess the ecological quality of their water bodies on basis a wide set variables, including benthic invertebrates. 2. aim study was to find one or more faunistic indices could be related status shallow lakes, independent different macrophyte types. 3. Six invertebrate were calculated from abundance and biomass data in 10 Spanish lakes: total biomass, Shannon's index, percentage predators, Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera Trichoptera,...
Recent researches have started to provide useful information on the littoral macroinvertebrates living in European mountain ponds. However, there is still uncertainty factors really shaping their communities. Understanding patterns of biodiversity these systems essential for conservation and management purposes. In this paper, we sampled at 51 ponds from a wide Spanish region (Castilla y León) order define which set environmental variables were responsible differences richness (genus level...
This study describes the chydorid (Branchiopoda, Anomopoda) assemblages from 66 European shallow lakes, and presents data relating to lake type ecological quality. Forty species, out of a total recorded fauna 60 were found in sites. No significant differences between associated with rock plant substrata. Patterns distribution best explained primarily by latitude pH. Chlorophyll-a, phosphorus, water temperature Secchi depth also correlated assemblage descriptors. Alonopsis elongata, Alona...
Aquatic Coleoptera in shallow lakes associated with the Canal de Castilla (Palencia Province, Spain) northern Ibe rian Meseta were sampled over course of a year (spring 1998-winter 1999).These waterbodies are typical plateau wetlands dense vegetation and vary permanence area (from 3.3 ha to 29.35 ha).Oxygen concentration, conductivity pH recorded at time sampling.Lake area, depth, water type also taken into account.Ninety two species collected.Species richness was high comparison other...
Coal mining is an economically important activity in northwestern Spain often causing severe ecological damage river systems. However, very little known about its biological effects, In this paper, influence on two Coleoptera families, Hydraenidae and Elmidae, assessed at the assemblage level by basic community parameters (richness, abundance, Shannon-Wiener index) multivariate analysis (CCA). A two-year survey several streams Sil River basin (province of Leon, Spain) was undertaken, 34...
Effects of introduced salmonids on macroinvertebrate communities mountain ponds in the Iberian system SpainThis study aimed to assess impact salmonid stocking macrobenthic Spanish ponds.Macroinvertebrates were collected with a hand net following multihabitat, time-limited sampling eight (four them stocked and four non-stocked) system.A number macroinvertebrate-based metrics, as well several physical chemical variables, measured compared between non-stocked sites.We hypothesised that would...
Complete inventories of the fauna at a given place, for specific community or geographical area are often exceedingly hard to get. In recent years number estimation techniques have emerged that can be used extrapolate from these samples true species in an area. These models based on different mathematical approaches and classified as either accumulation curves nonparametric estimators (Brose et al., 2003, Ecology, 84, 2364–2377). this paper, we tested performance some richness nineteen...