The effects of bridge abutments on the benthic macroinvertebrate community

• Autorzy: Yu Z. , Wang H. , Wang R. , He T. , Cao Q. , Wang Y. , Liu J.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

A river ecosystem is a treasure that is home to a wide variety of wetland species. The construction of bridges might have a deep impact on diversity of such an ecosystem. The ecological consequence of bridge abutments was studied by monitoring the benthic macroinvertebrate community at six main bridges on the Tuhai and Majia rivers in eastern China. We collected samples of macroinvertebrates from upstream to downstream during the summer hight-water period, and we monitored water quality at each site. The macroinvertebrate community of under-bridge sites was signifi cantly correlated with that of reference sites in abundance, biomass, and richness. The benthic macroinvertebrate communities were not significantly different between under-bridge sites and reference sites in terms of abundance and biomass, while they were significantly different in terms of richness and the Shannon-Wiener index. This pattern outlined a major impact of bridge abutments on benthic macroinvertebrate communities for the first time, indicating the importance of habitat restoration after river construction was finished. Suitable measures should be taken to minimize the impact of bridge abutments.

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Polish Journal of Environmental Studies
• Rocznik: 2016
• Tom: 25
• Numer: 3
• Opis fizyczny: p.1331-1337,fig.,ref.

Twórcy

autor

Yu Z.

• Institute of Environmental Research, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China

autor

Wang H.

• Institute of Environmental Research, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China

autor

Wang R.

• Institute of Environmental Research, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
• School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
• Shandong Provincial Engineering and Technology Research Center for Vegetation Ecology, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China

autor

He T.

• School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China

autor

Cao Q.

• Institute of Environmental Research, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China

autor

Wang Y.

• School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China

autor

Liu J.

• Institute of Environmental Research, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China

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DOI

10.15244/pjoes/61879