Disturbance, nutrients, and antecedent flow conditions affect macroinvertebrate community structure and productivity in an Arctic river
Disturbance, nutrients, and antecedent flow conditions affect macroinvertebrate community structure and productivity in an Arctic river
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干扰、营养物和先前的水流条件影响北极河流大型无脊椎动物群落结构和生产力
DOI:
10.1002/lno.10942
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发表时间:
2018
影响因子:
4.5
通讯作者:
Huryn, Alexander D.
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作者:
Kendrick, Michael R.;Hershey, Anne E.;Huryn, Alexander D.
Climate change is expected to alter disturbance regimes and biogeochemical cycles that underlie the structure and function of ecosystems worldwide. In the Arctic, rapid warming is already affecting these processes via changes in precipitation and thawing permafrost. We assessed how anticipated changes in disturbance regimes and nutrient availability may affect an arctic river ecosystem (Kuparuk River, Alaska) by analyzing temporal patterns of biofilm chlorophyll mass and macroinvertebrate community structure and productivity. Our study incorporated an upstream reach (sampled 2001–2012) and a downstream reach (sampled 2011–2012) to which phosphorus (P) was added to simulate increases in nutrient supply that are anticipated as permafrost thaws. Greater hydrologic disturbance during the open‐water season correlated with reduced algal biomass and invertebrate secondary production (range ∼ 2–7 g DM m−2yr−1) in the following spring and summer. Bed disturbing flows also altered macroinvertebrate community structure with distinct “high‐flow” and “base‐flow” assemblages documented. Recovery time was shorter for chlorophyll mass and macroinvertebrate production (∼ 1 yr) than community structure (∼ 3 yr). Experimental P‐addition increased algal biomass and invertebrate production, but also resulted in a third macroinvertebrate assemblage dominated by mobile grazers rather than filter‐feeders. Our results suggest that a decrease in the return interval for bed disturbing floods to < 4 yr will result in persistent changes in macroinvertebrate community structure and fundamental alterations to the food web. These results also demonstrate how arctic river communities may be affected by increases in the magnitude and variability of river discharge and nutrient supplies that are anticipated as the climate warms.
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DOI:
10.1890/12-0316.1
发表时间:
2013
期刊:
Ecological applications : a publication of the Ecological Society of America
影响因子:
--
作者:
B. Hossack;W. Lowe;R. Honeycutt;S. Parks;P. S. Corn
通讯作者:
P. S. Corn
影响因子:
2.7
作者:
C. Matthaei;U. Uehlinger;A. Frutiger
通讯作者:
A. Frutiger
影响因子:
2.7
作者:
J. Benstead;A. Green;L. Deegan;B. Peterson;K. Slavik;W. Bowden;A. Hershey
通讯作者:
A. Hershey
影响因子:
2.7
作者:
J. McNamara;J. Oatley;D. Kane;L. Hinzman
通讯作者:
L. Hinzman
影响因子:
4.8
作者:
G. Minshall;Bahman Shafii;W. Price;Charlie Holderman;P. Anders;G. Lester;Pat Barrett
通讯作者:
Pat Barrett