How effective are ecological metrics in supporting conservation and management in degraded streams?

© The Author(s) 2024.

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Veröffentlicht in:Biodiversity and conservation. - 1998. - 33(2024), 14 vom: 23., Seite 3981-4002
1. Verfasser: Mathers, Kate L (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Robinson, Christopher T, Hill, Matthew, Kowarik, Carmen, Heino, Jani, Deacon, Charl, Weber, Christine
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2024
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Biodiversity and conservation
Schlagworte:Journal Article Environmental degradation Environmental filtering Heterogeneity Macroinvertebrates Richness Species identity
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520 |a Biodiversity loss is increasing worldwide, necessitating effective approaches to counteract negative trends. Here, we assessed aquatic macroinvertebrate biodiversity in two river catchments in Switzerland; one significantly degraded and associated with urbanisation and instream barriers, and one in a near-natural condition. Contrary to our expectations, environmental heterogeneity was lower in the near-natural stream, with enhanced productivity in the degraded system resulting in a greater range of environmental conditions. At face value, commonly employed alpha, beta and gamma biodiversity metrics suggested both catchments constituted healthy systems, with greater richness or comparable values recorded in the degraded system relative to the near-natural one. Further, functional metrics considered to be early indicators for anthropogenic disturbance, demonstrated no anticipated differences between degraded and near-natural catchments. However, investigating the identity of the taxa unique to each river system showed that anthropogenic degradation led to replacement of specialist, sensitive species indicative of pristine rivers, by generalist, pollution tolerant species. These replacements reflect a major alteration in community composition in the degraded system compared with the near-natural system. Total nitrogen and fine sediment were important in distinguishing the respective communities. We urge caution in biodiversity studies that employ numerical biodiversity metrics alone. Assessing just one aspect of diversity, such as richness, is not sufficient to track biodiversity changes associated with environmental stress. We advocate that biodiversity monitoring for conservation and management purposes must go beyond traditional richness biodiversity metrics, to include indices that incorporate detailed nuances of biotic communities that relates to taxon identity 
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650 4 |a Environmental filtering 
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650 4 |a Macroinvertebrates 
650 4 |a Richness 
650 4 |a Species identity 
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700 1 |a Kowarik, Carmen  |e verfasserin  |4 aut 
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700 1 |a Deacon, Charl  |e verfasserin  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Weber, Christine  |e verfasserin  |4 aut 
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