Spatial-temporal patterns of functional feeding groups in mountain streams of Córdoba, Argentina
Keywords:
aquatic macroinvertebrates, benthos, habitat, functional organization, lotic ecosystemAbstract
Trophic structure of benthic communities is influenced by the availability of food resources which indeed may be conditioned by stream size, shading and substrate. This study aims to analyze the distribution of macroinvertebrate Functional Feeding Groups in different habitats of mountain streams (Córdoba, Argentina) and to assess the environmental variables conditioning this distribution at the habitat level. Four streams were sampled in two hydrological periods (high and low discharge) and three benthic samples were taken in riffles and runs of coarse and fine substrate. Gathering collectors were dominant in most of the habitats, streams and periods except in riffles during the low water period in which filtering collectors dominated. At the habitat level, current velocity, substrate, abundance of macroalgae and twigs and leaves were the most important variables explaining functional feeding group distribution. Functional feeding group abundances varied in relation to the stream, the hydrological period and the habitat. The dominance of collectors demonstrates the importance of the role of this functional group and that fine detritus is the main food resource in these lotic ecosystems. The phenology and life history of the species, and the amount and type of organic matter retained in each habitat may explain the observed spatial-temporal patterns.
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BLONDEL, J. 2003. Guilds or functional groups: does it matter? Oikos, 100:223-231.
BOCCOLINI, MF; AM OBERTO & MC CORIGLIANO. 2005. Calidad ambiental en un río urbano de llanura. Biol. Acuática, 22:59-69.
BOYERO, L & J BOSCH. 2002. Spatial and temporal variation of macroinvertebrate drift in two neotropical streams. Biotropica, 34:567-574.
BRUSSOCK, PP & AV BROWN. 1991. Riffle-pool geomorphology disrupts longitudinal patterns of stream benthos. Hydrobiologia, 220:99-108.
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CORIGLIANO, MC & R MALPASSI. 1998. Food web structure in riffles and marginal pools of a mountain stream. Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol., 26:996-1001.
COVICH, AP. 1988. Geographical and historical comparisons of neotropical streams: biotic diversity and detrital processing in highly variable habitats. J. North Am. Bethol. Soc., 7:361-386.
COVICH, AP; MC AUSTEN; F BÄRLOCHER; E CHAUVET; BJ CARDINALE; ET AL. 2004. The role of biodiversity in the functioning of freshwater and marine benthic ecosystems. BioScience, 54:767-775.
CUDNEY, MD & JB WALLACE. 1980. Life cycles, microdistribution and production dynamics of six species of net-spinning caddisflies in a large southeastern (USA) river. Holarctic Ecology, 3:169-82.
CUMMINS, KW. 1974. Structure and function of stream ecosystem. BioScience, 24:631-641.
CUMMINS, KW & MJ KLUG. 1979. Feeding ecology of stream invertebrates. Annu. Rev. Ecol. Syst., 10: 147-172.
FENOGLIO, S; T BO & M CUCCO. 2004. Small-scale macroinvertebrate distribution in a riffle of a neotropical rainforest stream (Río Bartola, Nicaragua). Caribb. J. Sci., 40:253-257.
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GRAÇA, MAS. 2001. The role of invertebrates on leaf litter decomposition in streams - a review. Int. Rev. Hydrobiol., 86:383-393.
LAMOUROUX, N; S DOLÉDEC & S GAYRAUD. 2004. Biological traits of stream macroinvertebrate communities: effects of microhabitat, reach and basin filters. J. North Am. Benthol. Soc., 23:449-466.
LOPRETTO, EC & G TELL (eds.). 1995. Ecosistemas de aguas continentales. Metodologías para su estudio. Tomos II y III. Ediciones Sur. La Plata, Argentina.
MERRITT, RW & KW CUMMINS (eds.). 1996. An Introduction to the Aquatic Insects of North America. 3o Edition. Kendall/Hunt. Dubuque.
MERRITT, RW & KW CUMMINS. 2006. Trophic relationships of macroinvertebrates. Pp. 585-601 in: Hauer, FR & GA Lamberti (eds.). Methods in Stream Ecology. 2o Edition, Academic Press. San Diego.
NESSIMIAN, JL & A SANSEVERINO. 1998. Trophic functional characterization of chironomidae larvae (Diptera: Chironomidae) in a first order stream at the mountain region of Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil. Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol., 26: 2115-2119.
PALMER, MA & NL POFF. 1997. The influence of environmental heterogeneity on patterns and processes in streams. J. North Am. Benthol. Soc., 16:169-173.
PALMER, C; J O’KEEFFE; A PALMER; T DUNNE & S RADLOFF. 1993. Macroinvertebrate functional feeding groups in the middle and lower reaches of the Buffalo River eastern Cape, South Africa. I. Dietary variability. Freshwat. Biol., 29:441-453.
PAUNOVIĆ, M; D JAKOVČEV-TODOROVIĆ; V SIMIĆ; B STOJANOVIĆ & A PETROVIĆ. 2006. Trophic relations between macroinvertebrates in the Vlasina river (Serbia). Archives of Biological Sciences, 58:105-114.
PRINCIPE, RE; GB RAFFAINI; CM GUALDONI; AM OBERTO & MC CORIGLIANO. 2007. Do hydraulic units define macroinvertebrate assemblages in mountain streams of central Argentina?. Limnologica, 37:323-336.
PRINCIPE, RE; MF BOCCOLINI & MC CORIGLIANO. 2008. Structure and spatial-temporal dynamics of Chironomidae fauna (Diptera) in upland and lowland fluvial habitats of the Chocancharava River basin (Argentina). Int. Rev. Hydrobiol., 93:342-357.
ROSSO DE FERRADÁS, B & HR FERNÁNDEZ. 2009. Acari, Parasitengona, Hydrachnidia. Pp. 497- 549 in: Domínguez, E & HR Fernández (eds.). Macroinvertebrados bentónicos sudamericanos. Sistemática y Biología. Fundación Miguel Lillo, Tucumán, Argentina.
SCHMERA, D & T ERŐS. 2004. Effect of riverbed morphology, stream order and season on the structural and functional attributes of caddisfly assemblages. Ann. Limnol. - Int. J. Lim., 40:193-200.
STATZNER, B; AG HILDREW & VH RESH. 2001. Species traits and environmental constraints: entomological research and the history of ecological theory. Annu. Rev. Entomol., 46:291-316.
SUBRAMANIAN, KA & KG SIVARAMAKRISHNAN. 2005. Habitat and microhabitat distribution of stream insect communities of the Western Ghats. Current Science, 89:976-986.
TER BRAAK, CJF. 1986. Canonical correspondence analysis: a new eigenvector technique for multivariate direct gradient analysis. Ecology, 67:1167-1179.
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THOMSON, JR; MP TAYLOR; KA FRYIRS & GJ BRIERLEY. 2001. A geomorphological framework for river characterization and habitat assessment. Aquat. Conserv. Mar. Freshw. Ecosyst., 11:373-389.
TOMANOVA, S; E GOITIA & J HELEŠIC. 2006. Trophic levels and functional feeding groups of macroinvertebrates in neotropical streams. Hydrobiologia, 556:251-264.
TOWNSEND, CR & AG HILDREW. 1994. Species traits in relation to a habitat templet for river system. Freshwat. Biol., 31:265-276.
TOWNSEND, CR; S DOLEDEC & MR SCARSBROOK. 1997. Species traits in relation to temporal and spatial heterogeneity in streams: a test of habitat templet theory. Freshwat. Biol., 37:367-387.
TRIPOLE, ES & MC CORIGLIANO. 2005. Acid stress evaluation using multimetric indices in the Carolina stream (San Luis-Argentina). Acta Limnol. Bras., 17:101-114.
UNDERWOOD, AJ. 1994. Spatial and temporal problems with monitoring. Pp. 182-204 in: Calow, P & G Petts (eds.). The Handbook of River. Blackwell. Oxford.
VANNOTE, RL; GW MINSHALL; KW CUMMINS; JR SEDELL & CE CUSHING. 1980. The river continuum concept. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci., 37:130-137.
VELÁSQUEZ, SM & ML MISERENDINO. 2003a. Análisis de la materia orgánica alóctona y organización funcional de macroinvertebrados en relación con el tipo de hábitat en ríos de montaña de Patagonia. Ecología Austral, 13:67-82.
VELÁSQUEZ, SM & ML MISERENDINO. 2003b. Habitat type and macroinvertebrate assemblages in low order Patagonian streams. Arch. Hydrobiol., 158:461-483.
WALLACE, JB & JR WEBSTER. 1996. The role of macroinvertebrates in stream ecosystem function. Annu. Rev. Entomol., 41:115-139.
WIGGINS, GB. 1996. Larvae of the North American caddisfly genera. 2o Edition. University of Toronto Press. Toronto.
WUNDERLIN, DA; MP DÍAZ; MV AMÉ; SF PESCE, AC HUED; ET AL. 2001. Pattern recognition techniques for the evaluation of spatial and temporal variations in water quality. A case study: Suquía River Basin (Córdoba, Argentina). Wat. Res., 35: 2881-2894.
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