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DOI 10.1002/iroh.200610888
Title (Primary) Carabid beetles (Coleoptera, carabidae) as indicators of hydrological site conditions in floodplain grasslands
Author Gerisch, M.; Schanowski, A.; Figura, W.; Gerken, B.; Dziock, F.; Henle, K.
Source Titel International Review of Hydrobiology
Year 2006
Department NSF
Volume 91
Issue 4
Page From 326
Page To 340
Language englisch
Keywords bioindication; River Elbe
Abstract The relationship of carabid beetle species occurrence patterns and environmental variables characterising the hydrological regime has been studied at the River Elbe in Central Germany. Both flood duration and groundwater depth had major influence on species assemblages as the ordination of study plots mainly followed a gradient along these two variables. The simultaneous ordination of the plots according to species occurrence and environmental parameters showed a highly significant joint structure with the first two axes of a co-inertia analysis, explaining >98% of the variance. A total of 27 species out of 129 caught fulfilled criteria of fidelity and specificity to the plots of the five clusters revealed by their abiotic conditions and were sufficiently abundant to be suitable indicators for one or a combination of clusters of plots
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Gerisch, M., Schanowski, A., Figura, W., Gerken, B., Dziock, F., Henle, K. (2006):
Carabid beetles (Coleoptera, carabidae) as indicators of hydrological site conditions in floodplain grasslands
Int. Rev. Hydrobiol. 91 (4), 326 - 340 10.1002/iroh.200610888