- Title
- Macroinvertebrate functional feeding group alterations in response to habitat degradation of headwater Austral streams
- Creator
- Mangadze, Tinotenda, Wasserman, Ryan J, Froneman, P William, Dalu, Tatenda
- Subject
- To be catalogued
- Date
- 2019
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/467211
- Identifier
- vital:76840
- Identifier
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.133910
- Description
- Protecting the structural and functional integrity of lotic ecosystems is becoming increasingly important as many ecological systems face escalating pressures from human population growth and environmental impacts. Knowledge on the functional composition of macroinvertebrates in austral temperate streams is generally lacking hindering the design and implementation of water management and restoration goals. Therefore, this study examined the effects of urban land–use activities on the benthic macroinvertebrate functional feeding guild structure among different stream orders in an austral river system (Bloukrans River) in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Water quality and macroinvertebrate community data were collected across two seasons from 18 sites in two different stream order categories (i.e. 1, 2 + 3), following standard methods. We separated macroinvertebrates into functional feeding groups (FFGs), which we then used to assess the effects of riparian condition on FFG organization. Linear mixed effects model (LMM) results demonstrated that total dissolved solids (TDS), canopy cover, phosphate and channel width were the key variables that described the major sources of variation in macroinvertebrate FFGs.
- Format
- 9 pages, pdf
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Science of the Total Environment, Mangadze, T., Wasserman, R.J., Froneman, P.W. and Dalu, T., 2019. Macroinvertebrate functional feeding group alterations in response to habitat degradation of headwater Austral streams. Science of the Total Environment, 695, p.133910, Science of the Total Environment volume 695 number 1 1 9 2019 1879-1026
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Froneman, Pierre William (Prof)
SDG 14. Life Below Water
RU Department of Zoology and Entomology
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