This study was undertaken to determine the factors that influence the composition of macroinvertebrate communities in wells completed into two different bedrocks, limestone and flysch. The chemical parameters of the water in wells of both kinds did not significantly differ. The anthropogenic impact on the quality of water was revealed in some wells in both areas, which resulted in relatively low fauna diversity and abundance in polluted wells. Canonical correspondence analyses suggested that depth, age, sediment organic matter content, water oxygenation, and conductivity best explained the variance in the distribution of benthic fauna taxa. Among the 19 taxa that were determined to the family level, oligochaetous Clitellata dominated. They were represented by 13 species and one genus. Among them, two stygobionts, Trichodrilus moravicus and Rhyacodrilus subterraneus, were determined. Moreover, only one crustacean stygobiont, Niphargus tatrensis, was found, and it occurred only in a single well. A low number and abundance of stygobionts and stygophiles compared with stygoxenes was observed. Our studies showed that bedrock substratum does not influence macroinvertebrate composition.
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May 01, 2017
Patterns of Benthic Fauna Distribution in Wells: The Role of Anthropogenic Impact and Geology
Elzbieta Dumnicka
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Institute of Nature Conservation, Polish Academy of Sciences, A. Mickiewicza 33, 31-120 Krakow, Poland*
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Joanna Galas
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Joanna Galas
a
Institute of Nature Conservation, Polish Academy of Sciences, A. Mickiewicza 33, 31-120 Krakow, Poland
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Mariola Krodkiewska
Mariola Krodkiewska
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Dep. of Hydrobiology, Univ. of Silesia, Bankowa 9, 40-007 Katowice, Poland
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Vadose Zone Journal (2017) 16 (5): 1–9.
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received:
08 Jul 2016
accepted:
11 Mar 2017
first online:
03 Jan 2018
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Elzbieta Dumnicka, Joanna Galas, Mariola Krodkiewska; Patterns of Benthic Fauna Distribution in Wells: The Role of Anthropogenic Impact and Geology. Vadose Zone Journal 2017;; 16 (5): 1–9. doi: https://doi.org/10.2136/vzj2016.07.0057
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- aquatic environment
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- Beskid Mountains
- biota
- carbonate rocks
- cave environment
- Central Europe
- clastic sediments
- clay
- Cracow Poland
- Europe
- flysch
- fracturing
- fresh-water environment
- geochemistry
- ground water
- human activity
- hydrochemistry
- karst
- limestone
- Malopolskie Poland
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- sedimentary rocks
- sediments
- springs
- terrestrial environment
- unsaturated zone
- water quality
- water wells
- southern Poland
- Godula Beds
- Skawa River basin
- Szklary Poland
- Beskid Maly Mountains
- Pradnik Basin
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