<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The study analyses the influence of certain biotope parameters, such as hydromorphological characteristics, channel modification, bank vegetation and riverine land use, on the diversity of Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera and Trichoptera (EPT) larvae communities, in the case of the Vişeu Basin. </p><p>The results show that river bed embankments, mineral substrate exploitation, and forest exploitation of the hillsides of the river basin cause a loss in diversity of EPT communities. Based on the principle that simplification of the structure of these communities has a negative impact on the self-regulating capacity of the lotic system, several steps are necessary in order to preserve the diversity of EPT communities in the types of Carpathian rivers analysed: preserving the natural morphodynamics of the river bed, limiting substrate exploitation, avoiding changes in the substrate structure due to the extraction of boulders and large cobbles from the riverbed and preserving riparian tree vegetation on the river banks.</p></abstract>

The study analyses the influence of certain biotope parameters, such as hydromorphological characteristics, channel modification, bank vegetation and riverine land use, on the diversity of Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera and Trichoptera (EPT) larvae communities, in the case of the Vişeu Basin. The results show that river bed embankments, mineral substrate exploitation, and forest exploitation of the hillsides of the river basin cause a loss in diversity of EPT communities. Based on the principle that simplification of the structure of these communities has a negative impact on the self-regulating capacity of the lotic system, several steps are necessary in order to preserve the diversity of EPT communities in the types of Carpathian rivers analysed: preserving the natural morphodynamics of the river bed, limiting substrate exploitation, avoiding changes in the substrate structure due to the extraction of boulders and large cobbles from the riverbed and preserving riparian tree vegetation on the river banks.

The Influence of Some Environmental Variables on Diversity of Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera and Trichoptera Assemblages - Vişeu Basin Case Study

“Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Environmental Sciences, 5-7 Dr. Ion Raţiu Street, Sibiu, Sibiu County, Romania, RO-550012

“Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Environmental Sciences, Applied Ecology Research Center, 5-7 Dr. Ion Raţiu Street, Sibiu, Sibiu County, Romania, RO-550012

Transylvanian Review of Systematical and Ecological Research

The study analyses the influence of certain biotope parameters, such as hydromorphological characteristics, channel modification, bank vegetation and riverine...

The Influence of Some Environmental Variables on Diversity of Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera and Trichoptera Assemblages - Vişeu Basin Case Study

Published Online: Oct 30, 2013

Page range: 81 - 90

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/trser-2013-0008

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