Relationships Between Land Use and Stream Macroinvertebrate Biotic Integrity in Central Ohio, USA

Water, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 17(6), С. 895 - 895

Опубликована: Март 20, 2025

Land use is known to be an important factor in the composition and function of adjacent freshwater lotic ecosystems. However, relative effects land type, extent, intensity, proximity on aquatic ecosystem quality are not fully understood. We evaluate these questions low-order streams within 30 watersheds developed, agricultural, less developed landscapes central Ohio, USA. assess relationships cover percentage spatial scale with stream macroinvertebrate community diversity biotic integrity. also investigate importance impervious subsurface tile drainage each watershed Active River Area (ARA). find that coverage at strongest predictor High-intensity development a stronger negative correlate than low-intensity or agriculture. There significant decline integrity ARA scales when undeveloped falls below 20–30%. do relationship between metrics 1 km2 comparison any instream habitat attributes except sinuosity. Impervious has both taxon richness scales. tile-drained does have scale. conclude critical for small this region. Collectively, our conclusions provide evidence support practices ecologically sensitive planning.

Язык: Английский

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Landscape Pattern and Aquatic Ecosystems: Emerging Trends and Future Directions

Current Landscape Ecology Reports, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 10(1)

Опубликована: Апрель 29, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Dissecting the urban footprint of unplanned settlements shaping macroinvertebrate communities in Wuye River, Abuja, Nigeria

Scientific Reports, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 15(1)

Опубликована: Май 13, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Assessment of Riverine Water Ecological Health from Multi-indicator and Land Use Perspectives

Process Safety and Environmental Protection, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 107341 - 107341

Опубликована: Май 1, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Increasing agricultural land use in riparian networks negatively affects stream fish communities in a tropical savanna

Hydrobiologia, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Сен. 13, 2024

Язык: Английский

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