Journal article
Land use influences macroinvertebrate community composition in boreal headwaters through altered stream conditions
Micael Jonsson, Ryan M Burrows, Johan Lidman, Emma Faltstrom, Hjalmar Laudon, Ryan A Sponseller
Ambio | SPRINGER | Published : 2017
Abstract
Land use is known to alter the nature of land-water interactions, but the potential effects of widespread forest management on headwaters in boreal regions remain poorly understood. We evaluated the importance of catchment land use, land cover, and local stream variables for macroinvertebrate community and functional trait diversity in 18 boreal headwater streams. Variation in macroinvertebrate metrics was often best explained by in-stream variables, primarily water chemistry (e.g. pH). However, variation in stream variables was, in turn, significantly associated with catchment-scale forestry land use. More specifically, streams running through catchments that were dominated by young (11-50 ..
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Awarded by Swedish Research Council (FORMAS)
Awarded by Skogssallskapet
Funding Acknowledgements
We thank Isak Lindmark for field and laboratory assistance. This project was funded by Grants from the Swedish Research Council (FORMAS, 217-2012-1418) and Skogssallskapet (112-92/154-10) to RAS.