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LIMNOLOGY
Volume 7, Issue 2, Pages 93-102Publisher
SPRINGER TOKYO
DOI: 10.1007/s10201-006-0166-0
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benthic invertebrates; initial drift; stream drift; temporal sequence
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Using a large experimental channel, five artificial high flows with different flow regimes were launched to reveal the precise temporal sequences of drifting particulate matter and organisms during the high flows. Drifting fine particulate matter and organisms were collected by sampling bottles and a water pump, respectively. The peaks of drift abundance occurred before the peak discharges, and the abundance declined quickly within several minutes during the rising phase of high flows. The major determinant of drift abundance of particulate matter and organisms was periods of stable conditions before each high flow (tested by determination coefficients in a correlation analysis). The drift of macroscopic plant material also accelerated the drifts of epiphytic fauna and infauna, which drifted with plants and bed sediments. The magnitude (discharge and duration of peak flows) of high flows only slightly affected drift abundance. The fauna more resistant to high flows were invertebrates that fasten their cases or retreats by silk threads on the substrata. Invertebrate taxa having sucking apparatus or high swimming activity were also resistant to high flows.
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