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Suitability of Molluscs as Bioindicators for Meadow‐ and Flood‐Channels of the Elbe‐Floodplains
Author(s) -
Foeckler Francis,
Deichner Oskar,
Schmidt Hans,
Castella Emmanuel
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
international review of hydrobiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.524
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1522-2632
pISSN - 1434-2944
DOI - 10.1002/iroh.200610887
Subject(s) - floodplain , bioindicator , ecology , environmental science , transferability , grassland , abiotic component , hydrology (agriculture) , geography , biology , geology , mathematics , statistics , geotechnical engineering , logit
The goals of the subproject “molluscs” within the inter‐disciplinary research project “Indicator systems for the characterisation and prediction of ecological changes in floodplain systems” were: – develop further existing mollusc‐based indicator systems of site quality and to test their transferability, – characterise grassland sites within the recent floodplains of three study areas along the Elbe River, – analyse the relationships between indicator species‐/groups and abiotic parameters, – compile and use selected species traits in the analytical process. The results clearly show several characteristic species groups related to the hydrology of the sites (i.e. inundation and desiccation regime) and on to the degree of agricultural use. These dependencies can be interpreted by the simultaneous analysis of the species traits. “Models” are proposed, that are applicable to nature protection measures at the landscape scale. (© 2006 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)