Effects of flow regulation on river bed dynamics and invertebrate communities in a Mediterranean river

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dc.contributor.authorLobera Galán, Gemma
dc.contributor.authorMuñoz Gràcia, Isabel
dc.contributor.authorLópez Tarazón, José Andrés
dc.contributor.authorVericat Querol, Damià
dc.contributor.authorBatalla, Ramon J.
dc.date.accessioned2016-12-05T09:55:38Z
dc.date.embargoEndDate2025-01-01
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractMediterranean rivers are hotspots for biodiversity, and riverine species are adapted to regular physical perturbations that affect channel morphology during flashy rainfall-runoff events. Dams alter flow regimes, changing flood magnitude and frequency; they also interrupt the continuity of sediment transport. Changes in both flood and sediment transport regimes affect downstream channel dynamics and the ecological functioning of fluvial systems. This paper examines the effects of flow regulation on bed disturbance, invertebrate assemblages and their biological traits in a Mediterranean river (the Siurana, NE Iberian Peninsula). Results are put in the broader context of the whole Ebro river catchment. The Siurana Reservoir causes a complete inversion of the seasonal flow regime and reduces flood magnitude notably. Upstream from the reservoir, torrential floods mobilize surface and subsurface bed materials, regularly disturbing the physical habitat; downstream, geomorphological activity in the channel is almost nonexistent. Altogether, damming causes significant differences in taxonomic composition of the benthic invertebrate communities; density and biomass increase notably below the dam although diversity decreases. At the broader scale taxa with active aerial dispersal traits dominate unregulated reaches in areas with marked Mediterranean hydro-climatic regimes, whereas reaches with more stable regimes are characterized by fully aquatic detritivore species.ca_ES
dc.description.sponsorshipThis research has been carried out within the framework of the Consolider Ingenio 2010 CSD2009-00065 Project funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness. Jose Andrés López-Tarazón is in receipt of a Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship (Project ‘‘Floodhazards’’, PIEF-GA-2013-622468, Seventh EU Framework Programme). Damià Vericat is in receipt of a Ramon y Cajal Fellowship (RyC-2010-06264) funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation. Authors acknowledge the support from the Department of Economy and Knowledge of the Catalan Government through the Consolidated Research Group 2014 SGR 645 (RIUS- Fluvial Dynamics Research Group).ca_ES
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-016-2884-6
dc.identifier.idgrec024328
dc.identifier.issn0018-8158
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/58771
dc.language.isoengca_ES
dc.publisherSpringer International Publishingca_ES
dc.relation.isformatofReproducció del document publicat a https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-016-2884-6ca_ES
dc.relation.ispartofHydrobiologia, 2017, vol. 784, núm. 1, p. 283-304ca_ES
dc.relation.projectIDinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/622468
dc.rights(c) Springer International Publishing Switzerland, 2016ca_ES
dc.rights.accessRightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccessca_ES
dc.subjectChannel morphologyca_ES
dc.subjectDamsca_ES
dc.subjectFlood regimeca_ES
dc.subjectBiological traitsca_ES
dc.titleEffects of flow regulation on river bed dynamics and invertebrate communities in a Mediterranean riverca_ES
dc.typearticleca_ES
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionca_ES
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