Invertebrate communities of alpine ponds
Alpine ponds are small standing water bodies situated in mountainous regions at or above tree line. Hydrology is driven by snow and ice with harsh conditions comparable to that in shallow water bodies at high latitudes. Invertebrate communities are less diverse than at low altitudes and often domina...
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fthessoch:oai:hesso.tind.io:5923 2024-09-15T18:02:16+00:00 Invertebrate communities of alpine ponds Wissinger, Scott A. Oertli, Beat Rosset, Véronique 2020-08-18T11:34:07Z https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24978-0_3 http://arodes.hes-so.ch/record/5923 eng eng Cham, Springer doi:10.1007/978-3-319-24978-0_3 http://arodes.hes-so.ch/record/5923 http://arodes.hes-so.ch/record/5923 Text 2020 fthessoch https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24978-0_3 2024-08-25T23:49:07Z Alpine ponds are small standing water bodies situated in mountainous regions at or above tree line. Hydrology is driven by snow and ice with harsh conditions comparable to that in shallow water bodies at high latitudes. Invertebrate communities are less diverse than at low altitudes and often dominated by “cold stenotherms†with arctic/boreal-alpine distributions. The unique assemblages in alpine ponds (many regional endemics) are of special conservation value. Species composition and diversity vary among basins of different size, substrate types, and permanence. Clusters of alpine ponds are excellent habitats for studying metacommunity dynamics and patterns of regional diversity. Alpine ponds are sentinel systems for, and especially vulnerable to, the effects of regional (e.g., acid precipitation) and global (climate change) human impacts. Text Climate change Hes-so: ArODES Open Archive (University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland) 55 103 Cham |
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Alpine ponds are small standing water bodies situated in mountainous regions at or above tree line. Hydrology is driven by snow and ice with harsh conditions comparable to that in shallow water bodies at high latitudes. Invertebrate communities are less diverse than at low altitudes and often dominated by “cold stenotherms†with arctic/boreal-alpine distributions. The unique assemblages in alpine ponds (many regional endemics) are of special conservation value. Species composition and diversity vary among basins of different size, substrate types, and permanence. Clusters of alpine ponds are excellent habitats for studying metacommunity dynamics and patterns of regional diversity. Alpine ponds are sentinel systems for, and especially vulnerable to, the effects of regional (e.g., acid precipitation) and global (climate change) human impacts. |
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