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Vadher, A.N., Stubbington, R. 
ORCID: 0000-0001-8475-5109 and Wood, P.J.,
2015.
Fine sediment reduces vertical migrations of Gammarus pulex (Crustacea: Amphipoda) in response to surface water loss.
Hydrobiologia.
ISSN 0018-8158
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Abstract
Surface and subsurface sediments in river ecosystems are recognized as refuges that may promote invertebrate survival during disturbances such as floods and streambed drying. Refuge use is spatiotemporally variable, with environmental factors including substrate composition, in particular the proportion of fine sediment (FS), affecting the ability of organisms to move through interstitial spaces. We conducted a laboratory experiment to examine the effects of FS on the movement of Gammarus pulex Linnaeus (Crustacea: Amphipoda) into subsurface sediments in response to surface water loss. We hypothesized that increasing volumes of FS would impede and ultimately prevent individuals from migrating into the sediments. To test this hypothesis, the proportion of FS (1–2 mm diameter) present within an open gravel matrix (4–16 mm diameter) was varied from 10 to 20% by volume in 2.5% increments. Under control conditions (0% FS), 93% of individuals moved into subsurface sediments as the water level was reduced. The proportion of individuals moving into the subsurface decreased to 74% at 10% FS, and at 20% FS no individuals entered the sediments, supporting our hypothesis. These results demonstrate the importance of reducing FS inputs into river ecosystems and restoring FS-clogged riverbeds, to promote refuge use during increasingly common instream disturbances.
| Item Type: | Journal article | ||||
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| Description: | This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com | ||||
| Publication Title: | Hydrobiologia | ||||
| Creators: | Vadher, A.N., Stubbington, R. and Wood, P.J. | ||||
| Publisher: | Springer | ||||
| Date: | 2015 | ||||
| ISSN: | 0018-8158 | ||||
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| Rights: | © Springer International Publishing | ||||
| Divisions: | Schools > School of Science and Technology | ||||
| Record created by: | EPrints Services | ||||
| Date Added: | 09 Oct 2015 09:59 | ||||
| Last Modified: | 09 Jun 2017 13:15 | ||||
| URI: | https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/5871 |
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