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Fit for Purpose—Analyses of Macroinvertebrate Communities for Environmental Flow Assessment

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dc.abstract.enEnvironmental flow assessment is crucial for sustainable water management. In assessing environmental flows using the most common methods, for example, habitat suitability modelling (HSM), it is assumed that the distribution of aquatic organisms is driven by hydraulic features and substrate type of the habitats. However, most of the existing research does not consider analyses of organisms' ecological traits and their community structure. To bridge this gap, we present the results of analyses of macroinvertebrate communities carried out for environmental flow purposes. The study was performed at two reaches of the Flinta River, a European, lowland, temperate and perennial river, with different degrees of hydromorphological alterations. We state that more detailed analyses of organisms' community in environmental flow assessment are needed. Thus, we assess the dissimilarity of the organism community structure sampled during field campaigns by means of statistical tests, and we analyse macroinvertebrate ecological traits and indicators commonly used to evaluate river status. Afterwards, we discuss the applicability of the analyses and provide recommendations for the future environmental flow assessments.
dc.affiliationWydział Inżynierii Środowiska i Inżynierii Mechanicznej
dc.affiliation.instituteKatedra Ekologii i Ochrony Środowiska
dc.affiliation.instituteKatedra Inżynierii Wodnej i Sanitarnej
dc.contributor.authorSzałkiewicz, Ewelina
dc.contributor.authorJusik, Szymon
dc.contributor.authorKałuża, Tomasz
dc.contributor.authorAleixo, Rui
dc.contributor.authorGrygoruk, Mateusz
dc.date.accessioned2025-07-16T07:13:16Z
dc.date.available2025-07-16T07:13:16Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.description.abstract<jats:title>ABSTRACT</jats:title><jats:p>Environmental flow assessment is crucial for sustainable water management. In assessing environmental flows using the most common methods, for example, habitat suitability modelling (HSM), it is assumed that the distribution of aquatic organisms is driven by hydraulic features and substrate type of the habitats. However, most of the existing research does not consider analyses of organisms' ecological traits and their community structure. To bridge this gap, we present the results of analyses of macroinvertebrate communities carried out for environmental flow purposes. The study was performed at two reaches of the Flinta River, a European, lowland, temperate and perennial river, with different degrees of hydromorphological alterations. We state that more detailed analyses of organisms' community in environmental flow assessment are needed. Thus, we assess the dissimilarity of the organism community structure sampled during field campaigns by means of statistical tests, and we analyse macroinvertebrate ecological traits and indicators commonly used to evaluate river status. Afterwards, we discuss the applicability of the analyses and provide recommendations for the future environmental flow assessments.</jats:p>
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dc.description.number3
dc.description.points100
dc.description.volume18
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/eco.70049
dc.identifier.eissn1936-0592
dc.identifier.issn1936-0584
dc.identifier.urihttps://sciencerep.up.poznan.pl/handle/item/3883
dc.languageen
dc.pbn.affiliationenvironmental engineering, mining and energy
dc.relation.ispartofEcohydrology
dc.relation.pagese70049
dc.rightsClosedAccess
dc.sciencecloudsend
dc.subject.enenvironmental flows
dc.subject.enhabitat suitability criteria
dc.subject.enhabitat suitability curves
dc.subject.enhabitat suitability modelling
dc.subject.enhydromorphological degradation
dc.subject.enmacroinvertebrates
dc.titleFit for Purpose—Analyses of Macroinvertebrate Communities for Environmental Flow Assessment
dc.typeJournalArticle
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oaire.citation.issue3
oaire.citation.volume18