Abstract
Hyporheic water exchange driven by groundwater-surface water interactions constitutes habitat conditions for aquatic biota. In our study, we conducted a field-research-based analysis of hyporheic water exchange to reveal whether the hyporheic water exchange differentiates particular Ranunculus sp. habitats. We measured the density of the stream of upwelling and hydraulic gradients of water residing in the hyporheic zone in 19 Polish rivers. We revealed that R. peltatus and R. penicillatus persist in habitats of considerably higher hyporheic water exchange upwelling flux (respectively 0.0852 m3∙d−1∙m−2 and 0.0952 m3∙d−1∙m−2) than R. circinatus, R. fluitans, and a hybrid of R. circinatus × R. fluitans (respectively m3∙d−1∙m−2; 0.0222 m3∙d−1∙m−2 and 0.0717 m3∙d−1∙m−2). The presented results can be used to indicate aquatic habitat suitability in the case of protection and management of ecosystems settled by Ranunculus sp.
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We thank Joanna Chmist-Sikorska, Stanisław Zaborowski, and the staff of Pomeranian Landscape Parks Complex for support in field sampling and laboratory work. Taxonomic issues were discussed with Gerhard Wiegleb.
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The research was funded by a Grant from the National Science Centre, Poland: UMO-2016/23/B/NZ9/03600.
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All authors contributed to the study’s conception and design. Material preparation, data collection, and analysis were performed by Marek Marciniak, Daniel Gebler, and Joanna Zalewska-Gałosz. The first draft of the manuscript was written by Marek Marciniak, Mateusz Grygoruk, and Krzysztof Szoszkiewicz. All authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. We thank the reviewers for their detailed and thoughtful comments that allowed us to improve this manuscript.
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Marciniak, M., Gebler, D., Grygoruk, M. et al. Different intensities and directions of hyporheic water exchange in habitats of aquatic Ranunculus species in rivers—a case study in Poland. Environ Sci Pollut Res 31, 26315–26319 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-024-32924-8
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