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A comparative study of the zoobenthos of eight land-water interfaces (Lake of Geneva)

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The macrozoobenthos of eight types of land-water interfaces of Lake Geneva was sampled three times between October 1988 and July 1989. Three artificial interfaces (concrete walls, cracked walls, embankments) and five natural interfaces (stony shores, stony shores below a riparian forest, reed-belts, clayey banks and sandy shores) were chosen, according to their qualitative or quantitative importance in Swiss lakes.

Macroinvertebrate density, diversity, richness and occurence frequency were calculated for each interface. Correspondence analysis was used to show the differences between the interfaces and between the stations.

In the artificial interfaces taxonomic richness, diversity and density were low. They were characterized by the most frequent taxa in the interfaces studied and by taxa associated with hard substrate interfaces. The natural interfaces, besides the sandy shore, showed high taxonomic richness, diversity and density values and were characterized by less frequent taxa in the studied interfaces or taxa specific for one type of interface.

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Entre october 1988 et juillet 1989, trois campagnes de prélèvements de macroinvertébrés ont été effectuées dans huit types d'interfaces eau-terre du lac Léman (Suisse). Trois interfaces artificielles (mur de béton, mur avec anfractuosités, enrochements) et cinq interfaces naturelles (grève caillouteuse, grève caillouteuse sous ripisylve, roselière, talus terreux et grève sablonneuse) ont été choisies en fonction de leur importance qualitative et quantitative dans les lacs suisses.

Les différentes interfaces ont été caractérisées àl aide de ladensité, de la richesse faunistique et de la fréquence des taxons. Les différences entre interfaces et entre stations ont été mises en évidence par analyses de correspondance.

La richesse faunistique, la diversité et la densité des interfaces artificielles sont faibles. Elles sont caractérisées par des taxons fréquent dans l'ensemble des interfaces prospectées et par quelques taxons fréquents dans les interfaces à substrat dur. Les peuplements des interfaces naturelles, àl'exception des grèves sablonneuses, ont des valeurs de richesse faunistique, de diversité et de densité plus élevées et peuvent être caractérisés par la présence de taxons peu communs dans les interfaces ou de taxons spécifiques à un type d interface.

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Bänziger, R. A comparative study of the zoobenthos of eight land-water interfaces (Lake of Geneva). Hydrobiologia 300, 133–140 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00024455

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