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The dead-arm evolution of river systems: A comparison between the information provided by living Copepoda and Cladocera populations and by Bosminidae and Chydroidae remains

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Methodological investigations, using remains of Bosminidae and Chydoridae, were undertaken to study the development of ecosystems in former river channels. Four biotopes from two former channels of different ages were used in this work. The Copepoda and Cladocera populations characterized each of the 11 sampling stations in relation to ecological factors, which are linked to the development stage in each ecosystem. Analysis of only the Bosminidae and Chydoridae populations presented practically the same information as an analysis of the total populations of Copepoda and Cladocera. The distribution of Bosminidae and Chydoridae remains taken from the surficial sediments at the deepest point of each former channel strongly resembled the distribution of the living populations sampled at several stations during one full year. Therefore, Bosminidae and Chydoridae remains could provide us with pertinent information concerning each phase of ecological succession that occurs in abandoned river channels.

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  1. Programme Interdisciplinaire de Recherches sur l'Environnement (PIREN CNRS), UA CNRS 367 ‘Ecologie des Eaux Douces’ Université Claude Bernard (Lyon 1), 69622, Villeurbanne cedex, France

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Amoros, C., Jacquet, C. The dead-arm evolution of river systems: A comparison between the information provided by living Copepoda and Cladocera populations and by Bosminidae and Chydroidae remains. Hydrobiologia 145, 333–341 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02530295

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