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Benthic macroinvertebrates along the Czech part of the Labe and lower section of the Vltava rivers from 1996–2005, with a particular focus on rare and alien species

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In the Czech part of the Labe River and the lower part of the Vltava River, we examined if the benthic macroinvertebrate composition changed from 1996 to 2005 due to expected improvements in water quality resulting from socioeconomic changes in the Czech Republic since the 1990s. Special attention was given to rare and alien species. The four biological metrics used (Number of taxa, BMWP, Number of sensitive taxa, and Number of EPT taxa) demonstrated that there was indeed an improvement in water quality as well as a slight improvement of the Labe microhabitats during the investigated period. An increasing Number of taxa over time was observed at most sites. Two main concurrent ecological processes are recently in progress in the Labe: a recovery of native species and an expansion of alien species, some of which are considered invasive. The caddisfly Setodes punctatus and the beetle Pomatinus substriatus, considered as regionally extinct in the Czech Republic until 2005, were rediscovered during our investigations. Findings of the crustacean Hemimysis anomala (invasive) and the chironomids Stenochironomus sp. and Lipiniella sp. were the first records of these taxa in the Czech Republic.

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Abbreviations

AOX:

Adsorbable Organically bound Halogens

BMWP:

Biological Monitoring Working Party

BOD/COD:

Biochemical/Chemical Oxygen Demand

p,p′-DDT:

p,p′-dichlordiphenyltrichlorethane

EDC:

Endocrinedisrupting Chemical

EPT:

Ephemeroptera-Plecoptera-Trichoptera

g-HCH:

gamma-hexachlorocyclohexane

ICPER:

International Commission for the Protection of the Elbe River (also IKSE or MKOL)

IUCN:

International Union for Conservation of Nature

PAHs:

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons

PCBs:

Polychlorinated Biphenyls

NT:

nearly threatened

VU:

vulnerable

EN:

endangered

CR:

critically endangered

RE:

regionally extinct

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    Kateřina Kolaříková, Jakub Horecký, Martina Jíchová, Jolana Tátosová, Zuzana Hořická & Evžen Stuchlík

  2. Water Management Laboratory in Prague, Vltava River Authority, Na Hutmance 5a, CZ-15024, Praha 5, Czech Republic

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Kolaříková, K., Horecký, J., Liška, M. et al. Benthic macroinvertebrates along the Czech part of the Labe and lower section of the Vltava rivers from 1996–2005, with a particular focus on rare and alien species. Biologia 69, 508–521 (2014). https://doi.org/10.2478/s11756-014-0336-1

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