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Alien aquatic macroinvertebrates along the lateral dimension of a large floodplain

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Floodplains are simultaneously among the most species-rich and the most threatened ecosystems. Alien aquatic macroinvertebrates contribute to this threat but remain scarcely studied in the lateral dimension of floodplains. We modelled the realized ecological niches of the alien species occurring in 24 floodplain channels of the Rhône River. Environmental variables depicting the ecological niches were associated to the lateral hydrological connectivity and light availability, both being modified during floodplain restoration works. Eight alien species were observed and they demonstrated either ubiquity or a restricted niche, with no link to the date of introduction. For most of them, the main river channel appeared as an important dispersal route in the lateral dimension of the floodplain. An increase of both lateral connectivity and light availability favoured most of the modelled species. Consequently, we recommend that sector-scale restoration programmes preserve varying levels of lateral connectivity for floodplain channels to prevent the expansion of alien aquatic macroinvertebrates.

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Acknowledgments

We are grateful to J. -M. Olivier and N. Lamouroux for the coordination of the restoration programme on the French Rhône River. We thank S. Mérigoux and two anonymous reviewers for their comments on a previous version of the article. We thank also D. McCrae for editing the English and for carrying out the solar access measurements. We are grateful to B. Lachal and E. Pampaloni for initial discussion on light availability and for lending the fish-eye equipment. We also thank all the people who participated in the field campaigns, the sorting and the identification of macroinvertebrates. This research was jointly funded by the « Compagnie Nationale du Rhône », the « Agence de l’Eau Rhône-Méditerranée et Corse », the « Direction Régionale de l’Environnement », the « Région Rhône-Alpes » and the « Centre en Sciences Naturelles de l’Environnement » of the University of Geneva.

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    Anne-Laure Besacier-Monbertrand, Amael Paillex & Emmanuel Castella

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Besacier-Monbertrand, AL., Paillex, A. & Castella, E. Alien aquatic macroinvertebrates along the lateral dimension of a large floodplain. Biol Invasions 12, 2219–2231 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-009-9632-z

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