Macrophyte cover and environmental factors shaping macroinvertebrate diversity in a Mediterranean urban pond

• Published in: Wetlands ecology and management Vol. 33; no. 1; p. 10
• Main Authors: Aouadi, Abdallah, Samraoui, Farrah, Bouhala, Zineb, Souiki, Lynda, Samraoui, Boudjéma
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.02.2025; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Abundance; Algeria; anthropogenic activities; Anthropogenic factors; Aquatic plants; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Bioremediation; Coleoptera; Community composition; Composition; Conservation Biology/Ecology; Diptera; ecological restoration; Environmental factors; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice; Freshwater & Marine Ecology; Freshwater plants; Hemiptera; Hydrology/Water Resources; Life Sciences; Macroinvertebrates; macrophytes; Marine & Freshwater Sciences; Marshes; normalized difference vegetation index; Normalized difference vegetative index; Original Paper; Phragmites australis; Physicochemical processes; Phytoremediation; Ponds; Species composition; species diversity; Tamarix; Taxa; Typha angustifolia; Vegetation; Vegetation type; vegetation types; Water Quality/Water Pollution; Zoobenthos; Algeria; Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI); Macrophyte cover; Urban wetland; Macroinvertebrates; Anthropogenic pressure

This study explored macroinvertebrate diversity and its relationship with macrophyte cover in Boussedra, an urban pond in north-eastern Algeria subject to high anthropogenic pressure. Monthly macroinvertebrate samples and physico-chemical parameters were collected from five sampling sites, each char...