Impact of chronic and pulse dilution disturbances on metabolism and trophic structure in a saline Mediterranean stream

• Published in: Hydrobiologia Vol. 686; no. 1; pp. 225 - 239
• Main Authors: Gutiérrez-Cánovas, Cayetano, Hernández, Juan, Millán, Andrés, Velasco, Josefa
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.05.2012; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Animal and plant ecology; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Anthropogenic factors; Aquatic plants; autotrophs; Biological and medical sciences; Biomedical and Life Sciences; case studies; Conductivity; Creeks & streams; Disturbance; Diversion channels; Ecological function; Ecology; Ecosystems; Environmental impact; Fresh water ecosystems; freshwater; Freshwater & Marine Ecology; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General aspects; global change; irrigated farming; Life Sciences; Macroinvertebrates; Metabolism; Phragmites australis; predators; prediction; Primary Research Paper; Saline water; Spain; streams; Synecology; Zoology; Mediterranean Area; Spain; Food webs; Functional feeding groups; Autotrophic ecosystems; Basin management; Stable isotopes; Global change; Modification; Trophic structure; Autotrophy; Perturbation; Metabolism; Feeding; Salinity; Dynamical climatology; Climate change; Chronic; Dilution; Food web; Planetary scale; Stream; Functional group

Predicting the consequences of global change involves investigating the mechanisms by which anthropogenic stress modifies ecosystem function. In this sense, naturally stressed ecosystems provide a new framework to test hypotheses in such a context. Here, we use a saline stream (Rambla Salada, SE Spa...