Relationships between land cover, riparian vegetation, stream characteristics, and aquatic insects in cloud forest streams, Mexico

• Published in: Hydrobiologia Vol. 768; no. 1; pp. 167 - 181
• Main Authors: Astudillo, Manuel R, Novelo-Gutiérrez, Rodolfo, Vázquez, Gabriela, García-Franco, José G, Ramírez, Alonso
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.03.2016; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Anacroneuria; Animal populations; anthropogenic activities; Anthropogenic factors; Aquatic insects; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Cloud forests; Creeks & streams; Drinking water; Ecology; Ecosystems; Forests; Freshwater & Marine Ecology; functional diversity; Geomorphology; hydrochemistry; Insects; land cover; Life Sciences; Mexico; Pasture; pastures; physicochemical properties; Primary Research Paper; Rainy season; riparian areas; Riparian land; Riparian vegetation; Seasonal variations; Streams; Suragina; tropical montane cloud forests; Vegetation; Water chemistry; Watersheds; wet season; Zoology; Mexico; ASW, Leeward I., Antigua; Forest cover; Channel geomorphology; Water chemistry; Functional feeding groups

Cloud forest streams are diverse ecosystems that provide valuable services (i.e., drinking water), but are threatened by anthropogenic activities on the watershed. We assessed the relationships between forest cover in the catchment, riparian vegetation, water chemistry, channel geomorphology, and th...