Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of authors
- Preface
- I INTRODUCTION
- II FUNCTION OF GROUNDWATER / SURFACE WATER INTERFACES
- 2 Ecotonal animal assemblages; their interest for groundwater studies
- 3 Stochasticity in resource utilization by a larval chironomidae (diptera) community in the bed sediments of a gravel stream
- 4 Temporal and spatial dynamics of meiofaunal assemblages in the hyporheic interstitial of a gravel stream
- 5 Interstitial fauna along an epigean-hypogean gradient in a Rocky Mountain river
- 6 Filter effect of karstic spring ecotones on the population structure of the hypogean amphipod Niphargus virei
- 7 Community respiration in the hyporheic zone of a riffle-pool sequence
- 8 Diversity, connectivity and variability of littoral, surface water ecotones in three side arms of the Szigetköz region (Danube, Hungary)
- 9 Seasonal dynamics and storage of particulate organic matter within bed sediment of three streams with contrasted riparian vegetation and morphology
- 10 Bedsediments: Protein and POM content (RITRODAT-Lunz study area, Austria)
- 11 Dynamics and vertical distribution of particulate organic matter in river bed sediments (Morava River, Czech Republic)
- 12 Surface water/groundwater/forest alluvial ecosystems: functioning of interfaces. The case of the Rhine floodplain in Alsace (France)
- 13 Modelling of hydrological processes in a floodplain wetland
- 14 Contribution to the groundwater hydrology of the Amboseli ecosystem, Kenya
- 15 The role of hydrology in defining a groundwater ecosystem
- 16 Typology of water transport and chemical reactions in groundwater/lake ecotones
- 17 Development of a water transfer equation for a groundwater/surface water interface and use of it to forecast floods in the Yanghe Reservoir Basin
- 18 Uses and limitations of ground penetrating RADAR in two riparian systems
- III MALFUNCTION OF GROUNDWATER / SURFACE WATER INTERFACES: CAUSES AND METHODS OF EVALUATION
- IV MANAGEMENT AND RESTORATION OF GROUNDWATER / SURFACE WATER INTERFACES
- V CONCLUSION
- ANNEX
2 - Ecotonal animal assemblages; their interest for groundwater studies
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 September 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of authors
- Preface
- I INTRODUCTION
- II FUNCTION OF GROUNDWATER / SURFACE WATER INTERFACES
- 2 Ecotonal animal assemblages; their interest for groundwater studies
- 3 Stochasticity in resource utilization by a larval chironomidae (diptera) community in the bed sediments of a gravel stream
- 4 Temporal and spatial dynamics of meiofaunal assemblages in the hyporheic interstitial of a gravel stream
- 5 Interstitial fauna along an epigean-hypogean gradient in a Rocky Mountain river
- 6 Filter effect of karstic spring ecotones on the population structure of the hypogean amphipod Niphargus virei
- 7 Community respiration in the hyporheic zone of a riffle-pool sequence
- 8 Diversity, connectivity and variability of littoral, surface water ecotones in three side arms of the Szigetköz region (Danube, Hungary)
- 9 Seasonal dynamics and storage of particulate organic matter within bed sediment of three streams with contrasted riparian vegetation and morphology
- 10 Bedsediments: Protein and POM content (RITRODAT-Lunz study area, Austria)
- 11 Dynamics and vertical distribution of particulate organic matter in river bed sediments (Morava River, Czech Republic)
- 12 Surface water/groundwater/forest alluvial ecosystems: functioning of interfaces. The case of the Rhine floodplain in Alsace (France)
- 13 Modelling of hydrological processes in a floodplain wetland
- 14 Contribution to the groundwater hydrology of the Amboseli ecosystem, Kenya
- 15 The role of hydrology in defining a groundwater ecosystem
- 16 Typology of water transport and chemical reactions in groundwater/lake ecotones
- 17 Development of a water transfer equation for a groundwater/surface water interface and use of it to forecast floods in the Yanghe Reservoir Basin
- 18 Uses and limitations of ground penetrating RADAR in two riparian systems
- III MALFUNCTION OF GROUNDWATER / SURFACE WATER INTERFACES: CAUSES AND METHODS OF EVALUATION
- IV MANAGEMENT AND RESTORATION OF GROUNDWATER / SURFACE WATER INTERFACES
- V CONCLUSION
- ANNEX
Summary
ABSTRACT In order to better understand the structure of the surface-groundwater organismal assemblages (SGOA), the concept of global aquifer/river system (GARS) of Castany is recalled. The pattern of SGOAs emerges within different space and time scales. Examples of SGOAs and of the processes which form them are presented using case studies from the alluvial sediment fauna of the rivers Rhone, the Danube at Vienna, and the Lachein brook, in southern France. The structure of these assemblages depends on the boundary conditions of the groundwater system, mainly the hydrologic dynamics, and on the initiating conditions offered by the ecological tolerances of each species which contributes in the assemblages. The possible role of the macroorganisms in the functioning of the groundwater ecosystem is discussed. Their role appears less important than was thought earlier. Finally we emphasize the necessity of protecting the diversity of ecotonal assemblages. Scientific, cultural and practical arguments are presented.
INTRODUCTION
The review deals with studies on surface-groundwater organismic assemblages (SGOA) in unconsolidated, porous media, mainly alluvial sediments. These animal assemblages are formed by hypogean dwelling organisms (Hy) and epigean ones (Epi) which live permanently or temporarily in such subsurface habitats. At a first approximation, the SGOA definition agrees with the concept of ecotone, sensu Odum (1971, p. 157): ‘a transition between two or more diverse communities’. The study of such ecotonal animal assemblages represents one of the core aspects of groundwater ecology (GW).
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- Groundwater/Surface Water EcotonesBiological and Hydrological Interactions and Management Options, pp. 11 - 20Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1997
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