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
11 - Dynamics and vertical distribution of particulate organic matter in river bed sediments (Morava River, Czech Republic)
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 Vertical and temporal distribution of paniculate organic matter (POM) in river bed sediments was observed in two different stations in the Morava River. Samples of river sediments from 0–70 cm depths were taken by inserting a steel cylinder with a special grab. The main type of organic matter found in bed sediments was fine particulate organic matter (FPOM < 1 mm). The organic matter had a variable distribution in the hyporheic zone. Generally, the concentration of organic matter was higher in the top 0–40 cm of sediment. The annual mean storage of buried organic matter (0–70 cm depth) was 5352.13 g AFDW.rn−3. The exchange of organic matter between surface sediments and deep river bed sediments is influenced mainly by flooding activity. The maximum storage of organic matter in the hyporheic zone appears in the spring when floods are decreasing.
INTRODUCTION
Allochthonous organic matter which is imported in running waters at different times and in different ways (Boling et al, 1975; Cummins, 1974; Moser, 1991) is an important source of energy for sediment fauna (Fisher & Likens, 1973; Cummins, 1974). Fresh imported allochthonous organic matter is not available directly for benthic consumers and must first be processed by the microbial communities, especially fungi and bacteria (Rossi & Fano, 1979; Arsuffi & Suberkropp, 1985).
An exchange of water exists between the surface and hyporheic zone (Grimm & Fisher, 1984; Thibodeaux & Boyle, 1987; White et al, 1987). In these exchange processes, particulate and dissolved organic material are transported into the bed sediments (Welton, 1980; Carling & McMahon, 1987; Mayack et al, 1989; Metzler & Smock, 1990; Smock, 1990; Bretschko & Moser, 1993; Sear, 1993).
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- Groundwater/Surface Water EcotonesBiological and Hydrological Interactions and Management Options, pp. 82 - 90Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1997