caa a22 4500 467902232 CHVBK 20180406152821.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e20060501xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10661-006-7669-3 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10661-006-7669-3 Monitoring Changes in Freshwater Macroinvertebrate Communities Along a Salinity Gradient Using Artificial Substrates [Elektronische Daten] [Christophe Piscart, Jean-Claude Moreteau, Jean-Nicolas Beisel] Scientists strive to develop efficient sampling protocols, reducing both the number of samples and processing time required, which can be adapted for use in a broad range of ecosystems. We investigated the accuracy and usefulness of artificial substrates in monitoring the impact of rising salinity on freshwater macroinvertebrate communities. We sampled seven sites along a salinity gradient (from 0.2gL-1 to 2.6gL-1) over a 19-km stretch of the Meurthe River, in northeastern France. All other parameters remained stable in this section of the river. Artificial substrate samples, each consisting of six liters of pebbles, were removed from the river at one-month intervals and examined. Results obtained indicated the same qualitative impairments as those found in samples collected using a Surber net. The use of artificial substrates was found to be a viable alternative method for assessing biological changes in river quality due to increasing salinity disturbance when Surber sampling cannot be performed. Springer Science + Business Media, Inc., 2006 assessment nationallicence invertebrate nationallicence salinity nationallicence sampling methods nationallicence Piscart Christophe UMR CNRS ECOBIO-Université de Rennes1 — Campus Beaulieu, 263 Avenue du Général Leclerc, 35042, RENNES Cedex, France aut Moreteau Jean-Claude Université de Metz — UFR SciFA — Laboratoire BFE — Campus Bridoux, Avenue du Général Delestraint, 57070, Metz, France aut Beisel Jean-Nicolas Université de Metz — UFR SciFA — Laboratoire BFE — Campus Bridoux, Avenue du Général Delestraint, 57070, Metz, France aut Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Kluwer Academic Publishers 116/1-3(2006-05-01), 529-542 0167-6369 116:1-3<529 2006 116 10661 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-006-7669-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-006-7669-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Piscart Christophe UMR CNRS ECOBIO-Université de Rennes1 — Campus Beaulieu, 263 Avenue du Général Leclerc, 35042, RENNES Cedex, France aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Moreteau Jean-Claude Université de Metz — UFR SciFA — Laboratoire BFE — Campus Bridoux, Avenue du Général Delestraint, 57070, Metz, France aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Beisel Jean-Nicolas Université de Metz — UFR SciFA — Laboratoire BFE — Campus Bridoux, Avenue du Général Delestraint, 57070, Metz, France aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Kluwer Academic Publishers 116/1-3(2006-05-01), 529-542 0167-6369 116:1-3<529 2006 116 10661 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer