Mayfly production in a New Zealand glacial stream and the potential effect of climate change

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 603, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 211-219

  Winterbourn, Michael J ^a   Cadbury, Sarah ^b   Ilg, Christiane ^c   Milner, Alexander M ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Deleatidium; Ephemeroptera; Global warming; New Zealand; Secondary production; Streams

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; GLACIERS; RAIN; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

DISTRIBUTIONAL RANGE; WATER TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

GLOBAL WARMING; LOW TEMPERATURE; MAYFLY; MELTWATER; SECONDARY PRODUCTION; SPECIALIST; STREAMWATER;

AUSTRALASIA; MATUKITUKI RIVER; NEW ZEALAND; OTAGO; SOUTH ISLAND;

CHIRONOMIDAE; DELEATIDIUM; EPHEMEROPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; LEPTOPHLEBIIDAE;

EID: 41049095788     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-007-9273-0     Document Type: Article

References (41)

1. Benke, A. C., 1984. Secondary production of aquatic insects. In Resh V. H. & D. M. Rosenberg (eds), The Ecology of Aquatic Insects. Praeger, New York: 289-322.
2. Benke, A. C., 1993. Concepts and patterns of invertebrate production in running waters. Verhandlungen der Internationalen Vereinigung für Theoretische und Angewandte Limnologie 25: 15-38.
3. Brittain, J. E., 1983. The influence of temperature on nymphal growth rates in mountain stoneflies (Plecoptera). Ecology 64: 440-446.
4. Brittain, J. E. & A. M. Milner (eds), 2001a. Glacier-fed rivers - unique lotic ecosystems. Freshwater Biology 46: 1571-1847.
5. Brittain, J. E. & A. M. Milner, 2001b. Ecology of glacier-fed rivers: current status and concepts. Freshwater Biology 46: 1571-1578.
6. Brown, L. E., D. M. Hannah & A. M. Milner, 2007. Vulnerability of alpine stream biodiversity to shrinking glaciers and snowpacks. Global Change Biology 13: 958-966.
7. Cadbury, S. L., 2007. Spatio-temporal patterns in the hydroecology of a New Zealand glacier-fed river catchment. Ph.D. thesis, University of Birmingham, UK.
8. Cadbury, S. L., D. M. Hannah, A. M. Milner, C. P. Pearson & L. E. Brown, 2007. Stream temperature dynamics within a New Zealand glacierized basin. River Research and Applications 23: 1-21.
9. Chinn, T. J., 2001. Distribution of the glacial water resources of New Zealand. Journal of Hydrology (NZ) 40: 139-187.
10. Chinn, T. J., 2004. Glaciers - perennial snow and ice. In Harding J., P. Mosley, C. Pearson & B. Sorrell (eds), Freshwaters of New Zealand. New Zealand Hydrological and Limnological Societies, Christchurch: 6.1-6.9.
11. Collier, K. J., A. E. Wright-Stow & B. J. Smith, 2004. Trophic basis of production for a mayfly in a North Island, New Zealand, forest stream: contributions of benthic versus hyporheic habitats and implications for restoration. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 38: 301-314.
12. Flory, E. A. & A. M. Milner, 1999. The role of competition in invertebrate community development in a recently formed stream in Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska. Aquatic Ecology 33: 175-184.
13. Füreder, L., 2007. Life at the edge: habitat condition and bottom fauna of alpine running waters. International Review of Hydrobiology 92: 491-513.
14. Graesser, A. K., 1988. Physico-chemical conditions and benthic community dynamics in four South Westland streams. Ph.D. thesis, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.
15. Hauer, F. R., J. S. Baron, D. H. Campbell, K. D. Fausch, S. W. Hostetler, G. H. Leavesley, P. R. Leavitt, D. M. McKnight & J. A. Stanford, 1998. Assessment of climate change and freshwater ecosystems of the Rocky Mountains, USA and Canada. Hydrological Processes 11: 903-924.
16. Hitchings, T. R., 2001. The Canterbury Museum mayfly collection and database (Insecta: Ephemeroptera). Records of the Canterbury Museum 15: 11-32.
17. Humpesch, U. H., 1979. Life cycles and growth rates of Baetis spp. (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae) in the laboratory and in two stony streams in Austria. Freshwater Biology 9: 467-479.
18. Huryn, A. D., 1996. Temperature-dependent growth and life cycle of Deleatidium (Ephemeroptera: Leptophlebiidae) in two high-country streams in New Zealand. Freshwater Biology 36: 351-361.
19. Huryn, A. D. & J. B. Wallace, 2000. Life history and production of stream insects. Annual Review of Entomology 45: 83-110.
20. Leuven, R. S. E. W., T. C. M. Brock & H. A. M. van Druten, 1985. Effects of preservation on dry and ash-free dry weight biomass of some common aquatic macro-invertebrates. Hydrobiologia 127: 151-159.
21. McGregor, G., G. E. Petts, A. M. Gurnell & A. M. Milner, 1995. Sensitivity of alpine stream ecosystems to climate change and human impacts. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 5: 233-247.
22. Melack, J. M., J. Dozier, C. R. Goldman, D. Greenland, A. M. Milner & R. J. Naiman, 1997. Effects of climate change on inland waters of the Pacific Coastal Mountains and Western Great Basin of North America. Hydrological Processes 11: 971-992.
23. Milner, A. M., 1997. Glacial recession and freshwater ecosystems in coastal Alaska. In Milner A. M. & M. W. Oswood (eds), Freshwaters of Alaska: Ecological Syntheses. Springer-Verlag, New York, 303-330.
24. Milner, A. M. & G. E. Petts, 1994. Glacial rivers: physical habitat and ecology. Freshwater Biology 32: 295-307.
25. Milner, A. M., R. C. Taylor & M. J. Winterbourn, 2001. Longitudinal distribution of macroinvertebrates in two glacier-fed New Zealand rivers. Freshwater Biology 46: 1765-1775.
26. Ministry for the Environment, 2007. Climate change impacts in New Zealand. http://www.mfe.govt.nz/issues/climate/about/impacts.html (viewed 25 July 2007).
27. Oswood, M. W., 1997. Streams and rivers of Alaska: a high latitude perspective on running waters. In Milner A. M. & M. W. Oswood (eds), Freshwaters of Alaska: Ecological Syntheses. Springer-Verlag, New York: 331-356.
28. Oswood, M. W., A. M. Milner & J. G. Irons, 1992. Climate change and Alaskan rivers and streams. In Firth P & S. G. Fisher (eds), Global Climate Change and Freshwater Ecosystems. Springer-Verlag, New York: 192-210.
29. Ryan, P. A. & A. P. Ryan, 2006. Impacts of global warming on New Zealand freshwater organisms: a preview and review. New Zealand Natural Sciences 31: 43-57.
30. Scrimgeour, G. J., 1991. Life history and production of Deleatidium (Ephemeroptera: Leptophlebiidae) in an unstable New Zealand river. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 25: 93-99.
31. Sinclair, B. J., 2001. Field ecology of freeze tolerance: interannual variation in cooling rates, freeze-thaw and thermal stress in the microhabitat of the alpine cockroach Celatoblatta quinquemaculata. Oikos 93: 286-293.
32. Steffan, A. W., 1971. Chironomid (Diptera) biocoenoses in Scandinavian glacier brooks. Canadian Entomologist 103: 477-486.
33. Taylor, R. C., 2001. Benthic ecology of glacial rivers in South Westland with particular reference to the Chironomidae. M.Sc. thesis, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.
34. Towns, D. R., 1983. Life history patterns of six sympatric species of Leptophlebiidae (Ephemeroptera) in a New Zealand stream and the role of interspecific competition in their evolution. Hydrobiologia 99: 37-50.
35. Towns, D. R. & W. L. Peters, 1996. Leptophlebiidae (Insecta: Ephemeroptera). Fauna of New Zealand 36.
36. Ward, J. V., 1994. Ecology of alpine streams. Freshwater Biology 32: 277-294.
37. Ward, J. V. & U. Uehlinger (eds), 2003. Ecology of a Glacial Flood Plain. Kluwer, Dordrecht.
38. Weingartner, R. & C. Pearson, 2001. A comparison of the hydrology of the Swiss Alps and the Southern Alps of New Zealand. Mountain Research and Development 21: 370-381.
39. Whiles, M. R. & J. B. Wallace, 1995. Macroinvertebrate production in a headwater stream during recovery from anthropogenic disturbance and hydrologic extremes. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 52: 2402-2422.
40. Winterbourn, M. J., 1974. The life histories, trophic relations and production of Stenoperla prasina (Plecoptera) and Deleatidium sp. (Ephemeroptera) in a New Zealand river. Freshwater Biology 4: 507-524.
41. Wratt, D., B. Mullan & J. Renwick, 2007. Climate variability and change - NIWA Science. http://www.niwavessels.co.nz (viewed 18 April 2007).