Collection strategies for quantifying protist assemblages in temperate headwater streams

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 630, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 115-126

  Hersha, Deborah K ^a   Williams, Lance R ^b   Bouchard, Virginie ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic grab sampler; Headwater streams; Polyurethane foam unit; Protist sampling methods; Sampling design; Sampling gear

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC GRAB SAMPLER; HEADWATER STREAMS; POLYURETHANE FOAM UNIT; PROTIST SAMPLING METHODS; SAMPLING DESIGN;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; DESIGN; RIGID FOAMED PLASTICS;

SAMPLING;

ABUNDANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HEADWATER; PROTIST; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAM; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

PROTISTA;

EID: 67349223917     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-009-9784-y     Document Type: Article

References (49)

1. ASTM E, 2004. Standard Practice for Preserving Zooplankton Samples. ASTM International.
2. BJF Biggs S Stokseth 1996 Hydraulic habitat suitability for periphyton in rivers Regulated Rivers-Research & Management 12 251 261
3. TL Bott LA Kaplan 1989 Densities of benthic protozoa and nematodes in a Piedmont stream Journal of the North American Benthological Society 8 187 196
4. J Cairns Jr WH Yongue N Smith 1974 The effects of substrate quality upon colonization by fresh-water protozoans Revista de Biologia 1 3 20
5. J Cairns Jr PV McCormick BR Niederlehner 1992 Estimating ecotoxicological risk and impact using indigenous aquatic microbial communities Hydrobiologia 237 131 145
6. BJ Cardinale MA Palmer CM Swan S Brooks NL Poff 2002 The influence of substrate heterogeneity on biofilm metabolism in a stream ecosystem Ecology 83 412 422
7. DA Caron PG Davis LP Madin JM Sieburth 1982 Heterotrophic bacteria and bacterivorous protozoa in oceanic macroaggregates Science 218 795 797
8. PR Chung KS Cho Y Jung Y Shen M Gu W Feng 1999 Biological evaluation of running waters in Korea, with special reference to bioassessment using the PFU system Hydrobiologia 390 107 115
9. EJ Cleven 2004 Seasonal and spatial distribution of ciliates in the sandy hyporheic zone of a lowland stream European Journal of Protistology 40 71 84
10. MR Dennett S Mathot DA Caron WO Smith DJ Lonsdale 2001 Abundance and distribution of phototrophic and heterotrophic nano- and microplankton in the southern Ross Sea Deep-Sea Research II-Topical Studies in Oceanography 48 4019 4037
11. FS Dobson AT Smith JP Yu 1997 Static and temporal studies of rarity Conservation Biology 11 306 307
12. Fenchel, T., 1987. The Ecology of Protozoa. Madison/Springer-Verlag, Germany.
13. Finlay, B. J, B. E. Guhl, 1992. Plankton sampling-freshwater. In Lee, J. J, A. T. Solda (eds), Protocols in Protozoology. Allen Press Inc., Lawrence, USA: B-1.1-B-2.5.
14. BJ Finlay KJ Clarke AJ Cowling RM Hindle A Rogerson UG Berninger 1988 On the abundance and distribution of protozoa and their food in a productive fresh-water pond European Journal of Protistology 23 205 217
15. W Foissner A Unterweger T Henschel 1992 Comparison of direct stream bed and artificial substrate sampling of ciliates (Protozoa, Ciliophora) in a mesosaprobic river Limnologica 22 97 104
16. Fritz, K. M., B. R. Johnson & D. M. Walters, 2006. Field Operations Manual for Assessing the Hydrologic Permanence and Ecological Condition of Headwater Streams. EPA/600/R-06/126. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Washington, DC.
17. JM Gasol 1993 Benthic flagellates and ciliates in fine fresh-water sediments-calibration of a living counting procedure and estimation of abundances Microbial Ecology 25 247 262
18. AJ Gooday DW Pond SS Bowser 2002 Ecology and nutrition of the large agglutinated foraminiferan bathysiphon capillare in the bathyal NE Atlantic: distribution within the sediment profile and lipid biomarker composition Marine Ecology-Progress Series 245 69 82
19. B Gucker H Fischer 2003 Flagellate and ciliate distribution in sediments of a lowland river: relationships with environmental gradients and bacteria Aquatic Microbial Ecology 31 67 76
20. JF Haney DJ Hall 1973 Sugar-coated Daphnia: a preservation technique for cladoceran Limnology and Oceanography 8 331 333
21. PJ Hanson JF Weltzin 2000 Drought disturbance from climate change: response of United States forests Science of the Total Environment 262 205 220
22. MS Henebry J Cairns Jr 1980 The effect of island size, distance and epicenter maturity on colonization in fresh-water protozoan communities American Midland Naturalist 104 80 92
23. AR Holt PH Warren KJ Gaston 2004 The importance of habitat heterogeneity, biotic interactions and dispersal in abundance-occupancy relationships Journal of Animal Ecology 73 841 851
24. JG Jiang YF Shen 2007 Studies on the restoration succession of PFU microbial communities in a pilot-scale microcosm Chemosphere 68 637 646
25. Kemp, P. F., B. F. Sherr, E. B. Sherr & J. J. Cole (eds), 1993. Handbook of Methods in Aquatic Microbial Ecology. Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton, Florida, USA.
26. N Lair V Jacquet P Reyes-Marchant 1999 Factors related to autotrophic potamoplankton, heterotrophic protists and micrometazoan abundance, at two sites in a lowland temperate river during low water flow Hydrobiologia 394 13 28
27. ME Ledger AG Hildrew 1998 Temporal and spatial variation in the epilithic biofilm of an acid stream Freshwater Biology 40 655 670
28. ME Ledger AG Hildrew 2001 Growth of an acid-tolerant stonefly on epilithic biofilms from streams of contrasting pH Freshwater Biology 46 1457 1470
29. Lee, J. J, A. T. Soldo (eds), 1992. Protocols in Protozoology. Allen Press Inc., Kansas, USA.
30. JR Liebig HA Vanderploeg SA Ruberg 2006 Factors affecting the performance of the optical plankton counter in large lakes: insights from Lake Michigan and laboratory studies Journal of Geophysical Research 3 1 10
31. T Liu ZL Chen YF Shen L Gan L Cao ZZ Lv 2007 Monitoring bioaccumulation and toxic effects of hexachlorobenzene using the polyurethane foam unit method in the microbial communities of the Fuhe River, Wuhan Journal of Environmental Sciences 19 738 744
32. P Madoni 2005 Ciliated protozoan communities and saprobic evaluation of water quality in the hilly zone of some tributaries of the Po River (Northern Italy) Hydrobiologia 541 55 69
33. McCune, B, M. J. Mefford, 1999. Analysis of Ecological Communities. MjM Software Design, Gleneden Beach, Oregon, USA.
34. JL Meyer DL Strayer JB Wallace SL Eggert GS Helfman NE Leonard 2007 The contribution of headwater streams to biodiversity in river networks Journal of the American Water Resources Association 43 86 103
35. Omernik, J. M., 1987. Aquatic Ecoregions of the Conterminous United States. U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia, USA.
36. Patterson, D. J., 1996. Free-living Freshwater Protozoa: A Colour Guide. Manson Publishing Ltd., London.
37. V Picard N Lair 2005 Spatio-temporal investigations on the planktonic organisms of the Middle Loire (France), during the low water period: biodiversity and community dynamics Hydrobiologia 551 69 86
38. JR Pratt R Horwitz J Cairns Jr 1987 Protozoan communities of the Flint River-Lake Blackshear ecosystem (Georgia, USA) Hydrobiologia 148 159 174
39. NE Roth JD Allan DL Erickson 1996 Landscape influences on stream biotic integrity assessed at multiple spatial scales Landscape Ecology 11 141 156
40. N Salmaso J Padisak 2007 Morpho-functional groups and phytoplankton development in two deep lakes (Lake Garda, Italy and Lake Stechlin, Germany) Hydrobiologia 578 97 112
41. YF Shen AL Buikema WH Yongue Jr JR Pratt J Cairns Jr 1986 Use of protozoan communities to predict environmental effects of pollutants Journal of Protozoology 33 146 151
42. Sherr, E. B., D. A. Caron & B. F. Sherr, 1993. Staining of heterotrophic protist for visualization via epifluorescence microscopy. In Kemp, P. F., B. F. Sherr, E. B. Sherr & J. J. Cole (eds), Handbook of Methods in Aquatic Microbial Ecology. CRC Press Inc., Baca Raton, Florida, USA: 226.
43. MA Sleigh BM Baldock JH Baker 1992 Protozoan communities in chalk streams Hydrobiologia 248 53 64
44. PM Stewart JR Pratt J Cairns Jr RL Lowe 1985 Diatom and protozoan species accrual on artificial substrates in lentic habitats Transactions of the American Microscopial Society 104 369 377
45. J Tews U Brose V Grimm K Tielborger MC Wichmann M Schwager F Jeltsch 2004 Animal species diversity driven by habitat heterogeneity/diversity: the importance of keystone structures Journal of Biogeography 31 79 92
46. LR Williams ML Warren SB Adams JL Arvai CM Taylor 2004 Basin visual estimation technique (BVET) and representative reach approaches to wadeable stream surveys: methodological limitation and future directions Fisheries 29 12 22
47. M Xu B Wood 1994 Water quality in Kinnego Bay, Lough, Neagh, demonstrated by protozoan communities colonizing polyurethane foam artificial substrate Biology and Environment 94 195 203
48. KD Xu JK Choi EJ Yang KC Lee YL Lei 2002 Biomonitoring of coastal pollution status using protozoan communities with a modified PFU method Marine Pollution Bulletin 44 877 886
49. WH Yongue J Cairns Jr 1971 Comparison between numbers and kinds of freshwater protozoans colonizing autoclaved and unautoclaved polyurethane foam substrates Applied Environmental Microbiology 31 750 753