Does the morphology of beaver ponds alter downstream ecosystems?

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 668, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 35-48

  Fuller, Matthew R ^a,b   Peckarsky, Barbara L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beaver (Castor canadensis Kuhl); Benthic algae; Benthic organic matter; Macroinvertebrates; Nutrients; Rocky mountain streams

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALGA; BENTHOS; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL A; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FILTER FEEDER; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NITRATE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; ORGANIC MATTER; PERIPHYTON; PHOSPHORUS; RODENT;

COLORADO; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; CASTOR CANADENSIS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 79955690970     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-011-0611-x     Document Type: Article

References (59)

1. Álvarez, M. & B. L. Peckarsky, 2005. How do grazers affect periphyton heterogeneity in streams? Oecologia 142: 576-587.
2. Anderson, C. B. & A. D. Rosemond, 2007. Ecosystem engineering by invasive exotic beavers reduces in-stream diversity and enhances ecosystem function in Cape Horn, Chile. Oecologia 154: 141-153.
3. Anderson, C. B. & A. D. Rosemond, 2010. Beaver invasion alters terrestrial subsidies to subantarctic stream food webs. Hydrobiologia 652: 141-153.
4. Arar, E. J. & G. B. Collins, 1997. In vitro determination of chlorophyll a and pheophytin a in marine and freshwater algae by fluorescence. U. S. Environmental Protection Agency Method 445: 22.
5. Arheimer, B. & H. B. Wittgren, 1994. Modeling the effects of wetlands on regional nitrogen transport. Ambio 23: 378-386.
6. Arheimer, B. & H. B. Wittgren, 2002. Modeling nitrogen removal in potential wetlands at the catchment scale. Ecological Engineering 19: 63-80.
7. Boano, F., R. Revelli & L. Ridolfi, 2008. Reduction of the hyporheic zone volume due to the stream-aquifer interaction. Geophysical Research Letters 35: L09401.
8. Butler, D. R. & G. P. Malanson, 1995. Sedimentation rates and patterns in beaver ponds in a mountain environment. Geomorphology 13: 255-269.
9. Clifford, H. F., G. M. Wiley & R. J. Casey, 1993. Macroinvertebrates of a beaver-altered boreal stream of Alberta, Canada, with special reference to the fauna on the dams. Canadian Journal of Zoology - Revue Canadienne De Zoologie 71: 1439-1447.
10. Coleman, R. L. & C. N. Dahm, 1990. Stream geomorphology: effects on periphyton standing crop and primary production. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 9: 293-302.
11. Correll, D. L., T. E. Jordan & D. E. Weller, 2000. Beaver pond biogeochemical effects in the Maryland Coastal Plain. Biogeochemistry 49: 217-239.
12. Cunningham, J. M., A. J. K. Calhoun & W. E. Glanz, 2006. Patterns of beaver colonization and wetland change in Acadia National Park. Northeastern Naturalist 13: 583-596.
13. Dent, C. L., N. B. Grimm & S. G. Fisher, 2001. Multiscale effects of surface-subsurface exchange on stream water nutrient concentrations. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 20: 162-181.
14. Devito, K. J. & P. J. Dillon, 1993. Importance of runoff and winter anoxia to the P and N dynamics of a beaver pond. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 50: 2222-2234.
15. Dieter, C. D. & T. R. Mccabe, 1989. Factors influencing beaver lodge-site selection on a prairie river. American Midland Naturalist 122: 408-411.
16. ESRI (Environmental Systems Resource Institute), 2009. ArcMap 9. 2. ESRI, Redlands, CA.
17. Foster, D. R., G. Motzkin, D. Bernardos & J. Cardoza, 2002. Wildlife dynamics in the changing New England landscape. Journal of Biogeography 29: 1337-1357.
18. Francoeur, S. N., 2001. Meta-analysis of lotic nutrient amendment experiments: detecting and quantifying subtle responses. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 20: 358-368.
19. Francoeur, S. N. & B. J. F. Biggs, 2006. Short-term effects of elevated velocity and sediment abrasion on benthic algal communities. Hydrobiologia 561: 59-69.
20. Franson, M. A. H., 1985. Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater. American Public Health Association, American Water Works Association, and Water Pollution Control Federation, Washington, DC: 1268.
21. Fuller, M. R., 2009. Beaver pond morphology as a tool for predicting changes downstream. Master Thesis. University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, U. S. A.
22. Fuller, M. R. & B. L. Peckarsky, in press. Ecosystem engineering by beavers affects mayfly life histories. Freshwater Biology. doi: 10. 1111/j. 1365-2427. 2010. 02548. x.
23. Fuller, R. L. & T. J. Fry, 1991. The influence of temperature and food quality on the growth of Hydropsyche betteni (Trichoptera) and Simulium vittatum (Diptera). Journal of Freshwater Ecology 6: 75-86.
24. Genereux, D. P., S. Leahy, H. Mitasova, C. D. Kennedy & D. R. Corbett, 2008. Spatial and temporal variability of streambed hydraulic conductivity in West Bear Creek, North Carolina, USA. Journal of Hydrology 358: 332-353.
25. Hemphill, N. & S. D. Cooper, 1983. The effect of physical disturbance on the relative abundances of two filter-feeding insects in a small stream. Oecologia 58: 378-382.
26. Holomuzki, J. R. & B. J. F. Biggs, 1999. Distributional responses to flow disturbance by a stream-dwelling snail. Oikos 87: 36-47.
27. Hunt, R. J., M. Strand & J. F. Walker, 2006. Measuring groundwater-surface water interaction and its effect on wetland stream benthic productivity, Trout Lake watershed, northern Wisconsin, USA. Journal of Hydrology 320: 370-384.
28. Jakes, A. F., J. W. Snodgrass & J. Burger, 2007. Castor canadensis (Beaver) impoundment associated with geomorphology of southeastern streams. Southeastern Naturalist 6: 271-282.
29. Jones, C. G., J. H. Lawton & M. Shachak, 1994. Organisms as ecosystem engineers. Oikos 69: 373-386.
30. Jones, J. B., S. G. Fisher & N. B. Grimm, 1995. Nitrification in the hyporheic zone of a desert stream ecosystem. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 14: 249-258.
31. Jones, C. G., J. H. Lawton & M. Shachak, 1997. Positive and negative effects of organisms as physical ecosystem engineers. Ecology 78: 1946-1957.
32. Koskiaho, J., 2003. Flow velocity retardation and sediment retention in two constructed wetland-ponds. Ecological Engineering 19: 325-337.
33. Lantzke, I. R., A. D. Heritage, G. Pistillo & D. S. Mitchell, 1998. Phosphorus removal rates in bucket size planted wetlands with a vertical hydraulic flow. Water Research 32: 1280-1286.
34. Mackay, R. J. & T. F. Waters, 1986. Effects of small impoundments on hydropsychid caddisfly production in Valley-Creek, Minnesota. Ecology 67: 1680-1686.
35. Margolis, B. E., R. L. Raesly & D. L. Shumway, 2001a. The effects of beaver-created wetlands on the benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages of two Appalachian streams. Wetlands 21: 554-563.
36. Margolis, B. E., M. S. Castro & R. L. Raesly, 2001b. The impact of beaver impoundments on the water chemistry of two Appalachian streams. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 58: 2271-2283.
37. McDowell, D. M. & R. J. Naiman, 1986. Structure and function of a benthic invertebrate stream community as influenced by beaver (Castor canadensis). Oecologia 68: 481-489.
38. Meentemeyer, R. K. & D. R. Butler, 1999. Hydrogeomorphic effects of beaver dams in Glacier National Park, Montana. Physical Geography 20: 436-446.
39. Naiman, R. J., C. A. Johnston & J. C. Kelley, 1988. Alteration of North American streams by beaver. Bioscience 38: 753-762.
40. Peckarsky, B. L., B. W. Taylor, A. R. McIntosh, M. A. McPeek & D. A. Lytle, 2001. Variation in mayfly size at metamorphosis as a developmental response to risk of predation. Ecology 82: 740-757.
41. Poff, N. L., J. D. Allan, M. B. Bain, J. R. Karr, K. L. Prestegaard, B. D. Richter, R. E. Sparks & J. C. Stromberg, 1997. The natural flow regime. Bioscience 47: 769-784.
42. Power, M. E., 1992. Top-down and bottom-up forces in food webs - do plants have primacy. Ecology 73: 733-746.
43. Pringle, C. M., R. J. Naiman, G. Bretschko, J. R. Karr, M. W. Oswood, J. R. Webster, R. L. Welcomme & M. J. Winterbourn, 1988. Patch dynamics in lotic systems: the stream as a mosaic. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 7: 503-524.
44. R Development Core Team, 2008. R: A Language and Environment for Statistical Computing. R Foundation for Statistical Computing, Vienna, Austria.
45. Reinhardt, M., R. Gachter, B. Wehrli & B. Muller, 2005. Phosphorus retention in small constructed wetlands treating agricultural drainage water. Journal of Environmental Quality 34: 1251-1259.
46. Richardson, J. S. & R. J. Mackay, 1991. Lake outlets and the distribution of filter feeders: an assessment of hypotheses. Oikos 62: 370-380.
47. Rosell, F., O. Bozser, P. Collen & H. Parker, 2005. Ecological impact of beavers Castor fiber and Castor canadensis and their ability to modify ecosystems. Mammal Review 35: 248-276.
48. Schulz, M. & C. Herzog, 2004. The influence of sorption processes on the phosphorus mass balance in a eutrophic German lowland river. Water Air and Soil Pollution 155: 291-301.
49. Smith, M. E., C. T. Driscoll, B. J. Wyskowski, C. M. Brooks & C. C. Cosentini, 1991. Modification of stream ecosystem structure and function by beaver (Castor canadensis) in the Adirondack Mountains, New York. Canadian Journal of Zoology - Revue Canadienne De Zoologie 69: 55-61.
50. Stanley, E. H. & A. J. Boulton, 1995. Hyporheic processes during flooding and drying in a Sonoran Desert stream. 1. Hydrologic and chemical dynamics. Archiv fur Hydrobiologie 134: 1-26.
51. Tank, J. L. & W. K. Dodds, 2003. Nutrient limitation of epilithic and epixylic biofilms in ten North American streams. Freshwater Biology 48: 1031-1049.
52. Taylor, B. W., A. R. McIntosh & B. L. Peckarsky, 2002. Large-scale invertebrate manipulations in stream ecosystems: invertebrate removal, algal response, and opportunities for innovation. Limnology and Oceanography 47: 893-899.
53. Tonderski, K. S., B. Arheimer & C. B. Pers, 2005. Modeling the impact of potential wetlands on phosphorus retention in a Swedish catchment. Ambio 34: 544-551.
54. Wagner, R. & H. H. Schmidt, 2004. Yearly discharge patterns determine species abundance and community diversity: analysis of a 25 year record from the Breitenbach. Archiv fur Hydrobiologie 161: 511-540.
55. Wallace, J. B., S. L. Eggert, J. L. Meyer & J. R. Webster, 1997. Multiple trophic levels of a forest stream linked to terrestrial litter inputs. Science 277: 102-104.
56. Ward, J. V. & J. A. Stanford, 1983. The serial discontinuity concept of lotic ecosystems. In Fontaine, T. D. & S. M. Bartell (eds), Dynamics of Lotic Ecosystems. Ann Arbor Scientific Publishers, Ann Arbor: 29-42.
57. Westbrook, C. J., D. J. Cooper & B. W. Baker, 2006. Beaver dams and overbank floods influence groundwater-surface water interactions of a Rocky Mountain riparian area. Water Resources Research 42: W06404. doi: 10. 1029/2005WR004560.
58. White, D. S., 1990. Biological relationships to convective flow patterns within stream beds. Hydrobiologia 196: 149-158.
59. Woo, M. K. & J. M. Waddington, 1990. Effects of beaver dams on subarctic wetland hydrology. Arctic 43: 223-230.