Global scale variation in the salinity sensitivity of riverine macroinvertebrates: eastern Australia, France, Israel and South Africa.

PloS One
Ben J KeffordChristophe Piscart

Abstract

Salinity is a key abiotic property of inland waters; it has a major influence on biotic communities and is affected by many natural and anthropogenic processes. Salinity of inland waters tends to increase with aridity, and biota of inland waters may have evolved greater salt tolerance in more arid regions. Here we compare the sensitivity of stream macroinvertebrate species to salinity from a relatively wet region in France (Lorraine and Brittany) to that in three relatively arid regions eastern Australia (Victoria, Queensland and Tasmania), South Africa (south-east of the Eastern Cape Province) and Israel using the identical experimental method in all locations. The species whose salinity tolerance was tested, were somewhat more salt tolerant in eastern Australia and South Africa than France, with those in Israel being intermediate. However, by far the greatest source of variation in species sensitivity was between taxonomic groups (Order and Class) and not between the regions. We used a bayesian statistical model to estimate the species sensitivity distributions (SSDs) for salinity in eastern Australia and France adjusting for the assemblages of species in these regions. The assemblage in France was slightly more salinity sens...Continue Reading

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Jun 12, 2012·Environmental Science and Pollution Research International·Yves PerrodinJean-Claude Boisson
Mar 5, 2016·Biology Letters·Ben J KeffordRoss Thompson
Sep 26, 2015·Environmental Science & Technology·Guillaume Kon Kam KingSandrine Charles
Feb 27, 2013·Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry·Renee DowseBen J Kefford
Dec 4, 2012·Environmental Pollution·Miguel Cañedo-ArgüellesClaus-Jürgen Schulz
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Mar 11, 2017·Royal Society Open Science·Renee DowseBen J Kefford
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