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Macroinvertebrate Community Structure along Environmental Conditions in Ponds of Urban Parks, Korea  

Kim, Myoung-Chul (Society of Korean Naturalist)
Chun, Dong-Jun (Korea Environment Institute)
Ro, Tae-Ho (Korea Environment Institute)
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Korean Journal of Ecology and Environment / v.41, no.2, 2008 , pp. 198-205 More about this Journal
Abstract
Benthic macroinvertebrates were examined to elucidate community structures of a set of 9 shallow ponds from a total of 6 parks located in Seoul metropolitan area, Korea. The result showed that macroinvertebrates were diverse and abundant, and aquatic macrophyte provide habitat diversities in ponds. The differences among benthic macroinvertebrate community compositions seemed to be attributed to local biotic and abiotic interactions. We surveyed benthic macroinvertebrate, biotic (macrophyte), abiotic (turbidity, nutrient concentrations, conductivity, heavy metal concentration) and morphometric (area, depth) of the lentic systems. Generally, the benthic macroinvertebrates were dominated by Cloeon dipterum or Coenagrion sp.. Distribution of the aquatic macrophyte community was correlated with the species composition of macroinvertebrates. The result demonstrated a significant and positive relationship between habitat quality and macroinvertebrate composition.
Keywords
benthic macroinvertebrate; aquatic macrophyte; heavy metals; urban park; pond; CCA;
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