Macroinvertebrate assemblages from a stream-wetland complex: a case study with implications for assessing restored hydrologic functions.

ABSTRACT: Legacies of past land use persist today in the form of incised, single-threaded stream channels with dramatically different hydrologic functions of pre-colonial stream valleys. Restoration practices that aim to return lost hydrologic functions by re-establishing floodplain and groundwater connections should result in stream habitat and biological assemblages that differ from modern, single-threaded channels. The aim of this case study was to identify attributes of macroinvertebrate assemblages that might serve as biological indicators of improved hydrologic functions following the restoration of a stream-wetland complex, similar to a Stage 0 restoration, of a headwater valley in the Western Allegheny region of the USA. We monitored hydrologic functions and macroinvertebrate assemblages fro

SUBMITTER: Braccia A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9925594 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature