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[EN] The hydromorphological units or mesohabitats of the headwaters of four Mediterranean streams were studied by classifying them according to their length, width, average and maximum depth, percentage of substrate and ...[+]
[EN] The hydromorphological units or mesohabitats of the headwaters of four Mediterranean streams were studied by classifying them according to their length, width, average and maximum depth, percentage of substrate and water volume. These characteristics of the streams were assessed over four consecutive years (2003-2006). The main objective of the study was to analyse the spatial and temporal pattern of the physical attributes of the mesohabitats. Classification strength and dendrograms were examined for each stream, mesohabitat type, and combination of stream and mesohabitat type and for stream mesohabitat type and year, whereas Nonmetric Multidimensional Scaling ordination (NMDS) was used to analyse classification patterns. The Villahermosa and Ebr ón streams were more homogeneous than the Palancia and Vallanca streams, whereas riffles and glides were more homogeneous than pools and rapids. The NMDS indicated that the slow water-velocity (pools, glides) and fast (riffles, rapids) mesohabitats tended to group together. Temporally, the Ebr ón stream pools were homogeneous and very stable over the four years, whereas the Vallanca and Villahermosa pools showed a certain degree of variability. The Palancia pools were the most variable and heterogeneous during the study period. These results underscored the importance of separating different types of deep, slow-velocity habitats in mesohabitat inventories and the importance of evaluating habitat classifications in eco-hydromorphological and hydrobiological studies, especially in Mediterranean streams and rivers.
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[ES] Las unidades hidromorfologicas o mesoh ´ abitats de cuatro r ´ ´ıos mediterraneos de cabecera fueron estudiadas en funci ´ on de su ´
longitud, anchura, profundidad media y maxima, porcentaje de sustrato y volumen ...[+]
[ES] Las unidades hidromorfologicas o mesoh ´ abitats de cuatro r ´ ´ıos mediterraneos de cabecera fueron estudiadas en funci ´ on de su ´
longitud, anchura, profundidad media y maxima, porcentaje de sustrato y volumen de cada mesoh ´ abitat durante cuatro a ´ nos ˜
consecutivos (2003-2006). El objetivo principal fue analizar la variacion espacio-temporal de los diferentes mesoh ´ abitat ´
segun sus atributos f ´ ´ısicos. La fortaleza de la clasificacion y su dendrograma se examin ´ o seg ´ un cada r ´ ´ıo, cada tipo de
mesohabitat, una combinaci ´ on de cada r ´ ´ıo y tipos de mesohabitats y seg ´ un cada r ´ ´ıo y tipos de mesohabitats de los cuatro a ´ nos ˜
de muestreo. El Escalado Multidimensional No Metrico (NMDS) se us ´ o para analizar los patrones de las clasificaciones. El ´
NMDS indico que tanto los mesoh ´ abitats lentos (pozas y tablas) como los mesoh ´ abitats r ´ apidos (corrientes y r ´ apidos) tienden ´
a agruparse juntos. Desde la una perspectiva temporal, las pozas del r´ıo Ebron fueron homog ´ eneas y muy estables durante ´
los cuatro anos de muestreo, mientras que las pozas de los r ˜ ´ıos Vallanca y Villahermosa mostraron un cierto grado de
variabilidad y las del r´ıo Palancia fueron las mas variables y heterog ´ eneas durante el periodo de estudio. Los resultados ´
destacan la importancia de diferenciar distintos tipos de habitats lentos en los inventarios de mesoh ´ abitat, y la importancia ´
de evaluar las clasificaciones de los mesohabitats en estudios de eco-hidromorfolog ´ ´ıa e hidrobiolog´ıa, especialmente los
desarrollados en r´ıos mediterraneos.
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The collection of the data for this study was partially funded by the Conselleria de Medio Ambiente, Agua, Urbanismo y Vivienda, of the Generalitat Valenciana, Spain. Partial funding was furnished by the Institut d’Investigacio ...[+]
The collection of the data for this study was partially funded by the Conselleria de Medio Ambiente, Agua, Urbanismo y Vivienda, of the Generalitat Valenciana, Spain. Partial funding was furnished by the Institut d’Investigacio per a la Gestio Integrada de Zones Costaneres of the Universitat Politecnica de València. We thank Pau Lucio, Rafael Casas, Pascual Puerto, Javier Izquierdo, Consuelo Perez and Rosa de la Salud for their participation in the field work. We also
thank Juan Theureau and Francisco J. Martínez García (Generalitat Valenciana), and Roberto Coll for their help during the development of the study.
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