Pond Conservation in Europe
Ponds are an exceptional freshwater resource around the world and represent thirty percent of the global surface area of standing water. Furthermore, the millions of ponds which exist exhibit a particularly high biodiversity and have a high potential for
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Developments in Hydrobiology 210
Series editor
K. Martens
Pond Conservation in Europe Editors
Beat Oertli1, Re´gis Ce´re´ghino2, Jeremy Biggs3, Steven Declerck4, Andrew Hull5 & Maria Rosa Miracle6 1
University of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland, Geneva, Switzerland 2 University of Toulouse, Toulouse, France 3
Pond Conservation, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, United Kingdom 6
University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
Previously published in Hydrobiologia, Volume 597, 2008 and 634, 2009
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Editors Beat Oertli University of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland, Geneva, Switzerland Régis Céréghino University of Toulouse, Toulouse, France Jeremy Biggs Pond Conservation, Oxford, United Kingdom
Steven Declerck Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium Andrew Hull Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, United Kingdom Maria Rosa Miracle University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
ISBN 978-90-481-9087-4 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2010923484 © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010 No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Cover illustration: Lowland pond in Western Switzerland (Les Grangettes Nature Reserve). Photograph: Nicola Indermuehle. Printed on acid-free paper. Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Contents
The ecology of European ponds: defining the characteristics of a neglected freshwater habitat R. Céréghino · J. Biggs · B. Oertli · S. Declerck 1 A comparison of the catchment sizes of rivers, streams, ponds, ditches and lakes: implications for protecting aquatic biodiversity in an agricultural landscape B.R. Davies · J. Biggs · P.J. Williams · J.T. Lee · S. Thompson 7 A comparative analysis of cladoceran communities from different water body types: patterns in community composition and diversity T. De Bie · S. Declerck · K. Martens · L. De Meester · L. Brendonck 19 Macroinvertebrate assemblages in 25 high alpine ponds of the Swiss National Park (Cirque of Macun) and relation to environmental variables B. Oertli · N. Indermuehle · S. Angélibert · H. Hinden · A. Stoll 29 Biodiversity and distribution patterns of freshwater invertebrates in farm ponds of a south-western French agricultural landscape R. Céréghino · A. Ruggiero · P. Marty · S. Angélibert 43 Patterns of composition and species richness of crustaceans and aquatic insects along environmental gradients in Mediterranean water bodies D. Boix · S. Gascón · J. Sala · A. Badosa · S. Brucet · R. López-Flores · M. Martinoy · J. Gifre · X.D. Quintana 53 Relation between macroinvertebrate li
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