Littoral macrobenthic communities and water quality in El Pañe Reservoir, Arequipa, Peru

High Andean ponds and reservoirs are among the least-studied environments. We evaluated the composition of littoral macrobenthos and how it is affected by the physicochemical conditions of the water in El Pañe reservoir (Peru), located at 4,550 m.a.s.l. Samples were taken between November 2017 and O...

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Autores principales: Coayla-P, Pastor, Cheneaux-D, André Alexander, Moreno-S, Claudia Viviana, Cruz-R, Cynthia Elizabeth, Colque-R, Eusebio Walter, Damborenea, María Cristina
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Publicado: 2022
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spelling I19-R120-10915-1544192023-06-16T04:07:26Z http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/154419 issn:2376-6808 Littoral macrobenthic communities and water quality in El Pañe Reservoir, Arequipa, Peru Coayla-P, Pastor Cheneaux-D, André Alexander Moreno-S, Claudia Viviana Cruz-R, Cynthia Elizabeth Colque-R, Eusebio Walter Damborenea, María Cristina 2022 2023-06-15T18:38:09Z en Biología Water quality High-altitude wetlands Andes Bioindicators Fish farming High Andean ponds and reservoirs are among the least-studied environments. We evaluated the composition of littoral macrobenthos and how it is affected by the physicochemical conditions of the water in El Pañe reservoir (Peru), located at 4,550 m.a.s.l. Samples were taken between November 2017 and October 2018 from three zones in the reservoir: low (downstream), middle and high (upstream); two of these zones with fish farms (low and middle) and one zone without fish farms (high). The following physicochemical parameters of the water were measured: dissolved oxygen, conductivity, pH and temperature. The macrobenthic community was analysed through diversity indices such as Shannon-Wiener (H’), Simpson’s dominance index (D), Pielou’s evenness (J’), true diversity (D1), and richness (S). The influence of the physicochemical variables on the macrobenthos was estimated by canonical correspondence analysis (CCA) and non-metric multidimensional scaling (NMDS). Dissolved oxygen was found to have lower values (<0.5 mg/l) than specified in the Environmental Quality Standards (EQS). Macroinvertebrate richness for the whole reservoir was 17 families, and the family with highest relative abundance was Chironomidae (42.24% in the low zone, 51% in the middle zone and 40.43% in the high zone). The indices showed greater species richness in the high zone, where there are no fish farms. Dissolved oxygen and conductivity were the main factors determining macrobenthos distribution and composition. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo Articulo Articulo http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) application/pdf
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topic Biología
Water quality
High-altitude wetlands
Andes
Bioindicators
Fish farming
spellingShingle Biología
Water quality
High-altitude wetlands
Andes
Bioindicators
Fish farming
Coayla-P, Pastor
Cheneaux-D, André Alexander
Moreno-S, Claudia Viviana
Cruz-R, Cynthia Elizabeth
Colque-R, Eusebio Walter
Damborenea, María Cristina
Littoral macrobenthic communities and water quality in El Pañe Reservoir, Arequipa, Peru
topic_facet Biología
Water quality
High-altitude wetlands
Andes
Bioindicators
Fish farming
description High Andean ponds and reservoirs are among the least-studied environments. We evaluated the composition of littoral macrobenthos and how it is affected by the physicochemical conditions of the water in El Pañe reservoir (Peru), located at 4,550 m.a.s.l. Samples were taken between November 2017 and October 2018 from three zones in the reservoir: low (downstream), middle and high (upstream); two of these zones with fish farms (low and middle) and one zone without fish farms (high). The following physicochemical parameters of the water were measured: dissolved oxygen, conductivity, pH and temperature. The macrobenthic community was analysed through diversity indices such as Shannon-Wiener (H’), Simpson’s dominance index (D), Pielou’s evenness (J’), true diversity (D1), and richness (S). The influence of the physicochemical variables on the macrobenthos was estimated by canonical correspondence analysis (CCA) and non-metric multidimensional scaling (NMDS). Dissolved oxygen was found to have lower values (<0.5 mg/l) than specified in the Environmental Quality Standards (EQS). Macroinvertebrate richness for the whole reservoir was 17 families, and the family with highest relative abundance was Chironomidae (42.24% in the low zone, 51% in the middle zone and 40.43% in the high zone). The indices showed greater species richness in the high zone, where there are no fish farms. Dissolved oxygen and conductivity were the main factors determining macrobenthos distribution and composition.
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author Coayla-P, Pastor
Cheneaux-D, André Alexander
Moreno-S, Claudia Viviana
Cruz-R, Cynthia Elizabeth
Colque-R, Eusebio Walter
Damborenea, María Cristina
author_facet Coayla-P, Pastor
Cheneaux-D, André Alexander
Moreno-S, Claudia Viviana
Cruz-R, Cynthia Elizabeth
Colque-R, Eusebio Walter
Damborenea, María Cristina
author_sort Coayla-P, Pastor
title Littoral macrobenthic communities and water quality in El Pañe Reservoir, Arequipa, Peru
title_short Littoral macrobenthic communities and water quality in El Pañe Reservoir, Arequipa, Peru
title_full Littoral macrobenthic communities and water quality in El Pañe Reservoir, Arequipa, Peru
title_fullStr Littoral macrobenthic communities and water quality in El Pañe Reservoir, Arequipa, Peru
title_full_unstemmed Littoral macrobenthic communities and water quality in El Pañe Reservoir, Arequipa, Peru
title_sort littoral macrobenthic communities and water quality in el pañe reservoir, arequipa, peru
publishDate 2022
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