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Local and landscape effects on temporary pond zooplankton egg banks: conservation implications

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Understanding landscape correlates of local habitat integrity and community structure and the identification of spatial scales at which these associations operate are relevant for management and conservation of unique but globally threatened temporary ponds. We use a multivariate variance decomposition approach to determine taxon-specific associations of zooplankton communities banked in dry pond soils (rotifers, cladocerans, copepods) with local habitat features and landscape characteristics across four spatial scales (100 buffer strip, 1, 5, and 10 km scales). Results show similar degrees of correlation between rotifer and cladoceran communities with local habitat conditions (chiefly water quality). This is interpreted according to life-history traits of component species of wetland propagule banks. Associations with landscape features varied between communities with rotifers correlating with landscape structural features only at the buffer scale while cladocerans showed no significant correlations with landscape characteristics across all scales. Copepods were neither significantly associated with local nor landscape characteristics. The results of this study contrast strikingly with our previous population-based study, where populations of Triops cancriformis and Branchinecta orientales were significantly correlated with landuse features at the broadest scale. The combined results suggest that a three-way management scheme could be useful for conservation of zooplankton resting egg banks in this remnant wetland complex. These schemes could focus on the restoration of wetland water quality, the establishment of vegetated buffer strips around the ponds to counteract degradation resulting from runoff, and reforestation and/or the creation of hedgerows in agricultural catchments to avoid impacts resulting from broad-scale diffuse pollution fluxes.

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Acknowledgments

A. Velasco, B. Sánchez and M. Gutiérrez are acknowledged for their help throughout this study, and the land holders for permitting access to their properties. This study was supported by Junta de Comunidades de Castilla—La Mancha and European Community grants for regional development (FEDER; PAI-05-020) to DGA.

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  1. Institute of Environmental Sciences (ICAM), University of Castilla - La Mancha, Avda. Carlos III s/n, 45071, Toledo, Spain

    Ana I. Fernández, Olga Viedma & David G. Angeler

  2. Institute of Natural Resources (CSIC), Serrano 115 dpdo, 28007, Madrid, Spain

    Salvador Sánchez-Carrillo & Miguel Alvarez-Cobelas

  3. Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, PO Box 7050, 750 07, Uppsala, Sweden

    David G. Angeler

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Fernández, A.I., Viedma, O., Sánchez-Carrillo, S. et al. Local and landscape effects on temporary pond zooplankton egg banks: conservation implications. Biodivers Conserv 18, 2373–2386 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-009-9594-6

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