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      MACROINVERTEBRATE ASSEMBLAGES IN GORGONA ISLAND STREAMS: SPATIAL PATTERNS DURING TWO CONTRASTING HYDROLOGIC PERIODS Translated title: ENSAMBLE DE MACROINVERTEBRADOS DE LAS QUEBRADAS DE LA ISLA GORGONA: PATRONES ESPACIALES DURANTE DOS PERIODOS HIDROLÓGICOS CONTRASTANTES

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          Studies comparing various streams are scarce in tropical insular systems and inexistent in Colombia. In order to understand the spatial patterns of macroinvertebrates in tropical insular streams, and the environmental drivers of such patterns, we tested for patterns among streams but using a nested sampling design from streams to microhabitats in Gorgona Island (Colombia, Tropical Eastern Pacific) during two seasons (low and high precipitation). We found that benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages showed clear differences among streams despite of the variability within nested levels. Hydrologic disturbance tended to homogenize spatial patterns in most of the streams. Although ordinations of sampling units using either macroinvertebrate composition or environmental variables were not fully consistent, it was evident that water physicochemistry influenced by underlying geology was a pervasive driver of macroinvertebrate distribution. We highlight the importance of incorporating multiscale sampling designs for studying distributions of macroinvertebrates in tropical islands, and for biomonitoring.

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          Los estudios que comparan varias quebradas son aun escasos en los ambientes insulares tropicales e inexistentes en Colombia. Se sometió a prueba la hipótesis de que los ensambles de macroinvertebrados son diferentes entre quebradas utilizando un diseño de muestreo completamente anidado desde el nivel de quebrada hasta el nivel del microhábitat en la Isla Gorgona (Pacífico Oriental Tropical Colombiano) durante dos periodos hidrológicos contrastantes (época seca y época lluviosa). Se encontró que los ensambles de macroinvertebrados son diferentes entre quebradas a pesar de las diferencias observadas en niveles inferiores anidados. El disturbio hidrológico tendió a homogenizar los patrones espaciales. Aunque las ordenaciones basadas en la composición de macroinvertebrados de los ensambles y las variables ambientales no fueron completamente consistentes, fue evidente que las características físico- químicas del agua, influenciadas por la geología, explicaban la distribución de los macroinvertebrados. Resaltamos la importancia de incorporar diseños de muestreo multinivel para estudiar los ensambles de macroinvertebrados insulares tropicales y para el biomonitoreo.

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                Journal
                acbi
                Actualidades Biológicas
                Actu Biol
                Instituto de Biología, Universidad de Antioquia (Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia )
                0304-3584
                December 2009
                : 31
                : 91
                : 161-175
                Affiliations
                [02] Medellín orgnameUniversidad de Antioquia orgdiv1Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales orgdiv2Instituto de Biología Colombia
                [03] Medellín orgnameUniversidad de Antioquia orgdiv1Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales orgdiv2Instituto de Biología Colombia blanco@ 123456matematicas.udea.edu.co
                [01] Medellín orgnameUniversidad de Antioquia orgdiv1Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales orgdiv2Instituto de Biología Colombia
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                S0304-35842009000200005 S0304-3584(09)03109105
                30dcdd89-467b-4bb6-b1fb-5ca11860d249

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

                History
                : November 2009
                : May 2009
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                Figures: 0, Tables: 0, Equations: 0, References: 73, Pages: 15
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                disturbio hidrológico,ensamblajes de macroinvertebrados,físico-química del agua,Isla Gorgona,patrones multi-espaciales,quebradas tropicales insulares,Gorgona Island,hydrologic disturbance,macroinvertebrate assemblages,tropical insular streams,water physicochemistry,multiscale patterns

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