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Comparative biodiversity of aquatic habitats in the European agricultural landscape

Davies, Bella, Biggs, Jeremy, Williams, Penny, Whitfield, Mericia, Nicolet, Pascale, Sear, David, Bray, Simon, Maund, Steve·2008·Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment

DOI 10.1016/j.agee.2007.10.006

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Recent evidence has begun to call into question the assumption that aquatic biodiversity is concentrated exclusively in larger rivers and lakes, instead showing that it is distributed throughout the landscape and that small waterbodies, such as ponds and ditches, make a significant contribution to biodiversity. We compared the physicochemical and aquatic biodiversity characteristics of ditches, lakes, ponds, rivers and streams in five locations in Europe in three biogeographic zones. At the individual site level (alpha diversity), rivers were found to be the most species-rich waterbodies; however, at the regional level (gamma diversity), ponds were the most species-rich aquatic habitat for both wetland plants and macroinvertebrates. In terms of rare species, ponds also had a higher rarity value, measured by a Species Rarity Index, than other habitat types, although data for this analysis were only available from the United Kingdom. The high biodiversity values of ponds suggest that they should be more central to strategies for the protection and management of aquatic biodiversity.

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Authors: Davies, B., Biggs, J., Williams, P., Whitfield, M., Nicolet, P., Sear, D., Bray, S., & Maund, S.
Affiliations: Oxford Brookes University (GB)
University of Southampton (GB)
Syngenta (Switzerland) (CH)
Corresponding author: Davies, Bella
ORCID: Williams, Penny
Sear, David
Venue: Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 2008-05
Volume: 125
Issue: 1-4
Pages: 1-8
ISSN: 0167-8809 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2007.10.006
OpenAlex: W1990971773
Cited by: 324
References: 29
Citations by year: 2026: 13 · 2025: 26 · 2024: 22 · 2023: 23 · 2022: 20 · 2021: 24 · 2020: 28 · 2019: 21 · 2018: 24 · 2017: 17 · 2016: 19 · 2015: 15 · 2014: 15 · 2013: 10 · 2012: 17
FWCI: 5.22
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
www.elsevier.com/legal/tdmrep-license (tdm)
Locations: Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment (publishedVersion)
ePrints Soton (University of Southampton) (submittedVersion)
Funders: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, UK Government
Natural Environment Research Council
Topics: Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology
Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Nature and Landscape Conservation › Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Nature and Landscape Conservation › Fish Ecology and Management Studies
Keywords: aquatic biodiversity, agricultural landscapes, ponds, ditches, lakes, rivers, streams, aquatic plants, macroinvertebrates, species rarity, alpha diversity, gamma diversity, physicochemical properties, biodiversity conservation

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