How to Cite
Downloads
Métricas Alternativas
Dimensions
Abstract
The restoration of riparian forests is a fundamental step for the recovery of aquatic environments affected by cattle production. To determine the changes in the aquatic environment in streams with
early riparian restoration processes, four first-order streams of La Vieja River watershed (Colombia) were monitored for three years. In each stream, we analyzed water, habitat quality, and the aquatic macroinvertebrate assemblage. During the study period, there was a significant decrease in BOD5
values, the substrate composition and flow patterns changed, and the values of the habitat quality index increased. A total of 10490 macroinvertebrates were collected, distributed in 19 orders, 53 families, and 56 genera. The most important orders were Diptera (56%), Trichoptera (22%), and Basommatophora (7%). Chironomidae and Hydropsychidae were the most abundant families with 53% and 20%. Chironomidae decreased significantly through the years of monitoring and the values of the EPT and BMWP indexes increased. The exclusion of cattle from the riparian area and the beginning of the restoration process had a positive effect on water quality and habitat parameters, as well as on the community of aquatic macroinvertebrates, which constitutes a valuable alternative to recover aquatic environments in livestock landscapes.
Keywords
References
Barbour, M.T., Gerritsen, J., Snyder, B., Stribling, J. (1999). Rapid Bioassessment Protocols for Use in Streams and Wadable Rivers: Periphyton, Benthic Macroinvertebrates and Fish. Washington, D.C., USA: Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water.
Belsky, A.J., Matzke, A., Uselman, S. (1999). Survey of livestock influences on stream and riparian ecosystems in the Western United States. J Soil Water Conserv. 54: 419-431.
Braak, C. J. F. & Smilauer, P. (2002). CANOCO reference manual and CanoDraw for Windows user’s guide: Software for canonical community ordination (version 4.5). Ithaca NY, USA: www.canoco.com (Microcomputer Power).
Braccia, A. & Voshell, R. (2006). Benthic Macroinvertebrate Responses to Increasing Levels of Cattle Grazing in Blue Ridge Mountain Streams, Virginia, USA. Environ. Monit. Assess. 131: 185-200.
Bonada, N., Prat, N., Resh, V. H., Statzner, B. (2006). Developments in aquatic insect biomonitoring: A comparative analysis of recent approaches. Annu. Rev. Entomol. 51: 495-523.
Carrera, C. & Fierro, K. (2001). Manual de monitoreo. Los macroinvertebrados acuáticos como indicadores de la calidad del agua. Quito, Ecuador: EcoCiencia. p. 67.
Calle, A. & Holl, K.D. (2019). Riparian forest recovery following a decade of cattle exclusion in the Colombian Andes. For. Ecol. Manage. 452: 117563.
Chará, J. (2004). Manual de evaluación biológica de ambientes acuáticos en microcuencas ganaderas 2 ed. Cali, Colombia: Fundación Cipav. p. 76.
Chará, J., Pedraza, G., Giraldo, L.P., Hincapié, D (2007). Efecto de corredores ribereños sobre el estado de quebradas en la zona ganadera del río La Vieja, Colombia. Agrofor. Am. 45: 72-78.
Chará, J., Zúñiga, M del C., Giraldo, L.P., Pedraza, G., Astudillo, M., Ramírez, L., Posso, C.E. (2009). Diversidad y abundancia de macroinvertebrados acuáticos en quebradas de la cuenca del Río La Vieja, Colombia. En: Rodríguez, J.M., Camargo, J.C., Niño, J., Pineda, A., Arias, L., Echeverry, M., Miranda, C. (Eds.). Valoración de la biodiversidad en la ecorregión del eje cafetero. CIEBREG (pp.129-142). Pereira, Colombia.
Chará, J., Giraldo, L. P., Zúñiga, M del C., Chará-Serna, A. M., Pedraza, G. X. (2011). Cambios en el ambiente acuático asociados a la restauración del corredor ribereño en una quebrada afectada por ganadería en la cuenca del río La Vieja, Colombia). En: Vargas-Ríos, O., & Reyes, S.P. (Eds.), La restauración ecológica en la práctica: Memorias I Congreso Colombiana de Restauración Ecológica y II Simposio Nacional de Experiencias en Restauración Ecológica. (pp. 564-572). Santafé de Bogotá, Colombia: Universidad Nacional de Colombia-Sede Bogotá, Facultad de Ciencias, Departamento de Biología.
Chakona, A., Phiri, C., Day, J.A. (2009). Potential for Trichoptera communities as biological indicators of morphological degradation in riverine systems. Hydrobiologia. 621: 155-167.
Chao, A., Chiu, C.H., Jost, L. (2010). Phylogenetic diversity measures based on Hill numbers. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B. 365: 3599-3609. https://di.org/10.1098/rstb.2010.0272
Chao, A., Gotelli, N.J., Hsieh, T.C., Sander, E.L., Ma, K.H., Colwell, R.K., Ellison, A M. (2014). Rarefaction and extrapolation with Hill numbers: A framework for sampling and estimation in species diversity studies. Ecol. Monograph. 84: 45-67. https://di.org/10.1890/13-0133.1
Domínguez, E. & Fernández, H.R. (2009). Macroinvertebrados bentónicos sudamericanos - Sistemática y biología. San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina: Fundación Miguel Lillo. p. 656.
Ding, S., Zhang, Y., Liu, B., Kong, W., Meng, W. (2013). Effects of riparian land use on water quality and fish communities in the headwater stream of the Taizi Riverin China. Front. Environ. Sci. 7: 699-708.
de Mello, K., Randhir, T.O., Valente, R.A., Vettorazzi, C.A. (2017). Riparian restoration for protecting water quality in tropical agricultural watersheds. Ecol. Eng. 108: 514-524.
Ericsson A., Stevens, V. (1996). Fringe Benefits: A Land OwnerŽs Guide to the Value and Stewardship of Riparian Habitat. Forest Renewal BC. Fraser River Action Plan. Environment Canada: 28 pp.
Fiuza, P.S. (2012). Chave para Famílias de Hemiptera subordem Heteroptera Imaturos. Universida Federal de Viçosa Departamento de Biologia Animal – Setor de Entomologia BAN 765 –Taxonomia de Insetos Imaturos.
Gamboa, M., Reyes, R., Arrivillaga, J. (2008). Macroinvertebrados bentónicos como bioindicadores de salud ambiental. Bol. Malariol. y Sal. Amb. 48: 109-120.
Giraldo, L.P., Chará, J., Zúñiga, M del C., Chará-Serna, A.M., Pedraza, G. (2014). Impacto del uso del suelo agropecuario sobre macroinvertebrados acuáticos en pequeñas quebradas de la cuenca del río La Vieja (Valle del Cauca, Colombia). Rev Biol Trop. 62: 203-219.
Galindo, V., Calle, Z., Chará, J., Armbrecht, I. (2017). Facilitation by pioneer shrubs for the ecological restoration of riparian forests in the Central Andes of Colombia. Restor. Ecol. 25: 731-737.
Heckman, C.W. (2006). Encyclopedia of South American Aquatic Insects: Odonata - Anisoptera. Illustrated Keys to Known Families, Genera, and Species in South America. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer. p. 726.
Herbst, D.B., Bogan, M.T., Roll, S.K., Safford, H.D. (2012). Effects of livestock exclusion on instream habitat and benthic invertebrate assemblages in montane streams. Freshwater Biol. 57: 204-217.
Hughes, A.O. & Quinn, J.M. (2014). Before and After Integrated Catchment Management in a Headwater Catchment: Changes in Water Quality. Environ. Manage. 54: 1288-1305.
Kuglerová, L., Agren, A., Jansson, R., Laudon, H. (2014). Towards optimizing riparian buffer zones: Ecological and biogeochemical implications for forest management. Forest Ecol. Manag. 334: 74-84.
Louhi, P., Mykra, H., Paavola, R., Huusko, A., Vehanen, T., Maki-Petays, A., Muotka, T. (2011). Twenty years of stream restoration in Finland: Little response by benthic macroinvertebrate communities. Ecol. Appl. 21: 1950-1961.
McKergow, L.A., Weaver, D.M., Prosser, I.P., Grayson, R.B., Reed, A.E. (2003). Before and after riparian management: sediment and nutrient exports from a small agricultural catchment, Western Australia. J. Hydrol. 270: 253-272.
Miller, S.W., Budy, P., Schmidt, J.C. (2009). Quantifying Macroinvertebrate Responses to In-Stream Habitat Restoration: Applications of Meta-Analysis to River Restoration. Restoration Ecology. 18: 8-19.
Mesa, L.M. (2010). Effect of spates and land use on macroinvertebrate community in Neotropical Andean streams. Hydrobiologia. 641: 85-95.
Moreno, C.E., Barragán, F., Pineda, E., Numa P.P. (2011). Reanálisis de la diversidad alfa: alternativas para interpretar y comparar información sobre comunidades ecológicas. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad. 82: 1249-1261. https://di.org/10.7550/rmb.28802
Medeiros, A.C., Allmen, E.V., Chimera, C.G. (2014). Dry forest restoration and unassisted native tree seedling recruitment at Auwahi, Maui. Pacific Science. 68: 33-45.
Muller, I., Delisle, M., Ollitrault, M., Bernez, I. (2016). Responses of riparian plant communities and water quality after 8 years of passive ecological restoration using a BACI design. Hydrobiologia. 781: 67-79.
Meli, P., Calle, A., Calle, Z., Ortiz-Arrona, C.I., Sirombra, M., Brancalion, P.H.S. (2019). Riparian-forest buffers: Bridging the gap between top-down and bottom-up restoration approaches in Latin America. Land Use Policy. 87: 104085.
Naiman, R.J., Décamps, H., McClain, M.E. (2005). Riparia: Ecology, Conservation and Management of Streamside Communities. Elsevier Academic Press: San Diego. pp 255-430.
Ou, Y., Wang, X., Wang, L., Rousseau, A.N. (2016). Landscape influences on waterquality in a riparian buffer zone of drinking water source area, Northern China. Environ. Earth Sci. 75: 1-13.
Posada, G.J. & Roldán, G. (2003). Clave ilustrada y diversidad de las larvas de Trichoptera en el noroccidente de Colombia. Caldasia. 25: 169-192.
Pedraza, G., Giraldo, L.P., Chará, J. (2008). Efecto de la restauración de corredores ribereños sobre características bióticas y abióticas de quebradas en zonas ganaderas de la cuenca del río La Vieja, Colombia. Zootec. Trop. 26: 1-4.
Piscart, C., Genoel, R., Doledec, S., Chauvet, E., Marmonier, P. (2009). Effects of intense agricultural practices on heterotrophic processes in streams. Environ. Pollut. 157: 1011-1018.
Prat, N., Acosta, R., Villamarín, C., Rieradevall, M. (2012). Guía para el reconocimiento de las larvas de Chironomidae (Diptera) de los ríos altoandinos de Ecuador y Perú. Fecha de consulta: 12 de marzo de 2017. http://www.ub.edu/riosandes/docs/CLAVE_LARVAS_PERU_ECUADORvfoto3_v7.pdf
Palmer, M.A., Hondula, K.L., Koch, B.J. (2014). Ecological restoration of streams and rivers: shifting strategies and shifting goals. Annu. Rev. Ecol. Evol. Syst. 45: 247-269.
Perkins, K.S., Nimmo, J.R., Medeiros, A.C., Szutu, D.J., Allmen, E. (2014). Assessing effects of native forest restoration on soil moisture dynamics and potential aquifer recharge, Auwahi, Maui. Ecohydrology. 7: 1437-1451.
Richards, C. & Host, G. (1994). Examining land use influences on stream habitats and macroinvertebrates: a gis approachl. J. Am. Water Resour. Assoc. 30: 729-738.
Rosemberg, D. & Resh, V. (1996). Use of aquatic insects in biomonitoring. En: Merrit, R., & Cummins, K. (Eds.). An introduction to the aquatic insects of North America (pp. 87-97). Dubuque, USA: Kendall/Hundt Publishing.
Riseng, C.M., Wiley, M.J., Black, R.W., Munn, M.D. (2011). Impacts of agricultural land use on biological integrity: a causal analysis. Ecol. Appl. 21: 3128-3146.
Richardson, D.M., Holmes, P.M., Esler, K.J., Galatowitsch, S.M., Stromberg, J.C., Kirkman, S.P., Pysek, P., Hobbs, R. (2007) Riparian vegetation: Degradation, alien plant invasions, and restoration prospects. Divers. Distrib. 13: 126-139.
Rood, S.B., Bigelow, S.G., Polzin, M.L., Gill, K.M., Coburn, C.A. (2014). Biological bank protection: Trees are more effective than grasses at resisting erosion from major river floods. Ecohydrology. 8: 772-779.
Ramírez, Y.P., Giraldo, L.P., Zúñiga, M del C., Ramos, B.C., Chará, J. (2018). Influencia de la ganadería en los macroinvertebrados acuáticos en microcuencas de los Andes centrales de Colombia. Rev Biol Trop. 66: 1244-1257.
Sovell, L., Vondracek, B., Frost, J.A., Mumford, K.G. (2000). Impacts of Rotational Grazing and Riparian Buffers on Physicochemical and Biological Characteristics of Southeastern Minnesota, USA, Streams. Environ. Manage. 26: 629-641.
StatSoft, Inc. (2004). STATISTICA (programa para análisis de datos) versión 7.0 www.statsoft.com.
Sweeney, B.W. & Czapka, S.J. (2004). Riparian forest restoration: Why each site needs an ecological prescription. For. Ecol. Manage. 192: 361-373.
Society for Ecological Restoration (SER) International, Grupo de trabajo sobre ciencia y políticas. (2004). Principios de SER International sobre la restauración ecológica. Fecha de consulta: 8 de junio de 2019. https://www.ser.org/resource/resmgr/custompages/publications/SER_Primer/ser-primer-spanish.pdf
Springer, M. (2006). Clave taxonómica para larvas del orden Trichoptera (Insecta) de Costa Rica. Rev Biol Trop. 54: 273-286.
Skuja, A. & Spuņģis, V. (2010). Influence of environmental factors on the distribution of caddisfly (Trichoptera) communities in medium-sized lowland streams in Latvia. Est. J. Ecol. 59:197-215.
Saalfeld, D.T., Reutebuch, E.M., Dickey, R.J., Seesock, W.C., Webber, C., Bayne, D.R. (2012). Effects of landscape characteristics on water quality and fish assemblagesin the Tallapoosa River Basin, Alabama. Southwest. Nat. 11: 239-252.
Schilling, K.E. & Jacobson, P. (2014). Effectiveness of natural riparian buffers to reduce subsurface nutrient losses to incised streams. Catena, 114: 140-148.
Skłodowski, M., Kiedrzynska, E., Kiedrzynski, M., Urbaniak, M., Zielinska, K. M., Kurowski, J.K., Zalewski, M. (2014). The role of riparian willows in phosphorus accumulation and PCB control for lotic water quality improvement. Ecol. Eng. 70: 1-10.
Ter Braak, C.J.F. & Šmilauer, P. (2002). CANOCO reference manual and CANOCODRAW for windows user’s guide: Software for canonical community ordination (version 4.5). Ithaca, Nueva York: Microcomputer Power. p. 500.
Teels, B.M., Rewa, C.A., Myers, J. (2006). Aquatic condition response to riparian buffer establishment. Wildlife Society Bulletin. 34: 927-935.
Tanaka, M.O., Souza, A.L.T., Moschini, L.E., Oliveira, A.K. (2016). Influence of watershed land use and riparian characteristics on biological indicators off-stream water quality in southeastern Brazil. Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. 216: 33-339.
Westveer, J.J., van der Geest, H.G., van Loon, E.E., Verdonschot, P.F.M. (2018). Connectivity and seasonality cause rapid taxonomic and functional trait succession within an invertebrate community after stream restoration. PLoS ONE. 13: e0197182. https://di.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0197182.
Yang, H., Wang, G., Wang, L., Zheng, B. (2016). Impact of land use changes on waterquality in headwaters of the Three Gorges Reservoir. Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res. 23: 11448-11460.
Zúñiga, M. del C. & Cardona, W. (2009). Bioindicadores de calidad de agua y caudal ambiental. En: Cantera, J., Carvajal, J & Castro, L.M. (Eds.). Caudal ambiental: conceptos, experiencias y desafíos. (pp. 167-197). Cali, Colombia: Programa editorial de la Universidad del Valle.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
Copyright (c) 2020 Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales