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Changes in the benthic fauna composition in the Upper Vistula over the last 50 years – the consequences of the water pollution reduction and alien species invasion

Elżbieta Dumnicka
Elżbieta Dumnicka
, 
Alicja Konopacka
Alicja Konopacka
 e 
Roman Żurek
Roman Żurek
   | 21 set 2018
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Article Category: Original research paper
Pubblicato online: 21 set 2018
Pagine: 303 - 312
Ricevuto: 06 dic 2017
Accettato: 02 mar 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ohs-2018-0029
© 2018 Faculty of Oceanography and Geography, University of Gdańsk, Poland
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Figure 1

Map of the Upper Vistula showing localities and the river section studied in various years: 1 – localities studied by Zięba & Zaćwilichowska (1966); 2 – our sampling sites; 3 – localities studied by Dumnicka (2002); 4 – weirs; 5 – river section studied by Dumnicka & Kownacki (1988)
Map of the Upper Vistula showing localities and the river section studied in various years: 1 – localities studied by Zięba & Zaćwilichowska (1966); 2 – our sampling sites; 3 – localities studied by Dumnicka (2002); 4 – weirs; 5 – river section studied by Dumnicka & Kownacki (1988)

Figure 2

Chaetogaster setosus – general view of chains of zooids Photo by A. Pociecha
Chaetogaster setosus – general view of chains of zooids Photo by A. Pociecha

Figure 3

Chaetogaster setosus – the anterior end of the body Photo by A. Pociecha
Chaetogaster setosus – the anterior end of the body Photo by A. Pociecha

Figure 4

Chaetogaster setosus – bundles of ventral setae Photo by A. Pociecha
Chaetogaster setosus – bundles of ventral setae Photo by A. Pociecha

Comparison of selected chemical water parameters in the Upper Vistula over 50 years (based on literature data, min.–max values)

Parameter Study period
1962–1963

after Bombówna, Wróbel 1966;

 1982–1983

after Kasza 1988;

 1988–1994

after Krokowski et al. 1994;

 1996–1997

after Kasza, Galas 2002
km from the sources 96–158 128–153 160 116–248
Conductivity μS cm−1 200–1300 no data 2000–5600 400–4300
Cl− mg dm−3 33–747 250–1400 65–2200 500–1300
O2 0.4–10.0 1.6–13.1 no data 4–12
BOD5 mg O2 dm−3 3–60 4.0–28 no data 4–10

Chemical characteristics of water at the studied localities in 2014

Parameter Locality
Gostynka R. Oświęcim Czernichów Szczucin
14 July 14 July 16 Dec. 14 July 16 Dec. 14 July 16 Dec.
km from the sources 91 96 140 283
Conductivity μS cm−1 21 200 1500 2540 1600 no data 650 1500
Na+ mg dm−3 3223.2 99.0 379.7 161.4 389.9 56.8 145.8
Cl− 5741.8 162.1 705.8 284.1 719.9 94.7 263.1
Ca2+ 99.59 50.62 97.99 61.88 118.31 54.64 57.69
Mg2+ 307.5 11.77 36.47 19.46 49.03 13.35 18.47
K+ 89.66 9.08 11.72 7.69 14.61 5.46 6.66
HCO3− 416.25 196.14 255.6 190.85 350.16 154.86 202.34
SO42− 342.6 35.14 97.12 52.85 160.67 44.73 57.87
NO3− 3.58 0.4 6.79 3.52 7.88 3.29 3.79
NH4+ 1.33 0.03 0.36 0.18 0.38 0.02 0.04
PO4− 0.80 0.20 0.21 0.53 0.03 0.14 0.19
Dry residue 947.7 944.9 no data 894.3 no data 747.2 no data
COD mg O2 dm−3 115.70 56.20 no data 24.79 no data 36.36 no data

Distribution of Amphipoda species in the Upper Vistula in different years

Study period
1962–1963

after Zięba, Zaćwilichowska 1966 – species incorrectly identified as Gammarus pulex, found in the mouth of the Bachórz stream following into the Vistula downstream of Oświęcim;

 1982–1983

after Dumnicka, Kownacki 1988;

 2014 2014 2014 2014
Locality Bachórz st. Czernichów Gostynka R. Oświęcim Czernichów Szczucin
km from the sources 115 140 91 96 140 283
Gammarus fossarum Koch in Panzer + +
Gammarus tigrinus Sexton +++ ++ ++ ++
Dikerogammarus haemobaphes (Eichwald) ++
Chelicorophium curvispinum (G.O. Sars) +

Changes in the benthic fauna composition in the Upper Vistula over 50 years (based on literature data and our study)

Study period
1962–1963

after Zięba, Zaćwilichowska 1966;

 1962–1963

after Zięba, Zaćwilichowska 1966;

 1982–1983

after Dumnicka, Kownacki 1988

 2014 2014
Localities Oświęcim–Spytkowice Tyniec Okleśna–Jeziorzany Oświęcim Czernichów
km from the sources taxa 96–128 158 128–153 96 140
Tubificidae +++ +++ +++ + +
Chironomidae + + + +++ +++
Naididae + + + +
Physidae + +
Erpobdellidae + + +
Glossiphonidae + +
Simuliidae + +
Lymnaeidae + + +
Gammaridae + + +
Enchytraeidae + + +
Ancylidae + +
Psychodidae +
Chaoboridae +
Lumbricidae +
Coleoptera +
Hydropsychidae + +
Baetidae + +
Bithyniidae + +
Acroloxidae +
Pontogammaridae +
Caenidae +
Ceratopogonidae +
Number of taxa 2 6 15 11 14

Distribution of alien mollusk species in the Upper Vistula in different years

Study period
1962–1963

after Zięba, Zaćwilichowska 1966;

 1962–1963

after Zięba, Zaćwilichowska 1966;

 1982–1983

after Dumnicka, Kownacki 1988;

 2011

after Maćkiewicz 2013;

 2017
Locality Skawinka mouth Tyniec Czernichów Kraków Skawinka mouth
km from the sources 150 158 140 96 150
Physa acuta Draparnaud +++ ++ +
Potamopyrgus antipodarum (J.E. Gray) ++
Corbicula fluminea (O.F. Müller) ++ ++

Changes in oligochaete species composition in the Upper Vistula over 50 years

Study period
1962–1963

– after Zięba, Zaćwilichowska 1966;

 1982–1983

after Dumnicka, Kownacki 1988;

 1997–1998

after Dumnicka 2002;

 2014
km from the sources 96–128 158 128–153 115–165 248 337 91

mouth of the Gostynka River

 96 140 283
Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri Claparède + + + + + + + + +
Limnodrilus udekemianus Claparède + + + + + + +
Tubifex sp. Lamarck + +
Naididae gen. spp. +
Quistadrilus multisetosus (Smith) A +
Spirosperma ferox Eisen +
Aulophorus furcatus (Oken) +
Dero digitata (O.F. Müller) +
Tubifex tubifex (O.F. Müller) + + + + + + +
Nais elinguis (O.F. Müller) + + + + + + +
Limnodrilus claparedeanus Ratzel + + + + + +
Chaetogaster diastrophus (Gruithuisen) + + + +
Marionina riparia Bretscher + + + + +
Stylaria lacustris (L.) + + + + +
Enchytraeus buchholzi Vejdovský + + + +
Chaetogaster diaphanus (Gruithuisen) + + + +
Lumbricillus rivalis Levinsen + + +
Nais barbata (O.F. Müller) + + + +
Limnodrilus profundicola (Verrill) + + +
Paranais frici Hrabě AB + + + +
Psammoryctides albicola (Michaelsen) A + + + +
Eiseniella tetraedra (Savigny) + + +
Propappus volki Michaelsen +
Nais communis Piguet + + +
Ophidonais serpentina (O.F. Müller) + + +
Uncinais uncinata (Oersted) + + + +
Dero spp. Oken + + + +
Vejdovskyella intermedia (Bretscher) + + +
Nais pardalis Piguet + + +
Potamothrix moldaviensis Vejd. et Mrázek A + +
Potamothrix hammoniensis (Michaelsen) A + +
Nais christinae Kasprzak +
Psammoryctides barbatus (Grube) A + +
Aulodrilus pluriseta (Piguet) +
Vejdovskyella comata (Vejdovský) +
Amphichaeta leydigi Tauber + +
Paranais litoralis (O.F. Müller) AB + + +
Limnodrilus sp. juv. Claparède +
Aulodrilus limnobius Bretscher +
Slavina appendiculata (Udekem) +
Gianius aquaedulcis (Hrabě) +
Chaetogaster setosus Svetlov +
Tubifex blanchardi Vejdovský AB +
Number of taxa 3 3 20 22 19 22 2 9 17 11
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