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An Analysis of the Shore Beetle Community of Channelized Streams In Paulding County, Ohio (Insecta: Coleoptera)

Holeski, Paul M.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu156630207090275

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1976, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Bowling Green State University, Biological Sciences.
A study of the shore beetle community of the channelized streams in the Little Auglaize Watershed in Paulding County, Ohio was conducted between 1972 and 1974. Species composing the community belonged to several families (Carabidae, Heteroceridae, Staphylinidae, Hydrophilidae, etc.) and are restricted to a narrow zone of habitat at the water-shore interface. All of the streams studied had undergone channelization several times, the most recent ranging from 1937 to 1973. Collections were made six to eight times a season at nine sites selected to provide a variation in time period since channelization and to be as inclusive of conditions in the watershed as was possible. Ninety species of shore beetles were collected from the nine sites. The largest variety of species taken at one site over the total period was 47. Between 13 and 32 species were collected at any one site each season. Quantitative analyses (Margalef and Shannon-Weaver) of species diversity were generally high at all of the sites and although the fewest individuals were collected at the most recently channelized site, the quantitative differences among streams grouped by time post-channelization were not statistically significant. Qualitative analysis to determine species composition showed that the communities at sites changed very little throughout the season of activity and that the communities at different sites (streams) did not differ greatly. It appeared that the species making up the shore beetle community are adapted to quick recolonization of an area after normal natural disruptions such as floods or drought periods and thus were able to also quickly recolonize an area after a Man-made disruption of their habitat. Stream channelization therefore, did not significantly alter the species diversity or composition of the community. Many species in the community appeared to have unique associations, always occurring together or never being found in the presence of one another. Several species apparently not previously reported from Ohio were collected. Also included is a listing of the species collected and their distributions, and information on the area studied.
Robert C. Graves (Advisor)
Biology

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  • Holeski, P. M. (1976). An Analysis of the Shore Beetle Community of Channelized Streams In Paulding County, Ohio (Insecta: Coleoptera) [Doctoral dissertation, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu156630207090275

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Holeski, Paul. An Analysis of the Shore Beetle Community of Channelized Streams In Paulding County, Ohio (Insecta: Coleoptera). 1976. Bowling Green State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu156630207090275.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Holeski, Paul. "An Analysis of the Shore Beetle Community of Channelized Streams In Paulding County, Ohio (Insecta: Coleoptera)." Doctoral dissertation, Bowling Green State University, 1976. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu156630207090275

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