@phdthesis{Paetzig2015, author = {P{\"a}tzig, Marlene}, title = {Effect of lakeshore modification on structure and secondary production of macroinvertebrates in a large temperate lowland lake of Northeast Germany}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:co1-opus4-36445}, school = {BTU Cottbus - Senftenberg}, year = {2015}, abstract = {Many lake water bodies not attained the goal of the European Water Framework Directive (WFD) to achieve a good ecological state by 2015. This is, among other things, because the assessment and improvement of hydromorphological conditions of lakeshores has been neglected as an important component ensuring the ecological integrity of lake ecosystems. In recent years, macroinvertebrates were emphasized to be useful indicators for the assessment of lakeshore hydromorphology. Hence, in Europe macroinvertebrate-based assessment methods were developed to evaluate the hydromorphological conditions of lakeshores. In this thesis, some of the uncertainties and missing aspects of existing macroinvertebrate-based assessment methods were addressed. The results were obtained by sampling macroinvertebrates and macrophytes at natural shores and at shores modified by marinas and beaches in three depth zones between April and November 2011 in a large lowland lake (Lake Scharm{\"u}tzelsee, Germany). Firstly, I clarified that upper littoral macroinvertebrates should be used for assessing the hydromorphology of lakeshores. It was shown that the effect of lakeshore modification on macroinvertebrate diversity and community composition was most pronounced in the upper littoral and decreased to the profundal zone. Secondly, I demonstrated that a single seasonal sampling is sufficient to capture the compositional differences of macroinvertebrate communities associated with human lakeshore modification. Seasonal effects on upper littoral macroinvertebrate diversity and composition were less important than shore type in comparison with the middle littoral and profundal zone. Thirdly, upper littoral macrophyte communities were also affected by lakeshore modification and at the same time the most important variable structuring macroinvertebrate communities. Hence, the effects of different shore types on macrophytes were transferred to macroinvertebrates, but artificial substrates were also able to partly substitute macrophyte habitats as it was shown for the studied marinas. Since lakeshore modification affected macrophytes slightly differently than macroinvertebrates, macrophytes should be considered as an additional component in lakeshore assessment. Finally, secondary production as proxy to determine the effect of lakeshore modification on the functioning of macroinvertebrates was estimated. Estimation of secondary production requires the determination of biomass. Biomass was indirectly determined by using length-mass regressions established for macroinvertebrates from temperate lakes of the central European lowland. The result showed that total secondary production and secondary production of native taxa in the upper littoral was substantially lower at the studied beaches compared to natural sites. In contrast, upper littoral secondary production at marinas did not differ to natural sites, but secondary production of non-native taxa was significantly higher at marinas. No effects of lakeshore modification on secondary production were found with increasing depth. Different scenarios based on upscaling of site-specific production to whole lake ecosystem level gave evidence that the observed local impacts of lakeshore modification can translate into alterations of the functioning of macroinvertebrates at whole lake ecosystem level. In addition, it was emphasized that secondary production as a functional measure is more sensitive in detecting hydromorphological alterations than the structural measures diversity or biomass. Secondary production should therefore be included in existing lakeshore assessment methods. In order to obtain a comprehensive overview about the changes in the functioning of macroinvertebrates following lakeshore modification, it is recommended to consider not only total secondary production but also secondary production of functional groups. With these results, this thesis contributes to the mechanistic understanding of the effect of lakeshore modification on the functioning of macroinvertebrates and the consequences for the functioning of the whole lake ecosystem. The newly generated knowledge helps to optimize the development of successful lakeshore assessment tools and identification of management measures.}, subject = {Lakeshore modification; Macroinvertebrates; Secondary production; Lowland lake; Ecosystem functioning; Seeufermodifikation; Makroinvertebraten; Sekund{\"a}rproduktion; Tieflandsee; {\"O}kosystemfunktionalit{\"a}t; Scharm{\"u}tzelsee; Makroinvertebraten; Sekund{\"a}rproduktion ; Schichtung ; Seeufer; {\"O}kosystem}, language = {en} }