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In'l;::odr-rc'bion4.
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{.iilk,';ic}ior:itoring res*Its
1gr4/gjD:- ccussion aJrd. Conclusiion
P.NO.E
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2-3
4*5
6
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Ai:rpenclix1: i.onitoring
f.imetable 138.
1.1-r--.ar,::; 2a ila'i;el: Pirysio-Chenica,IFac-;ors
14i,i- rb
of
ii'ables and. Graphs-
OU',;aInba. Pa;k-
llalq-iankaN-
Il+saia1C"
:):i)Iiograpfurl( op 3. z- 5 J
OItrocrrrOC ttal)txI
oAll r , -;i!.'i
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nqCI{o ttIEDGatEtlI'
E=+.,..1+t-
r
c--'lress mysincere
-bhanlcsto
the o]icHocoatrol
prograpmefol
'i;hetrrovision of
resour.cesto
carTy o;r.; bir:Lsexercise. I ftrlly
g:ri,r'iifythe efforts of
.Lhe prograt;u:re Di:-,ector,Cbtef
ofYec-i;or con-lrol
unit,
ancr flre co-or(ina.Lorof
&r-l,onologicarsra-
IL'.a-Lj-u:t a-:rJ- Ilyd.robiol,:gy(CEEB)
for mh;urciu;
.il,re rnoni,6oring ao_'Lr'-r'i'i;.Le:: ancl
solic:t -ihelr
contintred. supi;or-b -hr -l;he opera.tionof
, --.-,J utrl {J.
I
a-r-so nj.sh 'bo thauCrthe
NationaL 0o_o::cljna-bor and. the Prj-.rrcii:al-o,i
ihe Ste Frarrcis Sscond,alg.scirooj_r jlakenifor
allow_:,-:r,.,
ire-.o
sr,lccessfully ca-rryout the
nra,rcla-i;cof flro
prograFme.Praise goes
to al1
loca1 aqthori,r.;ics ;;l-o had. mad.eilds
r;o:.,11
a
siLtcces6.- 2- SUi{i..rl,1I
!Y D.
.TIIOLLEY*i-Lta'bj.c
lionj-toring
irad beor an in-Legrg.l j)!.jr-tof
-,cbe ''fector Oontrol ,-iri:L',i'oi',;hep:.st
20years.
:'he instruneit'us r-Isr;-.rr€rea
sc{traxe s}rapeii- ',;riDocl- cl:rift
nc'b anda
1Jx
15 om BcrriLronclefo: saii';ring drit'ting in-
ver'ue]:::;:,'les a:rd. bhe
ia-ticolous
fauna r"espectlvely.ResclI;s f::om 'bhe
d.rift
had. no'i; bcen:.ble';o
...;j-r,ea clear
pictr-,:eas "c
,ihc-bher l;ur-'ruciules ai,c rcsporrsiblefor
"lie cha;rgesin
fau:cis',ic vcrr;i lJr ancl--'rriation or
o';her f orces" .l,s sriclii :;
use uas reducecl to oiieper
moni;o::iirg season (tl-ovenberto .i,pril) in
eaohof the stations
'bo::ec'- as ii1vG1';orjr. The Bart}tomere sanpliug was rnain.fained.
to try
and-a,scerla:.n 'l;hc causes ofl
fawris'r;lc
chalrges.only mori-
fully
fn
Fi-i-crra Leone,ihc
bhvcestations
selcc'beC. r,rereirregularly
i:roi:-i- -Lo,'eC. itecattscor' the social unrest"
i'hese riere 0u-Larba Parlc, I'iakpanhalr c[1dji'"lso;a
on
Llle -iaba, R.oke1 and I'longollivers
resircr;-l-irrely.
Onthe
whole; cachcf
i;here s-;'ia-Licns ha.cl been suspended. from Ia-r'v.ici-cLe pressure since Dgcenber, 199/,. *L;; r_,t-ich ihe mainfocus of this jlearfs
i:rouibo::iirg wasto
ascel'bain r,he eff ec-bof
o l,herforces
onfauuristic
chairgesii;r
i;he absenceof
larvicid.epressL'Je"
..;
Or-r'';arnbaPark, a statlon with the
hi5'hec-b faunistic diversity is at
lrr'er.,ar'! :lior.d-nga
rela'oive cha.[ge. Ins-beac1of
Iil,Soneropteranafrcl'Iri-
cop';si.3;n ijroLl)s been
the
dorminarttla:ral
-i;l:cre vas a, dorrnlnanceof
Dip'i;crran
Ll'oLrjlsln
ci bher C-rift or
surber.- 3-
J..'
Ii3lt.41olo, a
s-bation lcto,,,mior
'.-Lsirool
orv-i.r:oirmen-Ual conrli-lions,-i
lic li.,'tio
oi'Di-p-beratl Srouprjto
trphemcroptc::arr a:ici-;ricopterarr grou.ls con- -L-irurecl i"oi;ldor"
I'he Diptera]1 droups &ccoLU'r'ucci.r.i,:.,r-tp'bo57i
ot'bheSa;j-
co -'l-otls f aLu'1.a.
.L-L
ltusr,i,
Lhe f aunis-i;icpici;ure
was ilrl:i1._:: 'Lo l.{a}cpanjcawwith
Cl:i:.o- nonii-ac ;,,seg;;.,i1'l,iughalf of
-bire populationoi'
p:::iiroipal ta)raofil.r.Ls or.cr i.11 ch.1r6c
in
'Lhcfar.rnistic
pic-i;rlle r.ri'i;hthe
clo:minanceof
Ch-.ioiroir-ilacis; a clear indica,tion of poot
arvironmenta] conditions.Jhe
poor
et1.r-i-1.'ol!.rental condr-bionis
an effec'L irc.,rn population pressLt::e (lrr-r.:rarr ;.::tr- ci-."'tLte) -ri-rd 'bhe useof icth;roto:ins.
lcla"j-vcly
i-b sho*Id no'6 beforgotten
bhe-r.-l la:rvicid.esin
onc lrayorlhc
oil.r.cl n"Iso a,ffec-l'bhe cha:r,,esin faluritj'ljio
C"iversity and varia-fiou:1ii TIas.L):re1,iol1s1y observeci. .Jrt^'Lhesc
fauu:it-tic
c]:an5es dueto
farwcrclei)r:si-L1:--e:ic-.re no'c as pronounced. as rc'as obseftr'cri
in
;Lris season"[his
iiea$on r:ecovcLecl prorloLiirced. changesin
-i;a:;onomic ra-i;:-os,:,j
'bheprincipal
grotlpsr- 4-
N:IJPOII.JC.?ION
Oirrce ihe incep'bion
of 0.0"P,
Larviciciiirg'of .rivers in liest
.LJrica, ilqti-."lic no.ri'i;oring had been anintegr;:.l
]:arb o-l''l;hcactivities of
thcVcc'lol Co:r-lro]
ilnit"
'trhe ma,i-n ins-brurnents o-i acjLla-blc nii:nj-toring hacl bcena-lripol
r.;:if'L nt:-L and.a
surber sDrnplero D;ila. haci been ob'Lained. for';11e F:,s'i 20 j;ca*'s r-rsing thesetuo
ssnpling itrs'tr"un"r1-b';r,Ls1,r.ij-vcly, bhe ir,i'orms,tion on
the
d.rif i; hacl been uncons-bntc'live and.ha-,cl no'b l.,c;ctt i.l..,Ir:'i;o
clearly cllfferentiate-Lhe eifcct of la:v'icides,
hur,tarrarrcl o,;l:.cl cul th:ropo5enic a,ctir,a'cies
on
i;he ciuali-iyof the
aquatic farura( inve:'Lei-lr':'uc)
,
ch;pges :.n faunistic
d.iversi-ty anclpattern of
cl-rift.
Conccnr.:-ng Lhc Sa-:icolous sanples,
thcy
had bce-:t lcelieved 'co rito',ra
c'Le;,iy p.-,"i;''ocrmof
:recoloniza'cj-onind
changcsrl1
i;hefar:nlstic
d.iver- si-i;5'.-,
q"ia,J.i'b;- andquantity in
betireo: period,.;oi'
:;uspcnsionof lar-'ri- ciclin3
ai:cl feivicirijng"
"i.s
a
re,:itI'b,d.elibrations in the
las'c E3rd.-:o1'rrologist mee'uin6 a-LBot-tl;e Co Le d-t-roire recon:iaorcled
the collection of
a,single
day arrd. :ii,-,h'i;cl':::Lf'b ria;r't't)l-c
-ior inventory
purposes and 'uhe ma.intenanceof
tb.e Sa;icolou.ssaflplcri;
C'rll:.trrr.,3the
1 994/95 monj-torj-ng period..ll:ir;
r-ecoraendatlofr was approvedby the
EcoloSica"I group, whohavc ..1.r-jo ,,oirceived 'bhat
d-rift
infovmation over 'lhe XeaJS h"rvetlot
porh'a;;ei-.;lJ loEical picttrre of the role of
larri:cj.d.esin the faunis-
tic
cl:an8'esof
-iherivers
nonitored,"5
Dile'lo
"L:,e spicad.of social
dis-,;urba:rces'uo .:or.tcparts of
jdorl,hclrr Ijj-e:r.:i, Lcc:rea,eriaf larviciding
were sLtsllernd..rdin
Decernbcr anct. o-ilr.er. licc-'i;c:' Cotll::o.r. i.."c-iivit:.es uerr; suspend.ed.
in Fcbru::;"
e;eeptfor
Koiiraciu;u Dis'Lric'i; (.ri.c ippcnclix1)" *"
such;'uation;
iii:e.iaicpankaw on -Uhe ilolle]- a:rd.Owi;a.rha P"u:iton
tl:e 1(..b1', r,;ere irregul-i.,r);r;:roni.L;or"d. I"lusaia on ,;LcIrio:rgo tI: i:-; :i..iJ.-g, plerri'bored ,Juriirg' 'biris
period
U1rc1ctrcyie,"
'-lhe ,[oc;:.i
poin', of
-bhe 1gg4/gi monj-'bori.na{ u.'.i; l;o assessthe
f;u::ri;;'uic chijr.lcs :'..r cacir sta'bionin
';he absenceof
r;.Jiajsid.e pressureo5-
j.X,{F;IIIG IiE'--OUi
.irl:.e -.'oilorring s-Lations
-
Outt;unba, Pa:h', ii:d;pe;I;a,.tr a:rd. Muselaon
LIr.c.i(aJ:a.,
-loi;cI
:urr1 iiongoRivers
respective}.v 11.;11i'i.'
'be i:roni-Uored. otlcc i'rnon'l;h -l-o-' su::bc,. sanplcs
iron
iievolrbe::, 'Lt -^i;r':Li r,rrdsii'i3le
day et:c[ nJ-gJr'oci:::i'b
lii.::-l-c: ii:
Fcbrtra.ry or-, l.iarch. tsrii c'luc 'l,o.:ccirl rulrcst,
sal:rgt1iirJ lr.r,rjsusportlecl
i'rl
0i-rta.nba P".rli Jrd- I'iakpanl<aruin
l.ia:.chr1)95
utd, con-iinucd. for.-Lne iiu:,c.ii-,,
s';ation up
';o..piilo
l,lLrc rrloccciurcs
to
bc n,scd.for
i;he collec-bjr"cnoI fu.1ft
and su-rberssnirlc:
r'ct.'c,ts i'o1l-or.rs;-1 na;^ d-'-'ii'; cairple:-
uerc'lo
be colicc'uedfo*'1!
mii:utesonly
onccu.li;:g
:,. d-rifi
net"i.
,:ig'hl;d-rift
samplcsucre-to
be coffc:c'tc;l-:ior 1C minu'i;cs only o:lcc Llsijlg a ?ripoci d-:-if'tnct.
3. I
iJiuber senplcs ,rercto
be cclfec-beeltrlii.3 a
su-rber s.i-apIcr.nir:::J-ili, -these prgcesses environJnental- fac-boi:s such 3s Jriver speecl,
'i;empo::a'Lt.rer a.'tiriospheric
con&ttions,
physio-clrEd-cau1 d-uta arrd- otherciirzi-'oir.,.rur'L:.1- conclitions uerc
also to
be coll.ec'bcrl (See rlppendiJc2).
-7-
*il--jIc-lplJggB+J\ip-
jqF-.:L:6-I)r,il92
.0J_;.rJlryr..F.*'+Til!_glE 7r
/ iuiiB-tt'gi
.)-nJi!:3
IIc:e
r,i,ll rx) ch::r,;sin
i,hcfar-uristic
d:iversi'L;' br-r'L... changeln
faurr:-s'bic vi,,:i:*L.i otl cr' ,ryi.rs,-p.1.1 tir;a,irr. ihc d.rj-ft. .jlG
.,1-coit\r
recorrLed. nig'hL -L;i-i,tc cLlj.i'L (.D,:':c,..i;o; ,1994) .,:ecorclccl -iiielowcst
'l,t-Lri
i;J::ra"In
Jeceriberrl))2,
lrl:.ei:
i
.i'v'--c.-cij.,,1 .r.-,.:-: aL.,o ,,it,:pa:ded, 'LLte l,t -l-.1- i'aLU1,: recorded.four'
-iiiilc;:zbovc ;l'Lc r),:i;o,il:er ,1994 f
evcls.
r.'his incllc:'-'cecillo
1'ecoveryin the
,roirr-rla-biotr"
,r,.-L,'ciircticn
evenin
LLrc -rbsorceof
i;.-*r,icic]-LnB"-iJ
p:-'cv:,.ousIy reooldccl, -u]:isstaticn
rccot'C-col -,;he hi-ghest far-urj.:, Lj-cci:r,-clai':;r Lr;.i,ir Ephernerop'uere, being
the
mari: cl-o::r,,-nl;lr, Sroup. Bea-ticlac iihicl:hac'.'bccn ';Lc n:-ju
principil 'i-t;a
i11thc n:,3h' ,lt.lc,-.;rf'b
hrd. becn sLlperc'-,-:'.c'by CLr-ro.Lo-.r:l-u--: e d-u::ing -ul.'-j.; reLlortin3
periocl.
,,-r,t;:j w,;.Sthe
si-';1ia-biu.r C':.-"-i:rgperiocl-s
oi
r-Lr.speilsionof
1z.r-n:.;.lcling bU',; coiti?ttif,
-Lo periodsof
larvi.ciclinS"-**_:r.C.0.,,-0!i-.{:ruj;!r
Il*c::e ir.,s a;el-e,';ir,'e chan5e
in the fawris'iic
vl-,1r.-a-;ionof principal
'la.:;a- inr-- ,he r,tcalr ni,ilitber
of
indlviclua.ls pell SLriber record.edthe
loL'es-i;,si-nce
-l}e
:,-nce-r'bionof
r.roni'oori-ng.Ia
.Dec.eiibcrl1)941d.rif'; information
recorclecl Chj-"'ol:cnicLaeas
-ihe hj-1hc:r'lpa:-i--c.:ltal'I-}.
In
'uh.is sane month Chironomiclae :,:.s ';l:c ma.in dormir:ant slri.-j-co l-oL,.s 'ta:*a"
In Fel:l-ra:j,,1))5.
Sroup:r wirich had. been ob:elvcc" -Lo be dorr,rinantiir
ihir,s-ba-L:on l:ccoi;rc d-orninant. 'iuch groups r,rere Bea'Lic'-;€e
lricolythid.ac
aird ,1;r6--1q-1;;"rsh:'.d-:,e" rlrrcl Chironomid-aealso
accout;ecl a.siguificanJt
propo::-i;io:rof
',ire ncair iir-,Iitbcrof
incljviduaLsper
sUIlo€I j-n'Lhe caid- morr'rjh"B
f-b i,rus'l bc iro'I;-cl tha'o e.rcn clurling perioqs
oi larviciclng,
Ephuneropterdr i,-lii- -- r.j.c<t-t ier.:I.ijloups
were -bire Corrninair-b s.r-;ic,..r louts -La,ta bUt ';he d.oltfli:ia,liceofDi;oi;e::anf,roLrpsin'r'hepefioclofl'hesLlspelx'sioiiofiarvicidingmaJno''o bc
t-n:,oit-'.ecLeci -bo hr,ul:ir;nd
o'ther art-lropol'ct1icforces
which cause poorei1-/.r:toil-rc,r',:,.-l- cc,iicli.tio.'.s" ii:.il-i i.,oor enrrirorunor
iaI
ccnd"itions lrad 'Lhe su- ppie;cic:.r g-l';ris-,ichi-a,,r:o'r-L1i ancl';he iler.clopi:lte'iliof
microbabita'ci ilir'-cLi f :.i',,roLr-:. .,lic '-,::c,1-r iera-bioirof j)iptcran
groUpli (;jee .'irrrgrr}!.x2)
(Crf f aOo -taircl- P::cncii'.
J"
1?94).,JJfli+[i[]it/i,
,{.JS.'
Ijur.:j.ng '.,i..e :ur:;per'.r;i.on
of
leLrvicidlugin
l[ovc.ibcr t1)92- ApriI
r1993t Dip';era1ri-,.s
,:ic
t.':o:r",tilr,':-,rt 'la:;ain
'iLcniSht
birne cLrif'b. -''rj's si-i;uation rrassltiilar
'uo ';.irc-r)ieij c.t1
,
d-rifI
informa-Lioif collectecl- ol11.r'-.n "l.1c monthof
Jenu;r1r.ll:e Lo;ai
C-;ir L iitc'.ices irnllrt=/j1l ;nd.faLlll::;'tic cliversity
renained si"itifar'-bo p::ev.:cq: -ri3'h'; 'ti,.-re
clrift information" fI
no-LabIefeature
was -the con- -;ilbr,.'tiorroi
'i;a,;a .,.ire 3eabi'J.aeto propor-liotl: close
bo 'uhe dorminan'b Cllolr'pChitono,.tid-r-e" .lri-s 3ror-rp iraci
not
been signif:-can'LIy representativeof
-lhed.rii
Li.lr
::l:.-.sstationr
S-i JCO LCU-r .l--i..ilii'.s
lhe
fattli1,-,ic:tir/ersi'by
weresimilar to
pclioiLeof
suspensionof lalrr''ioi-
c.ini;.:nci l-a1vicid.ing br.rt i;heto"al
nunberoi
iirrliv:Ltluirlsper
sLrrbcr <hopp'c1';c Ievcls
bc-Lo''r periodsof larrricicling.
?.claij-ve_l;r .i,[e
'i;otal
fa.r-uris-;icvs,ristion
chairged ii:-'l;h chironorniclae . ccol1;l'iiji3lor
overhalf of
'blr.e mean nu$berof
incllvidUalsper prin- cipal
-Le;:a" -.'r'j-cop'teran aftd. Epheureropteran glol',lls lIerepoolly
::epreser-'balj-lc
of ilie :a;:icoloug
fauna"-9-
ru
-uo'baLi-l;y 'i.;his i:oor fa,-uris'uic pic-turein thc
absenceof larvicidlng
i;l€$/
bc
c'-Lic Lopoor
environmcntat cond.itions.,l)ris ltoor
enrrirorunen,calcoircll'Lio:r i;:,.rj ci'ca.tecl
by iiic
uscof
lchtyo-bo-diriu fishing
rvhich 1eacls'i;o cievc-l-opr.rorf
of
rrricroh:rbi,ca-bs r,ilrich iI_c rl6r-r.nly lcprcscn.bativeof
a.L_;"rr
3'Loirlhr: ",:ic1vory pooi-bris'Lichia
{jro}rJrh. JLrcl:.nicrohabitats
clocr, rro,tf "1",/olir-'
,\s i-.;slif
era'bir:nof
rlhcraclop,ucralr a;:cl _'l.iooptcran groups.(Iicc ;-plcnrl::
1)(C,rffrao
--ct all
1994).rl:;arr. /
r.ruu{_Lr. /
7l / tt
]IER iloticoliui:ei:, .r
Li,reonly stabion
i;haL had.lot
bccn :urbj,,c-bcclto
lchtyo.Lo::intbr.r.'; 1'r. .-. rlcii'i, Lcrctt- sc'l;,ul_dn$r-bs
of
cat-bIc ra,,1cbcs aloni; 1;hc }.longo Rivcrn;r.'l;:Ln.
Dif iclcn',;iaI
.;',
-thc Lo';aIfaur.istic varia-ticn of
.,.,rincipa] tsr.a chairgcd.ii:.'bhc:i:i-rlrL
i;imcdrif'r;
incj-i<-cs clurringilris
rcpor.-ii.ng period..rn..lpn1,
11. --.^ ' ,. -- r -,t
Ltic or1-:J/
ir,-:r, -iilrs clrif
J coll_cctcclfor fl.rir
scascirr i.,cstotal
f aujrr.l, dlJC_ppccl ..crcii. -,-imcs
j-ts
1:rcrrious r.ccorddurrng
1,,t,: si,nc monflr, whcn la.r.rric:._clin3 tr.-.-
aI:o
r,Ltsrrcnd.ccl.ChirouorniC.ac rilrioir had bccm scccndary
in dominrilc3
Jus Cacnidacis
-Lcr-"i.at'i/
Lo ]lcaiid.ac..rhis situation
l^rasrliff
cicn.i; fr.om pcriod.of
larvrc_.-cjng;Jrcl sL!1,;srsion
of ]arvicidj-ng.
ilyclropsychiciaclrcl
.l::icory,ohidac xcnlaincdas Lr.clll;.i j)o' irlJr rcprcscn'bativc
of the
d.rii-1.IIi'lh
bhc ;c".rova-.Iof
larvicicLc prcssurc on ,cl:.c t)otjr...Iation and. pronoungecl L:.trnajr ,'rrl. ca'L;1cinf
lucnce a.loirg Lherivcr
ba.i-ii:., -,usccp.liblc groLlpslj-l;;
Dci,r'-ic'-;..,- .;11,s barr:rccl 'cobc clrifting I
IoL
i::oi,t .Uritrr,caricsto
Lhciila-!il i;()rI:o,-lj.vc.I.
-10-
EuJ_C-o.ryuJ-
3i!lL;
'irhci'c rias rcl-ei;ivc1y
ir
ch3,ngsin thc'Lota1
fa,ruri,.;uicvariation.Is
pro-viottcl;;
ob:c-.vcd., and lhe _.pr"il ,;otal mcan numbcr.of indiiridrrals
shc,ccla Pic'itt"c
s--''rilLI to
-Lheuigh';
'ciurcd.rift
indi-ces. Thctotal
mca;r nwabcrof
i::,c.1vici'.rr-Ir r.ccord.cclei5ht
-Linrcs belors ,hc ,,_p:.iI t1g931cvcIs,f,;
r.;hc,ilIC.bc ,o Lcci 'i;h1'l; 1,11.7icicre prc'Sur.e waij r.rso rer,iovcd. rr,ur],rg th6,t pcriocl.
Clti.'o:lr-,raic.tl: ir.ccr_rU.l.ttecl
ior
,ohrcc-qqartc1:sc,i
.llig 1)-.ilcipaL teu:a wi,;h"Ei:hcnc:-.c-.,'i;er.a,
lrr(i
rrricop,ueran groups poc,rly rci)r-. rcn-iativeof thc
.jru-i_co louli f lr.Lli1a.
otr
i)roirl"'i'c,
".r.chigh prorifcr:u';ion of
Di-p-i;c::..., L,r.()upsin
-bhe a.bsorcetti r':r'vicit'c
r)'r-'cssurc mal bc clucto poor
cnv-i::onnq:ta^1 conditions.( o
cc
,r1-ri, arcli:: 2) .1TE g
oo&
u
I O )
ii- ,:.
VN
',, p, .o7 4/
.\-,
/
o\ 7\ o\
-
11DI.TCUoSION J]ID
Laivic:cliilt
hilcl been surspencled. on tr.ro occasions o;r'Lherivers
moni-'borerl. :-lr ,JierLa Leone. ,'hese periods nere frorn ltrovonber, 1992
to.tprir,
1-)93 ti'j-,-r'o,:r
Jecsnbetrl)){
-bo 1,he presen-L },el)orliirS
period..Dri-'t
i,form3'Lion ,rncr bhecluaiity of the
sa:icoioLls fauna had shor,nrvarrJ'ii1i; iL';c*.cs'cing- paL-berns fr.om one
monifo::in;
,..lcasorrto
another.DLiritr3'
pe*iocli of larricici:ngr
uhelotal-
f aruril-Licvarriation
does not ciraur[e bi,i'; ,]re nLurrberof lnclividuals
pelt .ba;;a cotr.;intred. ,i;o d.rop from oire ;.ieArioir ,io iir'rother,Ihe
dropin
i;he .[ltrnbcrof
_Lirriividua]s])er
ta.Ta,i.r.s *,.,,",bcd.-to improve when-lhe
laflricicle j)tcssltje
1^ras removed on -Lire:e;ta-Lj-ons. Bl,-l
on
i,he r.rhole Lhccontrsry
occLirccl. Iirs.teadof
improrring, L1.ei:':riri-rl:els even d.rop-l;olcvefs
below times rilroir la:w-icid.e p:essurc 1,rasaplr-l.J-eci. -Lrtr- Jrollps which r.tcte
easily susccptiblc'co
la^r.licid.escvqr
r.c- dt-tcc 'lrc-.:i' -Lcv.:fsoi'
rccur,rcntc
aIcI freqUcncyin
;hcscstations.
-the,nr.-'i-:t cller-.',ion'was l.ilre'l;her
it is
larvicicl-e,.: Lira-i causethe
reduc,cioiri:r
nrL,rltel,l i-:Jlcl 'Ltreslight
changes i_nfilrnir;.iic cl:versity.
A'b Ot-t;arrjtu, I,a-r:l:,
a station
recorcling LIre highc;;-b f cuuristrc d.iversi,cy j.:r a'; rr:,ci,r(ril
ihordnga lela.l;ivc
chqn6sin
j';Luurj-s,Lic varia.Lionin
ei-lhersurbci'ol
i,-r,rf',; sampleso irhic, msy be due -bo poot lrr-v€rc{trality
due-i;o hu-]rran Pr'cllr:lllre.
rhe
sqstajned hr.unan pressuref, cles'iloyed- bhe conrli'bj-onsfor
L}e Li'orr'r;h iurcl developmor'c
of trisbichia
rqhichii
lhe rnain microhabi-1,_";oi'
Ilphansl'Lrp.liei'an and r-rlgopteran groqlrse .Siucrj.cc h;.ve shown tha'u bb.el:,ro:--.:c;':'':i.:..rl.i
Eipleran
groqp$in
ar:ysti:.tion it
an i,:rclicatorof
poorecol-o5i-e.,.-1- oor.rLitions.
(\ittat, J
1994)(Ca]I;:,cr-o .!\ and prend.a,J.
19)4).-
12-
L-L ]i;'j:fenjcau, ?-r'r.vironmentar cond.itions
h;ve
becn l-_nora:to
be poor andj'-t is
1.it.helirot surprising that
evenin
Lhe alscnceof
1arvicid.es ,r;henurnbe::
of
indLiv-j_cluals ;nd. the faunis,cic varia,.bion crid. no,u improve.At iltisaia,
';he changesthat
occured were facrliLa,,;ed.by the social
d-islul'b,:;rce; r,il.rich caused. an increasein
human ancl snimal pressure i)Ir. "l,re iio'.So]:asin. lthis
fur.,;her suppressecl ..,).re sursceptible invdr_'uebLale:;,ll-'oLEl;
riitl,
chironomid-ae accor.mtingfo::
up-boharf of
the'to'LaI i)oi-)itlafion
of principal
'Ea-1lo"t an inclica-borof
poor environmentalconcLi-
"ion;.
Rela;irrcly,
rulihough lar.vicicl-es affect the
fauuris,lic rliversi,uyvalia_
'l,ion .'lrcL 'lLrc ntuaber
of
incliviclua,lsp€r
d2;_3 bur.l pr.csent changes calrlL)lj be tu:co:urcc'iccl Lothe
poor envi::onmental coriili i;ions caused. by rnan a.nd.c a'u'l 1 e.
t
-
13-
APPDTDIX 1
I[Oi'i ]:IopJli C,i-,
Et EL.S_
iig
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r-I
li,glr-;Ep"uE_
I
UovonlerDecembc:r,
17,
1g94 Janua4r,1)))irebrurar;., 25
t
1g9jP ,I,
Drift
& iii-u.berSurbcr
coMi\i
I,I Riligh
popula.Lion or^ peopLe.I I I
I I
;
i I
f;f"*'o" ot
n!
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Dccl c.ibct
Janilli1,
B,
1)95Ilr:b:rlar5.,
13,
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& ,jurber ,jqrberII
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of Ic
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Dec er,lhef
Ja;rLi-,,r-Xr 12 1g95
FcbrLlr:rJr 11 19g5 iia::.ch 15 19g5
,i4rbel
"Iqrber
t)rift
& .5luber.-_c.,0
M_MEli_T
S._Bigh popu.Iation
of
man and ca.l.;Iao n
|l
,
Surbcr
II
i *il.l,
L* ri1,
25 1g9j.oll!$Pi--3'3,a\;
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ll
Da"iriel
.lhollcy ir
Ifyctrobiologistiticha:d BorrSuro !
;cchnicianI'losc;l
,.'urEy
.a
La,b..-sslstant
*,LLc
Kalolroh J
Drivcal.BrBLJoqP.{iJ-[Y
GllLL
Jl!0
^'." & PnEilDiJ" (lggq)
Influclcc oi
,:one cnrrironmental fac-lors oi'L "hcire;hi+atcr
macroinvcr'uebrates clis'l;::ib,'-;ionin
twoafiaccnt tivct
brs:-nc turclcr med.i';crrerrean clima,'i,e (Dip'i,crar.l1 La,rva as
coological indi- c:'Lors,
',/o1. 131, irclrivcs of
il:rclrobiolo8.), S't"r-i;tgart, PP 435-447.)2.
IIU-]-LIO[J. (lgg+) I{icr:odis';rillrtlon of Lr:v;I
j]aoliciaein
'i;hc dry ,-cason or1lhc
rocky sub;'brl bcsof rivcr i'lialrl-:l
(Guinca,VoI.
131r*:ch
-4ycl'obiology ;'Lu'b';gart PE 46y476),.l
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2.
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61.2Variation of total fauna in night drift indices at Outamba park
Qo
t,(,
o 2fi
2@
150 100
50 0
mar-90 dec-90 t6u-92
aw-92 jan-93 aw-93Sanpling dates
d6c-93 16v-94 mar-94
Variation in night drift indices : month of December at Outamba park N
35
iso
C'Ex
!'
zo.g 1s
E,o
d 5 0ECHIRONOMIDAE
I BAETIDAE
TlTRICORYTHIDAE E HYDROPSYCHIDAE
d6c-90 d6c-92 dec-g3 d6c-94
Dates
Total faunistic variation per Surber at Outamba park
oo
lt
E
.E0,
=
1M
1200 1000
800 600 400 200 0
mar-90 jan-91 t6v-92 d€c-92 avr-93
Sarnpling dates
jan-94 mar-94 f6v-95
Mean numbers of principal taxa per Surber sample at Outamba park
6o l!
E tr
(go
=
300 250 200 150 100 50 0
EITOTAL FAUNA TEPHEMEROPTERA trTRICHOPTERA ECHIRONOMIDAE
dec-g0 M,-C2 d6c-93 dec-9+
Datcs
,l,t
NIGHT DRIFT INDICES AND REI.ATIVE FREQUENCY OF SOME TAXAAT OUTAMBA PARK
MEAN NUMBERS PER SURBER SAMPLE AT OUTAMBA PARK DATES Drift indices
TOTAL FAUNA CHIRONOMIDAE BAETIDAE TRICORYTHIDAE HYDROPSYCHIDAE 01-Mar-90
Ozl-Apr-90 28-Nov-90 1&Dec-90 1$Jan-91 12-Feb-91 0$Feb-92 28-Feb-92 24+Mar-92
1*Apr-92 24-Nov-92 lGDec-92 2GJan-93 14-FeE93 17-Mar-93 OGApr-93 12-Nov-93 21-Dec-93 29-Dec-93 '12-Jan-94
'l$Jan-(X
1,1-Feb-94 2GFeb-94 14-Mar-94 2GMar-94 15-Apr-94 17-Dec-94
123.4 94.7 39.7 19.7 31.1 28.6 65.2 182.7 231.8 30.9 29.0 35.6 5.0 19.1 122.5 77.7 10.1 5.6 5.2 44.1 31.5 82.1 96.2 85.0 70.7 16.4 6.9
4.4 2.6 32.9 23.7 4.8 17.1 12.6 5.9 9.0 17.O 68.3 20.6 35.0 18.2 10.8 9.7 30.2 24.7 17.3 8.3 12.5 7.1 12.9 14.6 16.8 27.6 27.6
19.4 30.6 31.4 22.O 68.3 19.7 14.9 16.5 28.1 23.O 2.3 10.0 5.1 6.0 7.6 9.7 4.5 36.5 33.1 56.0 47.4 14.3 17.8 20.6 31.6 11.5 25.8
33.3 19.1 o.2 0.8 o.7 0.3 2.1 13.2 20.0 4.1 4.6 27.5 6.8 2.2 9.7 0.1 1.5 4.6 5.2 3.7 2.5 25.O 14.0 't3.4 12.9 3.8 10.0
6.3 7.8 8.0 2.8 1.7 7.5 3.2 8.9 3.2 5.6 0.5 0.8 12.0 9.3 0.6 2.5 7.3 6.9 2.4 3.1 4.1 0.8 3.7 1.6 2.2 6.6 7.2
COLEOPTERA DATES TOTAL FAUNA EPHEMEROPTERA TRICH()PTERA CHIRONOMIDAE
01-Mar-90 | 01-Apr-90 |
01-Nov-90 |
I
01-Dec-90
|
0'l-Jan-91 I 01-Feb-91 | o1-Mar-91 | 01-Feb-92 I I
01-FeF92
|
01-Mar-92 |
01-Apr-92 |
01-Nov-92 |
O1-Dec-92 I 01-Jan-93 l 01-Feb-93 01-Mar-93 01-Apr-93 01-Nov-93 01-Dec-93 01-Dec-93 01-Jan-94 01-Jan-94 01-Feb-94 01-Feb-94 01-Mar-94 01-Mar-(X 01-Apr-94 01-Dec-(X 01-Feb-95
10661 8261 2',t91
1
2e3l 3161 13561
I
4271 73sl 980
176 129 167 149 40 167 289 32 258 354 69 192 176 687 813 418 173 53 41 181
665 543.8 56.4 146 77.6 175.4 224.75 112.2
u5.2
100 7.8 3.4 73.4 2.4 3.6 82.4 0.4 96.2 99.2 20.2 27.6 23.8 217.8
u7.4
214.4 84.6 10.6 8.6 63.2
1
4
91
1
448
25.
102 47 18 1.6 2.4 22.2 4',t.4 20 65.6 121
26
159.21 1o5l fi7.21 1111 138.21 404.61
i
65.75]
121.61 95-41 8.8 89 155.41 6e.81
4.8 94.8 39.6 24.2 82.8 141.8 34.2M
70.8 293.2 151.8 57.4 21.4 28.2 26.4 48
10.8 o.2 o.4 6.4 o.2
1
13 5.4 12.2 0.6 0 0.6 0 o.4 2.2 0.6 1.2 0 0 1.4 0.4 0 5 0 0.6 0.6 o.2 0 0.6
Variation of total fauna in night drift indices at Makpankaw 80
70
s50 860 E40 830 E20
10 0
fev-90 d6c-90 mar-91
mar-92d6c-92
mar-93Sampling dates
dec-93 jan-94
mar-94Variation in night drift indices: month of January at Makpankaw
50
*ao
oc
g30
Ett)
tzo
.g10o
t
0
ECHIRONOMIDAE IBAETIDAE trTRICORYTHIOAE EHYDROPSYCHIOAE
jan-91 jan-93 jan-94 jan-95
Datcs
,ii:
Total faunistic variation per Surber at Makpankaw
at,
.a(, E
cc
G'o
=
1600.0 1400.0 1200.0 1000.0 800.0 600.0 400.0 200.0 0.0
f6v-90 jan-91 tdv-92
avr-92jan-93
avr-93 Sampling datesd6c-93 t1v-94
mar-94Mean numbers of principal taxa per Surber sample at Makpankaw
ul
.oo Ef E E
G'o
=
350.0 300.0 250.0 200.0 150.0 100.0 50.0 0.0
ETOTAL FAUNA IEPHEMEROPTERA trTRICHOPTERA ECHIRONOMIDAE
jan-91 jan-93 jan-94
Dates
jan-94 jan-95
:t
NIGHT DRIFT INDICES AND REI.ATIVE FREQUENCY OF SOME TAXA AT MAKPANKAW
MEAN NUMBERS PER SURBER SAMPLE AT MAKPANKAW
DATES Drift indices n
28-Feb-90 O&Apr-90 2&Nov-90
1&Dec-90 2GJan-91 07-Feb-91 lGMar-91 07-Feb-92 27-Feb-92 23-Mar-92 12-Apr-92 22-Nov-92 08-Dec-92 2&Jan-93 0&Feb-93 1$Mar-93 04-Apr-93 07-Nov-93 2$Dec-93 3GDec-93 1*Jan-94 21-Jan-94 10-Feb-94 28-Feb-94 07-Mar-94 28-Mar-94 08-Jan-95
TOTAL FAUNA CHIRONOMIDAE BAETIDAE TRICORYTHIDAE HYDROPSYCHIDAE 73.8
33.1 7.g 9.3 5.5 31.5 9.8 32.1 61.6 33.9 20.5 5.7 4.8 11.5 24.2 38.0 34.1 7.6 13.7 17.7 8.8 13.8 14.3 31.9 24.9 17.8 27.6
6.7 10.7 72.1 72.7 48.2 22.5 17.0 11.1 12.9 20.8 29.5
u.7
82.7 23.1 10.4 19.8 20.2 58.4 52.6 38.1 34.3 27.O 23.1 19.8 13.2 18.5 24.4
21.3 15.6 0.0 3.2 24.7 't6.2 29.4 3.9 5.1 10.1 16.6 1.3 0.9 18.9 8.8 6.6 8.2 2.4 11.2 8.7 16.9 17.1 21.0 11.6 9.0 8.8 19.7
2.61 2.81 0.ol o.ol 0.ol 0.0 o.ol 0.1 o.2 o.4 0.5 0.7 0.4 0.0 0.0 1.9 1.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 4.2 0.3 2.2 0.0 1.7 2.3 0.0
1.51 2.21 4.21 1.ol
1.81 1.71 3.81 7.1J 18.9 3.1 4.1 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.1 1.1 0.9 0.0 0.9 1.9 0.7 0.0 8.0 6.7 8.7 4.3 1.3
DATES TOTALFAUNA IEPHEMEROPTERA TRICHOPTERA CHIRONOMIDAE COLEOPTERA
01-Feb-90 01-Apr-90 01-Nov-90 01-Jan-91 01-Feb-91 01-Mar-91 01-Feb-92 01-Feb-92 O1-Mar-92 |I
01-Apr-92 |
01-Nov-s2
|
01-Dec-92
|
O1-Jan-93 I 01-Feb-93 01-Mar-93 01-Apr-93 01-Nov-93 01-Dec-93 01-Dec-93 01-Jan-94 01-Jan-91 01-FeF94 01-Feb-94 01-Mar-94 01-Mar-94 01-Jan-95 01-Feb-95
195.: 531
24 sl ol
I
30.41 221.41 401
l
1.8 28 26.6 37.6 0 0 1.2 1.8 38.2 6 0.8 5.8 2 39.6 20.8 4
1
5 26.8 7.2 4 115
164'.1
339.4 1401.:,
119.8 237.8 793.€
3&..2 222-t
u.t
24.2 76.4 71.2 92.t 3(
31.t 99 47.4 230.8 291 60 15(
8t 45.t 32., 20.1 1
17.51
fi.25t.
o.2l 3e.41 414.41 51.41 5.61
fis.21 56.21 33.21 ol
1
5.4 6 30 1.4 0 1.4 0.8 0 1.2 10 8.6 12 55.4 2 3.6
100.75 61.75 163.4 240.8 592.8 9.8 209.6 493.4 253 127 30.2 19.8 48 52.2 19.81 24.41
2s 4l
ffil
18.8 151.8 227.4 33.4 130.4 68 44.2 21.6 9.8
2l ol
o4l
1
4.4 3 0.4 11.8 5 3.2 3.6 1.6 o.4 o.2 o.2 0 o.4 2.6 1.2 12.2 9.8 1.8 0 0 0 0 0
Variation of total fauna in night drift indices at Musaia
o(l,
.9!, .E
'=
o
500 400 300 200 100 0
avr-90
f6v-91 mar-92jan-93
nov-93Sampling dates
jan-94
mar-94Variation in night drift indices: month of April at Musaia
s60 5so E40 [.0
920 E10
oE0
ECAENIDAE TCHIRONOMIDAE trBAETIDAE trTRICORYTHIDAE E HYDROPSYCHIDAE
avr-90 avr-92 avr-93
Dates
avr-94 avr-95
Total faunistic variation per Surber at Musaia
oo Il
E tr
tl,o
=
350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0
avr-90 f6v-91
mar-92jan-93
nov-93Sampl-ng detes
jan-94 mar-94
mar-95Mean numbers of principal taxa per Surber sample at Musaia
rh .clo
Ea
Gq,
=
300 250 200 150 100 50 0
trTOTAL FAUNA TEPHEMEROPTERA EITRICHOPTERA ECHIRONOMIDAE
avr-90 avr-92 avr-93
Dates
avr-94 avr-95
NIGHT DRIFT INDICES AND REI.ATIVE FREQUENCY OF SOME TAXA AT MUSAIA
MEAN NUMBERS PER SURBER SAMPLE AT MUSAIA DATES
07-Apr-90 24-Nov-90 15-Dec-90
16Jan-91 14-FeF91 19-Mar-91 0&Fets92 26-Fets92 22-Mar-92 10-Apr-92 1$Nov-92 06-Dec-92 24-Jan-93 0GFets93 13-Mar-93 10-Apr-93 05-Nov-93 17-Dec-93 27-Dec-93
07-Jan-94 16-Jan-94 11-FeF9{
22-Fetsl9l 06-Mar-94 20-Mar-94 11-Apr-94 26-Aor-95
Drift indices
TOTAL FAUNA CAENIDAE ICHIRONOMIDAE BAETIDAE ITRICORYTHIDAE IHYDROPSYCHIDAE 59.1
16.3 14.1 23.9 102.6 124.O 256.0 205.7 4/.3.1 69.4 19.9 3.8 16.5 28.9 75.6 130.6 10.7 2.6 3.4 26.s 14.5 27.1 90.1 43.1 30.4 33.2 17.6
59.' 13.(
't6., 43.!
50.1
6.8 21.0 18.6 25.1 7.1 8.1 3.9 5.0 16.0 11.1 27.3 31.0 61.2 44.2 34.5 't2.4 20.2 27.2 61.5 22.9 26.9 25.5 55.5 37.3 38.9 21.0 12.4 75.1
67.(g.!
52.1 51.r 10.!
7;,
1 1.!
34.:
30., 44.1
22..
25.i
7.1 46.(
4'.t.1
43.
21.
18.
28.
32.
39.
7 2
0
7.7 1.6
0.0 0.0 0.2 o.4 0.1 0.9 1.3 1.6 3.8 4.2 0.6 2.O o.2 o.4 1.0 2.6 3.8 3.1 1.1 o.4 o.2 0.7 '1.8 1.2 1.1 0.8
6.3 11.7 5.5 1.5 1.2 1.8 1.2 5.0 0.7 6.6 1.5 0.6 o.7 o.2 0.4 1.1 2.0 3.8 3.1 1.8 2.4 0.8 1.6 1.5 2.7 8.8 0.9 6.6
5.0 10.2 22.0 7.3 11.7 15.8 2.6 4.8 2.5 1.3 3.2 3.7 2.8 2.3 2.6 3.2 8.7 5.8 6.6 10.3 't0.3 4.1 3.9 6.2 20.6
DATES TOTAL FAUNA TRICHOPTERA CHIRONOMIDAE COLEOPTERA
01"Apr-90 01-Nov-90 01-Deo90 01-Jan-9'l 01-Feb-91 01-Mar-91 01-Feb-92 01-FeF92 01-Mar-92 01-Apr-92 01-Nov-92 01-Dec-92 01-Jan-93 01-FeF93 01-Mar-93 91-Apr-93 01-Nov-93 01-Dec-93 01-Dec-93
01Jan-94 01-Jan-94 01-Feb-94 0'1-FeF94 01-Mar-94 01-Mar-94 01-Apr-94 01-Jan-95 01-FeF95 01-Mar-95 0'l-Apr-95
27',t.8 8 327 152.6 't86 31.25 213.6 157.4 74.4 75.4 7.2 33.2 30.2 29.2 19.8 100.2 6.4 22.6 20.6 ar.6 13 75.2 91.2 81.6 42.2 55.4 52.4 37.6 45 12
28.8 0 22.8 3 41.6 5.5 14.2 58.6 25.4 14.2
1
0.6 1.4 1.2 2.8 8
1
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