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## Abstract We investigated the macroinvertebrate community structure in Three‐Gorges Reservoir during a three‐year period after the reservoir became operational. Comparison with data of previous authors obtained before the damming showed that the benthic community changed drastically in the reservoir. Oligochaetes and chironomids dominate the present community. An apparent annual cycle in the benthic community (expressed as richness, density and community type) was found in the second year, lagging one year behind the annual cycle of transparency. After the second year, a __Nais–Polypedilum__ community type, occurring in winter and spring with low inflow discharge and high transparency, was followed by a __Limnodrilus__ community type that occurred in autumn and summer under contrasting conditions. Despite river regulation and damming, it appeared that macroinvertebrates in subtropical canyon‐shaped reservoirs remained influenced by floods. (© 2008 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)

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Author

Mei-Ling Shao; Zhi-Cai Xie; Xin-Qin Han; Ming Cao; Qing-Hua Cai

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Ltd.; Wiley (ISSN 1434-2944)

Published

2008

Language

EN

Field

Environmental Science (Physical Sciences)