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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Short-term effects of wildfire on Patagonian headwater streams

Emilio A. Williams Subiza A B and Cecilia Brand A
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A Centro de Investigaciones Esquel de Montaña y Estepa Patagónica (CIEMEP CONICET), Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia, Sede Esquel, Sarmiento 849, postcode: 9200, Esquel, Chubut, Argentina.

B Corresponding author. Email: emilioadolfowilliams@gmail.com

International Journal of Wildland Fire 27(7) 457-470 https://doi.org/10.1071/WF17164
Submitted: 8 November 2017  Accepted: 11 May 2018   Published: 20 June 2018

Abstract

In March–April 2015, the El Cristo fire burned 1228 ha of mixed Nothofagus forest in Los Alerces National Park (Argentine Patagonia). We compared physicochemical variables and community structure of burned and unburned headwater streams. Sampling began shortly after the fire was extinguished and comprised periodic water quality assessments and four visits to collect periphyton and invertebrate samples (May, August, October and December). Water temperature, total dissolved solids, total suspended solids and specific conductance were significantly higher in burned sites, whereas nutrient and oxygen concentrations exhibited no major differences. Chlorophyll a (used as a surrogate for autotrophic periphyton biomass) also did not differ significantly. Macroinvertebrate richness, abundance and diversity showed no differences across sites, but taxonomic composition and densities of sensitive taxa were markedly lower at burned streams. Oligochaetes and amphipods, however, were significantly more abundant in the disturbed reaches. Analysis of functional feeding groups revealed that the relative abundances of shredders and collector-filterers were lower at burned sites, possibly reflecting a shift in detrital input.

Additional keywords: fire, functional feeding groups, low-order streams, macroinvertebrate communities, total suspended solids.


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