APPENDIX I
List of sampling sites in the main river courses of Cyprus Island and the main
geographical characteristics (Papastergiadou et al. 2008; Aguiar et al. 2013)
Site Code
Stream name
Intercalibration
type
Latitude
[ETRS89]
Longitude
[ETRS89]
Altitude
(m)
Catchment
(km2)
Distance
to
source
(km)
Channel
width
(m)
R-M5
34.8781187
33.337597
190
61.0
0.81
4
Prevailing
channel
substrate
R-M5
34.8764458
33.339254
190
61.9
0.8
3
Gravel &
Pebbles
Cobbles
CY_3
R-M5
34.8701073
33.342171
183
65.3
0.83
3
Cobbles
CY_4
CY_5
R-M5
R-M5
34.8796961
34.9415787
33.334562
33.483295
202
135
56.1
91.2
0.81
0.38
2
4.5
CY_6
R-M5
34.9396979
33.486854
129
94.2
0.38
7
CY_7
R-M4
34.9273618
32.699559
430
67.0
0.82
6
Cobbles
Cobbles
Gravel &
Pebbles
Sand
CY_8
R-M5
34.7628471
32.578831
83
205.0
1.17
25
Gravel
R-M5
34.7959455
32.598537
133
184.0
1.14
15
Gravel
CY_10
R-M5
34.8381705
32.646444
221
140.3
1.13
5
Cobbles
CY_11
R-M5
34.854523
32.663604
254
118.9
1.14
6
CY_1
CY_2
CY_9
Syrkatis
Treminthos
Xeros
Gravel
Boulders
& Cobbles
Sand
CY_12
R-M4
34.8885042
32.684893
367
98.1
0.82
6
CY_13
R-M4
34.889003
32.748005
435
115.6
0.75
35
CY_14
R-M5
34.7796346
32.671417
191
206.3
1
4
Gravel
R-M5
34.7860354
32.687863
218
198.5
0.99
4
Gravel &
Pebbles
R-M5
34.7995984
32.706145
252
186.8
0.95
8
Sand
CY_17
R-M5
34.6998584
32.561026
7
254.5
0.99
2
cobbles
CY_18
R-M4
34.8872603
32.746894
434
115.7
0.77
50
Gravel
CY_19
R-M5
34.7088859
32.563719
17
253.7
0.99
6
Cobbles
CY_20
R-M5
34.749737
32.611893
103
241.0
0.99
5
Cobbles
CY_21
R-M5
34.8639743
32.733005
380
124.6
0.75
4
Cobbles
CY_22
R-M5
34.7852486
32.940212
275
115.0
1.21
4
Sand
R-M5
34.7874425
32.945697
282
114.0
1.22
5
Sand
R-M4
34.8284173
32.965585
392
91.8
1.09
2.5
Gravel
CY_25
R-M4
34.8163329
32.963414
366
102.0
1.26
15
Gravel
CY_26
R-M4
34.907254
32.991298
795
20.1
0.59
4
Sand
CY_27
R-M5
34.7348546
32.678967
255
88.1
0.93
2
Gravel
CY_28
R-M5
34.8233929
32.808513
620
25.4
0.52
3
Cobbles
CY_29
R-M5
34.8033833
32.787197
550
38.0
0.52
1.5
Pebbles
R-M5
34.8198354
33.311488
242
42.0
1.01
2
Gravel
R-M5
34.8179196
33.241861
195
86.0
0.99
5
Gravel
CY_15
CY_16
Diarizos
CY_23
CY_24
Limnatis
Xapotami
CY_30
CY_31
Maroni
Vasilikos
Land Use
Natural grassland
Natural grassland
Sclerophyllus
vegetation
Natural grassland
Green urban areas
Sclerophyllus
vegetation
Mixed forest
Annual crops
associated with
permanent crops
Sparsely vegetated
areas
Sclerophyllus
vegetation
Sclerophyllus
vegetation
Broad-leaved forest
Broad-leaved forest
Sclerophyllus
vegetation
Sclerophyllus
vegetation
Sclerophyllus
vegetation
Annual crops and
Orchard
Mixed forest
Sclerophyllus
vegetation
Sclerophyllus
vegetation
Broad-leaved forest
Fruit trees and berry
plantations
Fruit trees and berry
plantations
Green urban areas
Fruit trees and berry
plantations
Sclerophyllus
vegetation
Annual crops
associated with
permanent crops
Land principle
occupied by
agriculture with
significant areas of
natural vegetation
Sclerophyllusvegetaion
Sclerophyllus
vegetation
Sclerophyllus
vegetation
CY_32
R-M5
34.8423481
33.185647
371
27.8
0.82
7
Sand
Sclerophyllus
vegetation
CY_33
R-M4
35.0369076
32.895253
396
62.0
1.3
9
Sand
Green urban areas
CY_34
R-M4
34.9689386
32.890115
896
10.1
0.88
5
Sand
Mixed forest
R-M4
34.9926026
32.903232
623
37.0
1.13
6
Cobbles
Artificial
CY_35
Kargotis
R-M4
35.0028041
32.895713
558
43.8
1.16
3
Sand
Land principle
occupied by
agriculture with
significant areas of
natural vegetation
R-M5
35.0838225
32.71068
255
48.0
0.76
3
Sand
Broad-leaved forest
R-M5
35.0337101
32.698271
477
15.7
1.2
1
Sand
Mixed forest
R-M5
35.1093328
32.689028
200
38.0
0.87
5
Sand
Mixed forest
R-M5
35.1023991
32.668799
270
30.6
0.99
3
Sand
Mixed forest
R-M5
35.0660142
33.019599
290
81.0
0.94
2
Sand
Green urban areas
CY_42
R-M5
34.957249
32.507248
185
78.0
0.92
2
Gravel
Mixed forest
CY_43
R-M5
35.0023804
32.434726
51
178.0
1.06
8
Cobbles
CY_44
R-M5
34.9585847
32.534984
242
60.0
0.84
2
Gravel
CY_45
R-M5
34.985452
32.555442
336
30.2
1.01
3
Sand
Mixed forest
CY_46
R-M5
34.9413603
32.611671
430
41.0
0.92
3
Gravel
Mixed forest
CY_47
R-M5
34.9480266
32.618112
459
39.4
0.61
5
Boulders
Mixed forest
R-M5
34.8451273
32.54468
204
123.7
0.92
4
Cobbles
Broad-leaved forest
CY_49
R-M5
34.81244
32.528492
157
180.0
0.98
7
Cobbles
Fruit trees and berry
plantations
CY_50
R-M5
34.8394093
32.544427
197
131.1
0.92
3
Cobbles
Broad-leaved forest
CY_51
R-M5
34.8359652
32.542193
191
132.0
0.92
3.5
Pebbles
Sclerophyllus
vegetation
R-M5
34.768358
33.101139
100
110.0
0.66
8
Gravel
Constraction site
R-M5
34.777058
33.103739
121
108.0
0.99
4
Sand
Sclerophyllus
vegetation
R-M4
34.8405975
33.113149
351
72.9
0.71
2.5
Cobbles
Broad-leaved forest
R-M5
34.7804619
32.856057
380
39.7
1.54
12
Cobbles
Mixed forest
3
Cobbles/
Pebbles
Water course
Sand
Land principle
occupied by
agriculture with
significant areas of
natural vegetation
CY_36
CY_37
Limnitis
CY_38
CY_39
Pyrgos
CY_40
CY_41
Elias
Chrysohou
CY_48
Ezousa
CY_52
CY_53
Germasogeia
CY_54
CY_55
Kryos
R-M4
CY_56
34.9877909
32.825662
713
15.6
0.64
Fruit trees and berry
plantations
Land principle
occupied by
agriculture with
significant areas of
natural vegetation
Setrachis
CY_57
R-M4
35.0002551
32.827137
582
23.0
0.93
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APPENDIX II
Summary of the main pressures in the study area that were included in the CCA
(MED GIG criteria, Aguiar et al. 2013) modified from Gomez et al. 2005)
Pressures
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Channel
profile / cross
section
alteration
Degree of channel profile
modification present at the
site/cross section alteration
Channel
morphology
Degree of the morphological
modification of the channel
present at the site
Local habitat
alteration
Stream
hydrology
Upstream
dams
influence
Water
abstraction
Dykes (flood
protection)
8.
Land use type
9.
10.
Description
Alteration of in stream habitats
Degree of the hydrological
alteration present at the site
Impacts
Elimination of riparian
vegetation (1-7, 9,10)
Alteration of hydrological
processes (1,2,4,5,6,7)
Habitat destruction
(1,2,3,7,9,10)
Introduction of foreign
species (9,10)
Eutrophication (4,9,10)
Effect of upstream dams
Effect of water abstraction at the
site
Effect of dikes for flood
protection
CORINE land cover or verbal
description of land use in
immediate vicinity of site
Urbanization
Urban and industrial areas in
immediate vicinity of site
Agriculture
Agriculture at the immediate
vicinity of site
Surface and groundwater
pollution (9,10)
Channel desiccation (1,2,5,7)
Changes in aquatic
communities (3,4,5,6)
Replacement of natural plant
communities by weed species
(1,2,9,10)
Eutrophication, Water
quantity & quality (3,6,10)
APPENDIX III
Dendrogram derived from the UPGMA clustering for the investigated a) permanent
river R-M4 sites (1: Community Type I, 2: Community Type II, 3: Community Type
III) and b) temporary river R-M5 sites (1: Community Subtype Ia, 2: Community
Subtype Ib, 3: Community Type II). The abbreviations of the sampling sites are the
same as in APPENDIX I.
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APPENDIX IV
Inter set correlations between water quality parameters and the geomorphologic/
human pressures descriptors, and the three Axes of the CCA at R-M4 and R-M5 sites.
Water chemistry
Eigenvalues
Spp-Env corr.
pH
Conductivity
Alkalinity
Ammonium
Nitrate
TN
TP
Phosphate
DO
Human pressures
Axis 1
0.817
P=0.5
0.965
P=0.71
-0.404
0.013
0.209
0.101
-0.097
-0.062
0.36
0.043
0.124
Axis 1
0.891
Eigen values
P=0.04
0.987
Spp-Env corr.
P=0.24
Channel cross alteration -0.061
Channel morphology
-0.11
Habitat alteration
-0.197
Stream hydrology
-0.085
Dam influence
N/A
Water abstraction
-0.595
Dykes
-0.082
Land_Use
-0.198
Urbanization
0.278
Agricultures
-0.544
R-M4
Axis 2
0.773
Axis 3
0.47
0.963
0.971
0.025
-0.664
0.13
0.071
-0.577
-0.55
0.027
-0.252
0.184
R-M4
Axis 2
0.763
Axis 3
0.513
0.982
0.902
-0.505
-0.651
-0.746
-0.288
N/A
-0.231
-0.271
-0.576
-0.324
0.089
-0.064
0.241
0.342
0.125
-0.007
0.037
0.144
0.099
-0.542
-0.378
-0.104
-0.224
0.384
N/A
0.473
0.402
-0.64
-0.127
0.283
Axis 1
0.37
P=0.27
0.914
P=0.84
0.215
-0.753
0.067
0.138
-0.465
-0.461
0.041
0.192
0.052
Axis 1
0.317
P=0.83
0.927
P=0.67
-0.519
-0.049
0.106
-0.669
-0.751
-0.545
0.142
0.283
0.059
-0.586
R-M5
Axis 2
0.31
Axis 3
0.27
0.925
0.902
0.085
-0.324
-0.476
0.058
0.509
0.521
0.017
0.239
-0.41
R-M5
Axis 2
0.288
Axis 3
0.258
0.942
0.88
0.14
-0.023
-0.477
-0.275
-0.254
0.234
0.063
-0.372
-0.368
0.261
-0.025
0.174
0.354
0.213
0.35
0.364
-0.036
0.257
0.251
0.155
0.085
0.539
-0.106
0.221
0.43
0.412
0.208
-0.027
0.023
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