Hydraulicdisturbances(i.e.,floods)arekeydeterminantsfortheformationofinstreamhabitatsandaquaticorganismcommunities.Aquaticorganismsactivelyandpassivelyescapefromextremeflowscharacterizedbyfastcurrentsandstrongshearstress,therebycontributingtheirpopulationpersistence.However,itisunclearwhethertheymovetothehabitatsthatarethesameorsimilarenvironmentsatbaseflow,ormovetothehabitatsdifferentfrombaseflowenvironment.Inthisstudy,weobservedhabitatcharacteristics(flowcurrents,waterdepthandsubstratecoarseness)ofaquaticinsectspeciesbefore,duringandafterafloodandclarifiedwhetherthehabitatselectiondiffersamongflowconditions.Asaresult,habitatchangesaccordingtoflowconditionswerespecies-dependent,andsomespeciesselecteddifferenthabitatcharacteristics(e.g.,flowcurrents)dependingonflowconditions,whichsuggestedthattheymaytemporarilyuseunsuitablehabitatsduringaflooddisturbance.Thus,weshouldcarefullyquantifyhabitatavailabilityforthetargetspeciesinchangingflowconditions. |