scholarly journals Spatial and temporal variation in fish-assemblage structure in isolated waterholes during the 2001 dry season of an arid-zone floodplain river, Cooper Creek, Australia

2005 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela H. Arthington ◽  
Stephen R. Balcombe ◽  
Glenn A. Wilson ◽  
Martin C. Thoms ◽  
Jon Marshall
Keyword(s):  
Temporal Variation ◽  
Fish Assemblage ◽  
Fish Assemblages ◽  
Arid Zone ◽  
Dry Season ◽  
Assemblage Structure ◽  
Spatial And Temporal Variation ◽  
Fish Assemblage Structure ◽  
Floodplain River ◽  
Floodplain Inundation

Spatial and temporal variation in fish-assemblage structure within isolated waterholes on the floodplains of Cooper Creek, Australia, was studied during the 2001 dry season, a period of natural drought in this arid-zone river. Spatial variation in fish-assemblage structure and the abundance of five species in disconnected waterholes early in the dry season (April 2001) were related to the extent of floodplain inundation 14 months previously, and to the interconnectedness of waterholes and waterhole habitat structure. As the dry season progressed, waterhole volumes decreased owing to evaporative water loss and structural habitat elements (anabranches, bars, boulders) became exposed. Marked changes in fish assemblage structure between the early (April) and late (September) dry season were related to habitat loss but not to water chemistry. Interactions between flow and habitat across a nested hierarchy of spatial scales (the floodplain, the waterhole and habitat patches within waterholes) were crucial to the persistence of fish assemblages through the 2001 dry season. We conclude that the magnitude, timing and frequency of floodplain inundation and natural variations in waterhole volume must be maintained if we wish to sustain the distinctive habitats and fish assemblages of this arid-zone floodplain river.

scholarly journals Spatial and temporal variation of fish assemblage associated with aquatic macrophyte patches in the littoral zone of the Ayapel Swamp Complex, Colombia

2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Mario Marín Avendaño ◽  
Néstor Jaime Aguirre Ramírez
Keyword(s):  
Temporal Variation ◽  
Environmental Conditions ◽  
Fish Assemblage ◽  
Littoral Zone ◽  
Aquatic Macrophyte ◽  
Abundant Species ◽  
Assemblage Structure ◽  
Spatial And Temporal Variation ◽  
Suitable Habitat ◽  
Fish Assemblage Structure

Abstract: Aim The purpose of the present study was to examine spatial and temporal variation in fish assemblage structure associated with aquatic macrophytes in the littoral zone of the ASC. Methods Specimens were caught between January 2008 and February 2009, over four limnimetric moments, using both cast net and seine net. Data on the temperature, electrical conductivity, pH and dissolved oxygen was recorded for the characterization of the water mass in the sites. Results A total of 34,151 specimens from 44 species were collected. The most abundant species were Eigenmannia virescens, Astyanax caucanus, Astyanax fasciatus, Roeboides dayi and Cyphocharax magdalenae, which together accounted for more than 75% of the sample. Temporal and spatial comparisons showed variation in the environmental conditions and highlighted the existence of heterogeneous abiotic conditions (p<0.05). However, the multiple comparisons test showed the existence of homogeneous spatial conditions (p>0.05) regarding the fish assemblage structure. The multivariate analysis showed no significant relationship between existing environmental conditions and the fish assemblage (p=0.04). The analysis also showed the absence of a relationship between the fish assemblage and environmental variables with respect to the flood pulse and sampling sites (p>0.05). Conclusion The uniformity of the fish communities that inhabit aquatic macrophyte patches in the littoral region of the ASC may be related to the availability of suitable habitat in structural terms, that probably supports a more abundant and varied wildlife.

scholarly journals Spatial and temporal variation of fish assemblage structure in a neotropical Mexican river

2021 ◽  
Vol 92 (0) ◽  
pp. 923433
Author(s):  
Valentin Mar-Silva ◽  
Yvonne Herrerías-Diego ◽  
Martina Medina-Nava ◽  
Juan Pablo Ramírez-Herrejón ◽  
Luis Mendoza-Cuenca ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Temporal Variation ◽  
Fish Assemblage ◽  
Assemblage Structure ◽  
Spatial And Temporal Variation ◽  
Fish Assemblage Structure

scholarly journals Correlations Between Fish Assemblage Structure and Environmental Variables of Taruwa Pond in Nawalparasi District, Province No. 4, Nepal

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
JASH HANG LIMBU ◽  
KESHI CHAUDHARY
Keyword(s):  
Temporal Variation ◽  
Fish Assemblage ◽  
Environmental Variables ◽  
Fish Assemblages ◽  
Mesh Size ◽  
Assemblage Structure ◽  
Fish Assemblage Structure ◽  
Fish Community Structure ◽  
Water Parameters ◽  
Analysis Of Similarity

The correlations between fisheries diversity and environmental variables of Nepal’s Pond are poorly understood. This study aims to investigate temporal variation of fish assemblage at Taruwa Pond in Nawalparasi district, Province no. 4, Nepal from October 2018 to April 2019. For the fish agglomeration, cast net of 4 kg in weight and 3.80 m in length and 22.5 m breadth with 12 mm mesh size was used. In total, 579 individuals representing 16 fish species, 10 families, and 12 genera were recorded. According to similarity percentage analysis, the most contributory species were Puntius ticto (27.92%) followed by Danio devario (12.06%), Puntius terio (9.76%), Badis badis (7.31%), Lepidocephalichthys guntea (5.57%) and Puntius sophore (5.57%). Analysis of similarity suggested that fish community structure was significantly different in temporal variation (R = 0.321, p<0.01). Based on the cluster analysis, fish assemblages were isolated into two distinct groups at Bray-curtis similarity. The Canonical Correspondence Analysis distinctly indicated that the water parameters of dissolved oxygen, carbon-dioxide, depth, and water temperature play an important role in influencing the fish assemblage structure of Taruwa Pond.

scholarly journals Regional, watershed, and site-specific environmental influences on fish assemblage structure and function in western Lake Superior tributaries

2005 ◽  
Vol 62 (6) ◽  
pp. 1254-1270 ◽  
Author(s):  
John C Brazner ◽  
Danny K Tanner ◽  
Naomi E Detenbeck ◽  
Sharon L Batterman ◽  
Stacey L Stark ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fish Assemblage ◽  
Brook Trout ◽  
Fish Assemblages ◽  
Lake Superior ◽  
Structure And Function ◽  
Assemblage Structure ◽  
Fish Assemblage Structure ◽  
Site Specific ◽  
Western Lake ◽  
And Function

The relative importance of regional, watershed, and in-stream environmental factors on fish assemblage structure and function was investigated in western Lake Superior tributaries. We selected 48 second- and third-order watersheds from two hydrogeomorphic regions to examine fish assemblage response to differences in forest fragmentation, watershed storage, and a number of other watershed, riparian, and in-stream habitat conditions. Although a variety of regional, fragmentation, and storage-related factors had significant influences on the fish assemblages, water temperature appeared to be the single most important environmental factor. We found lower water temperatures and trout–sculpin assemblages at lower fragmentation sites and higher temperatures and minnow–sucker–darter assemblages as storage increased. Factors related to riparian shading and flow separated brook trout streams from brown trout (Salmo trutta) – rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) streams. Functionally, fish assemblages at lower fragmentation sites were dominated by cold-water fishes that had low silt tolerance and preferred moderate current speeds, while fishes with higher silt tolerances, warmer temperature preferences, and weaker sustained swimming capabilities were most common at higher storage sites. Our results suggest that site-specific environmental conditions are highly dependent on regional- and watershed-scale characters and that a combination of these factors operates in concert to influence the structure and function of stream fish assemblages.

Temporal variability in fish assemblage structure and recruitment in a freshwater-deprived estuary: The Coorong, Australia

2010 ◽  
Vol 61 (11) ◽  
pp. 1298 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brenton P. Zampatti ◽  
Christopher M. Bice ◽  
Paul R. Jennings
Keyword(s):  
Fish Assemblage ◽  
Fish Assemblages ◽  
Marine Species ◽  
River Regulation ◽  
Assemblage Structure ◽  
Estuarine Fish ◽  
Fish Assemblage Structure ◽  
Murray River ◽  
Eastern Australia ◽  
Freshwater Inflows

River regulation can diminish freshwater flows to estuaries and compromise estuarine functionality. Understanding biotic responses to altered flow regimes is imperative to effectively manage aquatic ecosystems. The present study investigated temporal variation in fish assemblage structure and the recruitment of catadromous fish in the Coorong estuary at the terminus of the Murray River, in south-eastern Australia. Over the three-year study period, freshwater inflows to the estuary diminished and ultimately ceased, disconnecting freshwater and estuarine environments. It was hypothesised that these conditions would lead to (1) increases in estuarine salinities and concomitant changes in fish assemblage structure and abundance, and (2) decreased recruitment of catadromous fish. As freshwater inflow decreased, salinities immediately downstream of a series of tidal barrages increased from brackish to marine–hypersaline, species richness and diversity decreased, freshwater and diadromous species became less abundant and assemblages were increasingly characterised by marine species. Furthermore, the abundance of young-of-year catadromous fish decreased dramatically. Excessive regulation of freshwater inflows is resulting in the Coorong estuary resembling a marine embayment, leading to a loss in species diversity. We suggest, however, that even small volumes of freshwater may promote diversity in estuarine fish assemblages and some recruitment of catadromous species.

scholarly journals Fish Assemblage Structure in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Is Associated with the Architectural Complexity of Coral-Reef Habitats

Diversity ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 430
Author(s):  
Atsuko Fukunaga ◽  
Randall K. Kosaki ◽  
Kailey H. Pascoe ◽  
John H. R. Burns
Keyword(s):  
Coral Reef ◽  
Fish Assemblage ◽  
Fish Assemblages ◽  
Hawaiian Islands ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Assemblage Structure ◽  
Fish Assemblage Structure ◽  
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands ◽  
Total Fish ◽  
Curtis Dissimilarity

The architectural complexity of coral-reef habitat plays an important role in determining the assemblage structure of reef fish. We investigated associations between the reef habitats and fish assemblages in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI) using in situ fish counts and data on habitat metrics and benthic community composition that were obtained from three-dimensional (3D) photogrammetric reconstructions of the surveyed sites. The structure of fish assemblage as a whole on the basis of Bray–Curtis dissimilarity, species richness and the abundances of herbivores and piscivores were associated with habitat metrics, with higher levels of architectural complexity generally supporting greater numbers of fish species and individuals. Benthic cover did not explain additional variation in these variables after the effects of habitat metrics were taken into account. Corallivorous fish was the only group that showed positive associations with both habitat metrics and benthic cover (Acropora and Pocillopora corals). The total fish abundance and the abundances of planktivores and invertivores did not show associations with either habitat metrics or benthic cover. This study suggests that an appropriate combination of habitat metrics can be used to account sufficiently for the effects of habitat architecture on fish assemblages in reef monitoring efforts in the NWHI.

Multi-scale environmental factors explain fish losses and refuge quality in drying waterholes of Cooper Creek, an Australian arid-zone river

2010 ◽  
Vol 61 (8) ◽  
pp. 842 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela H. Arthington ◽  
Julian D. Olden ◽  
Stephen R. Balcombe ◽  
Martin C. Thoms
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Fish Assemblage ◽  
Arid Zone ◽  
Gross Primary Production ◽  
Dry Season ◽  
Fish Assemblage Structure ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Water Abstraction ◽  
Multi Scale ◽  
Ordination Techniques

Many rivers experience intermittent flows naturally or as a consequence of water abstraction. Climate change is likely to exacerbate flow variability such that dry spells may become more common. It is important to understand the ecological consequences of flow intermittency and habitat fragmentation in rivers, and to identify and protect habitat patches that provide refugia for aquatic biota. This paper explores environmental factors influencing dry season fish losses from isolated waterbodies in Cooper Creek, an unregulated arid-zone river in the Lake Eyre Basin, Australia. Multivariate ordination techniques and classification and regression trees (CART) were used to decompose species–environment relationships into a hierarchically structured data set, and to determine factors explaining changes in fish assemblage structure and species losses over a single dry season. Canonical correspondence analysis (CCA) explained 74% of fish assemblage change in terms of waterhole morphology (wetted perimeter, depth), habitat structure (bench development, off-take channels), waterhole quality (eroded banks, gross primary production), the size of surrounding floodplains and the relative isolation of waterholes. Classification trees for endemic and restricted species reaffirmed the importance of these waterhole and floodplain variables as drivers of fish losses. The CCA and CART models offer valuable tools for identification of refugia in Cooper Creek and, possibly, other dryland rivers.

Fish assemblage structure and relations with environmental conditions in a Rocky Mountain watershed

2004 ◽  
Vol 82 (10) ◽  
pp. 1554-1565 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael C Quist ◽  
Wayne A Hubert ◽  
Daniel J Isaak
Keyword(s):  
Fish Assemblage ◽  
Brook Trout ◽  
Fish Assemblages ◽  
Cutthroat Trout ◽  
Rocky Mountain ◽  
Assemblage Structure ◽  
Fish Assemblage Structure ◽  
Mountain Watershed ◽  
Stream Geomorphology ◽  
Local Habitat

Fish and habitat were sampled from 110 reaches in the Salt River basin (Idaho and Wyoming) during 1996 and 1997 to assess patterns in fish assemblage structure across a Rocky Mountain watershed. We identified four distinct fish assemblages using cluster analysis: (1) allopatric cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki (Richardson, 1836)); (2) cutthroat trout – brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis (Mitchell, 1814)) – Paiute sculpin (Cottus beldingi Eigenmann and Eigenmann, 1891); (3) cutthroat trout – brown trout (Salmo trutta L., 1758) – mottled sculpin (Cottus bairdi Girard, 1850); and (4) Cyprinidae–Catostomidae. The distribution of fish assemblages was explained by thermal characteristics, stream geomorphology, and local habitat features. Reaches with allopatric cutthroat trout and the cutthroat trout – brook trout – Paiute sculpin assemblage were located in high-elevation, high-gradient streams. The other two fish assemblages were generally located in low-elevation streams. Associations between habitat gradients, locations of reaches in the watershed, and occurrence of species were further examined using canonical correspondence analysis. The results suggest that stream geomorphology, thermal conditions, and local habitat characteristics influence fish assemblage structure across a Rocky Mountain watershed, and they provide information on the ecology of individual species that can guide conservation activities.

Aquatic connectivity and fish metacommunities in wetlands of the lower Great Lakes

2009 ◽  
Vol 66 (6) ◽  
pp. 933-948 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lynn D. Bouvier ◽  
Karl Cottenie ◽  
Susan E. Doka
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Great Lakes ◽  
Time Scales ◽  
Fish Assemblage ◽  
Fish Assemblages ◽  
Assemblage Structure ◽  
Analysis Of Covariance ◽  
Fish Assemblage Structure ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Aquatic Connectivity

Although many local and regional variables structure fish assemblage composition, few studies have assessed the effects of aquatic connectivity on fish assemblages in wetlands. Fish and habitat surveys were conducted in 12 wetlands across the lower Great Lakes basin in the spring and fall of 2003 and 2004. Spatial and temporal connectivity were classified into four connectivity classes to evaluate the interaction between aquatic connectivity and fish assemblage structure. Sequential, nested analysis of covariance was used to model the effect of habitat area and connectivity at long- and short-term time scales on aggregate descriptors of assemblage structure (i.e., species richness, piscivore richness, abundance, and diversity). Although no species–area relationship was detected, increases in connectivity were shown to positively affect species richness and piscivore richness. A variation decomposition method indicated that a combination of aquatic connectivity, followed by environmental and area variables, was most influential in structuring fish assemblages at short-term time scales. Connectivity thus influences both the local species pool present, as well as the abundance of these species within a wetland. Future fundamental and applied studies (e.g., climate change predictions, impact of humans on water budget, wetland management) on wetland fish assemblages should include connectivity as an important structuring process.

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