Influence of intertidal seascape on the functional structure of fish assemblages: Implications for habitat conservation in estuarine ecosystems

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The effects of wood on stream habitat and native fish assemblages in New Zealand

Historic deforestation has deprived many river systems of their natural wood loadings. To study the effects of the loss of wood from waterways, a field trial was conducted in three small forested streams in New Zealand. The objectives were to (i) examine differences in fish assemblages among wooded pools (where wood provided cover), open pools and riffles and (ii) measure the effects of wood removal on channel morphology and fish assemblages. In the first part of the study, no significant differences were found in total fish density among the three habitats. However, total fish biomass was significantly higher in wooded pools (64% of total fish biomass) compared with open pools and riffles. Mean density and biomass of banded kokopu (Galaxias fasciatus) and mean biomass of longfin eel (Anguilla dieffenbachii) were highest in wooded pools, whereas the density and biomass of bluegill bully (Gobiomorphus hubbsi) and torrentfish (Cheimarrichthys fosteri) were highest in riffles. In the second part of the study, wood was removed from a 200‐m section (treatment) in each stream, significantly reducing pool area and increasing the proportion of channel area and length in riffles. At the habitat scale, banded kokopu and large longfin eel were the two species mostly affected by wood removal. At the reach scale, banded kokopu biomass was significantly lower in the treatment sections. Although wooded pools were a small portion of total habitat, they provided important habitat for two of New Zealand's larger native fish taxa.     

Fish utilisation of managed realignments

Abstract  One area of ecological benefit not yet fully evaluated in European waters is the utilisation of restored saltmarsh habitats by fish species. This study examines the utilisation of managed realignments and relic saltmarsh by fish species. Factors affecting habitat heterogeneity and fish populations are discussed, and recommendations are made with respect to scheme design and management that will maximise the biological and socio-economic values. Fish populations in the high intertidal areas were assessed using a suite of techniques, including observations on feeding behaviour. Each microhabitat was discussed as a function of the extent of fish colonisation. A positive relationship between the degree of fish utilisation and habitat heterogeneity was ascertained using species richness, abundance and behavioural observations. This study will aid habitat valuation for economic justification of managed realignments, over and above existing drivers, such as compensatory habitat for encroachment, flood defence and the European Union Habitats Directive. The work now forms part of a wider European Interreg IIIb project, COMCOAST.     

Shining a light on the loss of rheophilic fish habitat in lowland rivers as a forgotten consequence of barriers,and its implications for management

1. The majority of rivers around Europe have been modified in one way or another, and no longer have an original, continuous flow from source to outlet. The presence of weirs and dams has altered habitats, thus affecting the wildlife that lives within them. This is especially true for migrating rheophilic fish species, which, in addition to safe passage, depend on gradient and fast‐flowing waters for reproductive success and early development.
2. Thus far, research has focused on investigating the impacts of weirs and dams on fish passage, with less attention paid to the loss of habitat entrained by such infrastructure. The loss of rheophilic habitat is particularly important in lowland streams, where gradient is limited, and dams and weirs can be constructed with less effort.
3. Denmark is considered a typical lowland country, where the landscape around streams and rivers has been modified by agriculture and other human activities for centuries, leaving management practitioners wondering how much change is acceptable to maintain sustainable fish populations and fisheries practices.
4. With examples from Denmark, this paper attempts to conceptualize the loss in habitat as a result of barriers in lowland streams and rivers, and the repercussions that such alterations may have on rheophilic fish populations. Furthermore, the need for management to address habitat loss and its related consequences concurrently with the improvement of fish passage is emphasized.

     

基于GIS的双台子河口潮滩湿地翅碱蓬和芦苇生境适宜度分析

计算生境适宜指数可以实现生境质量量化。利用GIS空间分析中的反距离权重插值法对双台子河口潮滩湿地土壤质量因子和土壤污染因子进行空间插值,并依此进行生境适宜性等级划分。结果表明,双台子河口潮滩湿地研究区域内大部分区域均适合翅碱蓬和芦苇生长,由于土壤水分和盐分含量的限制,属于翅碱蓬和芦苇生长次适宜生境和边缘生境,仅有少量区域属于翅碱蓬生长核心生境,而在潮间带区域没有芦苇生长核心生境。     

福建海岛潮间带软体动物种类组成与分布

福建海岛潮间带软体动物鉴定248种,绝大多数为暖水性种类。种类组成以瓣鳃类(120种)和腹足类(114种)占绝对优势。不同底质生态类型的软体动物的种数依次为岩相93种,泥沙滩83种,泥滩55种,沙滩36种,红树林区6种;生物量大小依序为岩相943.89g/m~2、泥沙滩 51.64g/m~2、泥滩 38.68g/m~2和沙滩 9.07g/m~2;栖息密度大小依序为岩相956.8个/m~2、泥滩 92.5个/m~2、泥沙滩 25.9个/m~2、沙滩 22.1个/m~2。种类分布的总体特点是:南部海岛多于北部海岛,外海海岛多于近岸内湾河口的海岛;生物数量分布的总体特点是:近岸内湾、河口的海岛大于外海的海岛。本文还对海岛潮间带软体动物资源的开发作了若干探讨。     

气候变化情景下洞庭湖流域鸟类栖息地适宜性分布研究

鸟类对生态系统变化较为敏感，是衡量生态环境质量变化的一种重要指示生物。气候变化已成为栖息地丧失的重要原因之一，对鸟类的迁徙、繁殖有一定的影响。本文以洞庭湖流域为研究区域，结合收集到的382个鸟类出现点数据、遥感影像数据、气候变化数据等，基于Maxent模型方法，综合分析洞庭湖流域鸟类分布的驱动气候因素，并预测2050年气候不同情景下鸟类栖息地适宜性分布特征。结果显示：历史情景下洞庭湖流域鸟类的适宜性栖息地为多个集中分布区组成的带状区域，而在未来情景下栖息地由以前的带状分布逐渐演变为团状分布。2050年RCP 2.6、RCP 4.5排放情景下，适宜栖息地面积有所下降，占研究区域总面积的比例从历史情景的 9.43%分别降低到 9.26%、8.91%；而在RCP 8.5排放情景下面积增加，占研究区域总面积的比例增加至10.22%。但从栖息地适宜性分布而言，栖息地分布变得更加集中，未来情景下鸟类栖息地适宜性在三种排放情景下略高于历史情景，适宜性RCR8.5情景（33.12%）> RCR2.6情景（32.87%）> RCR4.5情景（32.74%）> 历史情景（31.33%）。本研究为气候变化条件下鸟类生物多样性保护提供重要的理论支撑。     

河口水域鱼类生境质量评价方法研究进展

河口水域是鱼类重要的栖息生境, 在渔业资源的可持续发展中占据重要地位。开展河口水域生境质量的评价研究, 对了解河口水域的生境功能现状以及提供科学管理依据具有重要意义。本文对河口水域鱼类生境质量评价的研究方法及应用进展进行综述, 主要集中在 3 个方面: (1)基于鱼类数量分布特征: 通过鱼类的数量分布特征与环境因子之间的相关关系, 探究鱼类物种的适宜生境分布格局; (2)基于鱼类生存表现特征: 筛选鱼类生活史各阶段的生存表现特征指标, 对不同功能类型的生境进行质量评价; (3)基于鱼类的群落结构特征: 通过构建鱼类群落评价指数, 对河口水域鱼类生境质量进行综合评价。对河口水域鱼类生境质量的评价研究有助于深入了解河口渔业生态功能的变化机制, 并可为合理管控河口沿岸的人类活动、研发河口水域生境质量监测预警技术、科学开展河口生境保护和修复工作提供理论依据。     

物理栖息地模型在中华鲟自然繁殖生态流量决策中的应用

以国家一级保护物种中华鲟(Acipenser sinensis)为研究对象,探讨三峡大坝和葛洲坝水利工程在不同流量调度措施下对中华鲟产卵栖息地的影响。通过考虑中华鲟生境需求特性建立了中华鲟产卵场的物理栖息地模型,根据模型得出的适宜栖息地面积变化来量化不同的流量调度措施对其产卵场质量的影响,然后利用实测的中华鲟产卵量和资源量数据来验证和评价物理栖息地模型的可靠性和实用性,从而进行合理的生态流量决策。结果发现,年平均适宜栖息地面积的变化曲线与中华鲟的产卵量和资源量变化曲线有着相同的变化趋势,从而推断适宜栖息地面积可以反映中华鲟产卵栖息地的质量;并通过不同流量工况的计算,进行最佳生态流量决策。利用该物理栖息地模型可以有效地量化流量改变对目标物种栖息地质量的影响,为中华鲟产卵栖息地的生态水利调度提供评估和决策的方法。     

Using allometry with fish size to estimate production to biomass (P/B) ratios of salmonid populations

Abstract – The ratio of annual production rate to average biomass ( P / B ) is sometimes used as a shortcut method of estimating production if biomass is known. P / B ratios vary among salmonid populations in different areas depending on the species, fish size and growing conditions. The hypothesis that annual P / B ratios for salmonid populations can be predicted from the allometric equation: P / B  =  a W ^−0.35 was investigated in this study. The allometric coefficient (−0.35) was obtained from the literature, and W was the average weight (g) of fish in the population. Plots of P / B versus fish weight for three species of salmonids, Salvelinus fontinalis , Salmo trutta and Salmo salar , showed a declining trend, with a slope consistent with the hypothesis. The coefficient a of the allometric equation was species and habitat dependent. The efficacy of using the allometric formula to estimate the P / B ratio of specific salmonid populations is examined.     

Restricted movement of prairie fishes in fragmented riverscapes risks ecosystem structure being ratcheted downstream

1. Prairie streams are dynamic systems in which habitat patches are sporadically created and lost during extreme hydrological events. The persistence of fish species depends on life‐history traits that facilitate their widespread dispersal to recolonize habitats after stochastic extirpation. Artificial barriers are thought to reduce recolonization opportunities and to ultimately displace populations downstream, but the ecological consequences of lost diversity above the barriers are largely unknown.
2. The susceptibility of four prairie fishes to fragmentation and the consequent risk to stream ecosystem processes are described. The selected species exhibit wide tolerances to environmental stressors, represent unique functional feeding guilds, and have different habitat affinities.
3. The ability of each species to access (jumping ability) and successfully traverse (swimming endurance) simulated instream barriers was quantified in the laboratory. Experimental stream complexes were used to isolate the effects of these species on ecosystem structure and function. These replicated single‐species experiments were compared with ‘no fish’ controls to identify the ecological role of each.
4. Small vertical barriers blocked most passage, and with open access all species were unable to traverse relatively short distances against modest water velocities. Stream fragmentation will alter headwater fish assemblage structure and promote the most mobile species. Each species had slightly different effects on the stream ecosystem structure resulting from their different habitat preferences and diets.
5. Without colonization opportunities from neighbouring populations, disturbance events will alter headwater fish assemblages and may degrade the ecosystem structure above barriers.
6. Fragmented riverscapes interact with harsh disturbance regimes to form an ecological ratchet. Systematic species loss above barriers outweighs the opportunity for improvement, suggesting that ecosystem structure may be moving downstream.

     

不同时空尺度下黄河口及其邻近水域鱼类群落谱系结构

为探究不同时空尺度下黄河口及其邻近水域鱼类群落谱系结构的分布格局以及多样性的维持机制, 根据 2013 年 6 月、7 月、8 月、10 月和 2014 年 2 月、4 月和 5 月在黄河口及其邻近水域开展的 7 个航次的鱼类资源调查数据, 基于鱼类系统发育关系, 分别以各月份黄河口及其邻近水域的鱼类群落、全年和不同月份在各个站位上出现的鱼类为目标群落, 应用净亲缘关系指数分析了该海域鱼类群落谱系结构的时空变化, 并探讨了影响群落构建的主要因素。结果表明, 在黄河口及其邻近水域, 鱼类群落谱系结构在 2 月、4 月呈现发散状态, 竞争排斥可能是影响鱼类群落构建的主导因素; 在其他月份均为谱系聚集状态, 生境过滤可能是鱼类群落构建的主导因素。在站位尺度上, 从全年来看, 入海口处的站位点鱼类群落呈现为谱系发散, 竞争排斥起着主导作用, 而其他站位鱼类群落谱系结构表现为谱系聚集, 生境过滤为主要驱动因素; 在各月份中, 站位间鱼类净亲缘关系指数变化较小, 除 2 月和 4 月外, 各月份中多数站位上鱼类群落表现为谱系聚集, 生境过滤起着主导作用。不同时空尺度下, 黄河口及其邻近水域鱼类群落有不同的物种组成和谱系结构; 在较大时空尺度下, 生境过滤对鱼类群落谱系结构起主导作用, 而在较小时空尺度下竞争排斥则是主要影响因素。     

Nitrogen loading alters seagrass ecosystem structure and support of higher trophic levels

• 1. Anthropogenic‐derived nutrient inputs to coastal environments have increased dramatically worldwide in the latter half of the 20th century and are altering coastal ecosystems. We evaluated the effects of nitrogen loading on changes in macrophyte community structure and the associated fauna of a north temperate estuary. We found that a shift in primary producers from eelgrass to macroalgae in response to increased nutrient loading alters habitat physical and chemical structure and food webs. As nitrogen load increased we found increased macroalgal biomass, decreased eelgrass shoot density and biomass, decreased fish and decapod abundance and biomass, and decreased fish diversity.
• 2. The central importance of macroalgae in altering eelgrass ecosystem support of higher trophic levels is evident in the response of the ecosystem when this component was manipulated. Removal of macroalgae increased eelgrass abundance and water column and benthic boundary layer O₂ concentrations. These changes in the physical and chemical structure of the ecosystem with lower macroalgal biomass resulted in higher fish and decapod abundance and biomass.
• 3. Both a ¹⁵N tracer experiment and the growth of fishes indicated that little of the macroalgal production was immediately transferred to secondary consumers. δ¹⁵N values indicated that the most abundant fishes were not using a grazing food web based on macroalgae. Fish tended to grow better and have a greater survivorship in eelgrass compared to macroalgal habitats.
• 4. Watershed‐derived nutrient loading has caused increased macroalgal biomass and degradation and loss of eelgrass habitat, thus reducing the capacity of estuaries to support nekton.

Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Impacts of Bolbophorus damnificus (Digenea: Bolbophoridae) on Production Characteristics of Channel Catfish,Ictalurus punctatus,Raised in Experimental Ponds

Bolbophorus damnificus was recognized as a threat to channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus, production in Louisiana and Mississippi in 1997 and 1999, respectively. Severe to moderate outbreaks (≥34% prevalence) are correlated to heavy losses, but impact of mild outbreaks with low prevalence (<33%) was unknown. Laboratory and field studies were conducted to evaluate sublethal acute (early stage) and chronic (late stage) trematode infection impacts on catfish production. Fish raised in ponds seeded with ram's horn snails from ponds harboring active B. damnificus outbreaks resulted in infection prevalence ranging from 1.6 to 20.4%. Compared to fish raised in ponds not seeded with infected snails (0% prevalence), fish biomass, number harvested, and total feed fed were significantly lower. These data agree with previous studies where mild infections reduced feed consumption, fish production, and economic returns. Infected fish were collected from ponds and used in a laboratory growth study. Once removed from the infection source, weight gain, growth rate, feed consumption, and feed efficiency were equal to or greater than trematode‐free fish. This suggests that although early B. damnificus infection (premetacercarial development) can severely impact production, infection has little impact on performance once metacercarial cysts are fully developed, and the infection source is removed.     

基于生计渔业调查的黄河口西南侧潮间带渔业生物多样性及其季节变化

基于2020年黄河口须子网生计渔业和生物组成周年监测数据,开展黄河口潮间带渔业生物多样性及其季节变化研究,评价须子网生产对黄河口渔业资源补充的影响。结果显示,黄河口潮间带的渔业生物种类丰富,共鉴定记录61种生物,以鱼类和甲壳类居多。生物多样性和优势种组成均具有明显的月变化。多样性水平以夏季7―8月较高,秋季10―11月较低;5―9月、10―11月组群分别具有较高的种类组成相似度。各类群的数量组成中,4―7月螺类数量居多,8月螺类和鱼类数量居多,9月鱼类数量居多,10―11月蟹类数量居多。鱼类是各调查月渔获的优势类群,其中,花鲈(Lateolabrax maculatus)和 (Liza haematocheila)为各调查月都出现的优势种。个体大小–频数百分比分布显示,黄河口潮间带是小型渔业生物以及多种幼鱼分布的重要区域。4―9月,渔获物的主体均由个体重量< 2 g的生物组成(44%~82%),鱼类以个体质量< 20 g为主,优势种类组成月更替明显。研究表明,开展须子网生计渔业调查和监测是采集黄河口沿岸咸、淡水交汇区潮间带包括鱼类补充群体在内的诸多渔业生物分布资料的有效途径。研究还表明,须子网渔业生产虽为黄河口沿岸当地传统的生计渔业,但其低选择性及在迁移通道的布设方式等易对渔业资源自然补充和增殖养护群体造成破坏,建议主管部门根据幼鱼种类组成和出现季节特征,重点在夏季和初秋季对该渔业的网目和布设区域进行相应管控。     

Linking habitat selection, emigration and population dynamics of freshwater fishes: a synthesis of ideas and approaches

Abstract –  The consequences of individual behaviour to dynamics of populations has been a critical question in fish ecology, but linking the two has proven difficult. A modification of Sale's habitat selection model provides a conceptual linkage for relating resource availability and individual habitat selection to exploratory behaviour, emigration and population-level responses. Whole-population experiments with pupfish Cyprinodon macularius that linked all factors along this resource to population continuum lend support to this conceptual model, and illustrate that emigration may be much more common in fish populations than considered in most individual- or population-based models. Accommodating emigration can enhance the ecological appropriateness of behavioural experiments and increase confidence in extrapolation of experimental observations to population-level effects. New experimental designs and advancing technologies offer avenues for assessing population consequences of habitat selection and emigration by individual fish. Emigration often is the key linkage between individual behaviour and population responses, and greater understanding of the underlying factors affecting this often-overlooked demographic parameter could offer new approaches for management and conservation of fishes.     

黄河口及其邻近水域鱼类生物完整性评价

根据2013—2014年在黄河口及其邻近海域进行的鱼类资源底拖网调查数据,并结合20世纪80年代和90年代的历史资料,依照黄河口水域鱼类区域组成特征,从鱼类种类组成、繁殖共位体、鱼类耐受性和营养结构等方面提出了12个评价指标,初步构建了黄河口水域鱼类生物完整性指数评价指标体系,并制定了评价标准,根据不同年代数据之间的差距分3个层次赋值打分,研究了黄河口水域鱼类生物完整性及其年代际变化。结果表明,20世纪80年代初期黄河口水域鱼类生物完整性表现为"极好"水平;90年代处于"差"水平;2013年处于"极差"的水平。与20世纪80年代初期相比,黄河口及其邻近水域的鱼类生物完整性呈下降趋势,人为因素对生态环境干扰较大,过度捕捞等造成黄河口水域鱼类种类减少甚至消失,黄河口水域生态健康状况下降。     

Summer survival and activity patterns of estuary feeding anadromous Salmo trutta

There is generally a very poor understanding of how anadromous brown trout, Salmo trutta, use marine ecosystems. In this study, we use acoustic telemetry techniques to test four alternative hypotheses for estuarine coastal habitat use by this species on a population in the Clyde, west-central Scotland. Anadromous brown trout in their second (or more) summer feeding in the marine environment did not show patterns of estuarine use predicted from studies on other populations of this species. They did not (a) use the inner Clyde Estuary as a staging post for onward migration to open coastal waters, nor did they (b) pass through the estuary rapidly nor did they (c) make multiple incursions into freshwater. In contrast, fish utilised a very geographically constrained area of the inner estuary (<8 km in length), within which fish were highly mobile, exhibiting more activity during a flooding tide and exhibited high survivorship compared with reports from other studies. The reasons why estuarine use by anadromous brown trout in the Clyde may differ from that reported elsewhere is discussed.