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Effects of a rock‐ramp fishway on summer fish assemblage in a Lake Huron tributary
Authors:J. Stoller  D. Hayes  B. Murry
Affiliation:1. Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA;2. Department of Biology, Institute for Great Lakes Research, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI, USA
Abstract:The use of nature‐like fishways to increase ecosystem connectivity has increased in recent years, but their effectiveness has rarely been evaluated. A rock ramp was constructed in the Shiawassee River in 2009, and post‐construction effects (2011–2012) were evaluated on the summer fish assemblage by comparing fish assemblage composition to a nearby free‐flowing river and a nearby river with a dam. Patterns of fish species richness, mean catch‐per‐unit‐effort and proportional abundance in reaches upstream and downstream of the rock ramp, dam and comparable sites in the free‐flowing river were evaluated. Overall, species richness by site and proportional abundance in the rock‐ramp river were more similar to the free‐flowing river, while species richness by reach was more similar to the dammed river. These findings suggest that the rock ramp has improved connectivity for the summer fish assemblage, but has not fully restored conditions to the level observed in a free‐flowing river.
Keywords:ecosystem connectivity  fish passage  relative abundance  species richness  stream fishes
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