Water level induced changes of habitat quality determine fish community composition in restored and modified riverbanks of a large alpine river

Artificial instream barriers are a major cause of habitat fragmentation that reduce population connectivity and gene flow by limiting fish movements. To mitigate their impacts, obsolete barriers are increasingly been removed worldwide, but few barrier removal projects are monitored. We employed a powerful Before-After-Downstream-Upstream (BADU) approach using environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding to examine the effects on fish community composition of removing a weir in the river Lugg (England) that had been suggested to have a detrimental effect on salmonid migration. We found no change in fish community diversity or relative abundance after the removal above or below the weir, but detected an important effect of sampling season, likely related to the species' life cycles. eDNA detected nine fish species that were also identified by electrofishing sampling and one additional species (Anguilla anguilla) that was missed by traditional surveys. Our results suggest that monitoring of barrier removal projects should be carried out to ensure that any ecological benefits are properly documented and that eDNA metabarcoding is a sensitive technique to monitor the effects of barrier removal.

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Fish-community composition in Ouleout Creek, in the vicinity of East Sidney Lake, Delaware County, New York, 2000

Open-File Report ◽

10.3133/ofr0180 ◽

2001 ◽

Author(s):

R.A. Brightbill ◽

Michael D. Bilger

Keyword(s):

New York ◽

Community Composition ◽

Fish Community ◽

Delaware County ◽

Fish Community Composition

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Quantification of native muskellunge nursery habitat: influence of body size, fish community composition, and vegetation structure

The Muskellunge Symposium: A Memorial Tribute to E.J. Crossman - Developments in environmental biology of fishes 26 ◽

10.1007/978-1-4020-6049-6_5 ◽

2007 ◽

pp. 37-47 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Brent A. Murry ◽

John M. Farrell

Keyword(s):

Body Size ◽

Community Composition ◽

Vegetation Structure ◽

Fish Community ◽

Nursery Habitat ◽

Fish Community Composition

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Patterns of fish community composition along a river affected by agricultural and urban disturbance in south-central Chile

Hydrobiologia ◽

10.1007/s10750-008-9613-8 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 620 (1) ◽

pp. 35-46 ◽

Cited By ~ 19

Author(s):

Rodrigo Orrego ◽

S. Marshall Adams ◽

Ricardo Barra ◽

Gustavo Chiang ◽

Juan F. Gavilan

Keyword(s):

Community Composition ◽

Fish Community ◽

Central Chile ◽

South Central ◽

Fish Community Composition

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The Effects of Run-of-River Hydroelectric Power Schemes on Fish Community Composition in Temperate Streams and Rivers

PLoS ONE ◽

10.1371/journal.pone.0154271 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 11 (5) ◽

pp. e0154271 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Gary S. Bilotta ◽

Niall G. Burnside ◽

Jeremy C. Gray ◽

Harriet G. Orr

Keyword(s):

Community Composition ◽

Fish Community ◽

Hydroelectric Power ◽

Streams And Rivers ◽

Temperate Streams ◽

Fish Community Composition ◽

Run Of River

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Fish community composition, seasonality and abundance in Fortaleza Lagoon, cidreira

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology ◽

10.1590/s1516-89132004000500011 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 47 (5) ◽

pp. 755-763 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Lúcia Cabral Schifino ◽

Clarice Bernhardt Fialho ◽

José Roberto Verani

Keyword(s):

Community Composition ◽

Fish Community ◽

Abundant Species ◽

Freshwater Species ◽

The North ◽

Fish Community Composition

The Fortaleza Lagoon belongs to the Southern Tramandaí subsystem, formed by lagoons disposed linearly on the north-south direction (30º 08’S, 50º 13’W). The objective of this study was to describe some aspects related to the composition of the fish community of Fortaleza Lagoon. Samples were collected monthly from November 1998 to October 1999. The specimens were captured at four previously determined points in the lagoon, and classified in five orders, 12 families and 22 species. Cyphocharax voga, Hyphessobrycon luetkenii, Oligosarcus jenynsii, Oligosarcus robustus and Loricariichthys anus were more abundant species. Amongst the sampled species only two could not be characterised as freshwater species: Centropomus sp (marine) and Lycengraulius grossidens (estuarine). The ichthyofauna of the lagoon was predominantly composed by constant species.

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Relationship of wooded riparian zones and runoff potential to fish community composition in agricultural streams

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences ◽

10.1139/f99-197 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 57 (2) ◽

pp. 307-316 ◽

Cited By ~ 58

Author(s):

J C Stauffer ◽

R M Goldstein ◽

R M Newman

Keyword(s):

Species Richness ◽

Community Composition ◽

Fish Community ◽

Potential Interaction ◽

Riparian Zones ◽

Minnesota River Basin ◽

Fish Community Composition ◽

Runoff Potential ◽

High Runoff ◽

Relationship Of

The relationship of fish community composition to riparian cover and runoff potential was investigated in 20 streams in the agricultural Minnesota River Basin during the summer of 1997. Analysis of variance indicated significant differences in fish community composition due to both riparian cover (wooded versus open) and runoff potential (high or low). Streams with wooded riparian zones had higher index of biological integrity (IBI) scores, species richness, diversity, and percentages of benthic insectivores and herbivores than streams with open riparian zones. Streams with low runoff potential had higher IBI scores and species richness than streams with high runoff potential. The riparian cover and runoff potential interaction was marginally significant with respect to IBI scores and species richness, suggesting a weak interaction between the two factors. Although both factors were important, riparian cover influenced fish community composition more than runoff potential in these streams, indicating that local factors (close to the stream) dominated landscape- or basin-level factors.

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