Community concordance between fishes and benthic macroinvertebrates among adventitious and ordinate tributaries of a major river system

2016 ◽  
Vol 70 ◽  
pp. 15-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
W.G. Kimmel ◽  
D.G Argent
Keyword(s):  
Benthic Macroinvertebrates ◽  
River System ◽  
Major River ◽  
Community Concordance

scholarly journals Assessment of Morpho-Dynamics through Geospatial Techniques within the Padma-Meghna and Ganges-Jamuna River Confluences, Bangladesh

2020 ◽  
Vol 70 (3) ◽  
pp. 127-139
Author(s):  
Md. Yousuf Gazi ◽  
Himel Roy ◽  
Md. Bodruddoza Mia ◽  
Syed Humayun Akhter
Keyword(s):  
River System ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Geospatial Techniques ◽  
Sand Bars ◽  
Multi Temporal ◽  
Migration Dynamics ◽  
Major River ◽  
River Confluences ◽  
Sand Bar ◽  
Landsat Satellite

Abstract Bangladesh is a low-lying riverine country with the mighty Ganges–Brahmaputra–Meghna (GBM) major river system including their abundant tributaries and distributaries. Land erosion–accretion is a very common phenomenon in this riverine country. This process extensively erodes huge productive landmasses at the river confluence zones every year. The main objective of this study was to understand the confluence morpho-dynamics and identify the vulnerable areas near the Padma–Meghna Confluence (PMC) and Ganges–Jamuna confluence (GJC) due to confluence shifting and erosion–accretion phenomenon of those rivers. The present study utilized multi-temporal Landsat satellite images from 1972 to 2019 approximately ten years of interval. Results showed that the PMC indicated frequent variation in migration trend towards NW from 1972 to 1980, SE from 1980 to 2010, and then reversed towards NW direction from 2010 to 2019. On the other hand, the GJC confluence point moved NW direction (2.37 km) from the year 1972 to 1980, but from 1980 to 2019, the confluence shifted towards the SE direction. Due to the migration dynamics, huge changes happened in width and sand bars area of both confluences. In PMC, confluence width increased remarkably indicating erosive flow during 1972–1980, then progressively shortened up to 2019, indicating accretion. In contrast, GJC shows a significant accretional trend over the 47 years. The sand bar area of the PMC increased about 147.09 km2 throughout the study period. But, GJC shows an opposite scenario where the total sand bar area decreased about 51.02 km2 in the same period. From the vulnerability study of erosion–accretion scenarios, it is predicted that Paturia Ferry Ghat area, Aricha Ferry Ghat area, Arua, Baruria, Dashkin Saljana, Bhadiakola, Masundia, Khanganj and Nyakandi areas near GJC and Chandpur sadar, Srimandi, Sakhua, Bilaspur and char Atra near PMC are highly vulnerable zones. The outputs of the study will enable policy makers to take necessary measures to reduce the erosional severity on both confluence zones and could also provide a basis for proper land management.

High prevalence of non-native fish species in a remote region of the Mamberamo River, Indonesia

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 293
Author(s):  
Arif Wibowo ◽  
Dwi Atminarso ◽  
Lee Baumgartner ◽  
Anti Vasemagi
Keyword(s):  
Native Species ◽  
River System ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Native Fish ◽  
Fish Diversity ◽  
Main River ◽  
Main River Channel ◽  
High Prevalence ◽  
Major River

Indonesian freshwater fish diversity is threatened by human activities such as logging, land clearing, pollution and introduction of non-native species. The latter may pose serious threats to endemic freshwater fauna even in relatively pristine and isolated habitats. One such area, West Papua in the island of New Guinea, is one of the least studied regions in the world and a biodiversity hotspot. The Mamberamo River contains the highest proportion of non-native fish compared to other major river systems in New Guinea. To document this, we conducted a field study to validate and further temporally characterise the fish biodiversity to ascertain its current status. Since the last ichthyological survey 15 years ago, we detected two additional non-native species (Leptobarbus melanopterus and Oreochromis niloticus) that have established in the river system. Moreover, our survey revealed that non-native fish are extremely common in the mid reaches of the Mamberamo River, comprising 74% of total catch, with non-native Barbonymus gonionotus (family Cyprinidae) now established as the dominant species. The biomass of non-native B. gonionotus now exceeds that of all native fish combined in the main river channel. These results highlight the serious threat of invasive species in remote regions that support high levels of endemic biodiversity. Plans for containment, prevention through education programmes, and management are urgently required.

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