Fish Habitat Use Within and Across Wetland Classes in Coastal Wetlands of the Five Great Lakes: Development of a Fish-based Index of Biotic Integrity

2005 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
pp. 171-187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald G. Uzarski ◽  
Thomas M. Burton ◽  
Matthew J. Cooper ◽  
Joel W. Ingram ◽  
Steven T.A. Timmermans
Keyword(s):  
Habitat Use ◽  
Great Lakes ◽  
Coastal Wetlands ◽  
Fish Habitat ◽  
Index Of Biotic Integrity ◽  
Biotic Integrity

scholarly journals An expanded fish-based index of biotic integrity for Great Lakes coastal wetlands

2018 ◽  
Vol 190 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew J. Cooper ◽  
Gary A. Lamberti ◽  
Ashley H. Moerke ◽  
Carl R. Ruetz ◽  
Douglas A. Wilcox ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Great Lakes ◽  
Coastal Wetlands ◽  
Index Of Biotic Integrity ◽  
Biotic Integrity ◽  
Great Lakes Coastal Wetlands

Testing a Fish Index of Biotic Integrity for Responses to Different Stressors in Great Lakes Coastal Wetlands

2007 ◽  
Vol 33 (sp3) ◽  
pp. 224-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yakuta Bhagat ◽  
Jan J. H. Ciborowski ◽  
Lucinda B. Johnson ◽  
Donald G. Uzarski ◽  
Thomas M. Burton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Great Lakes ◽  
Coastal Wetlands ◽  
Index Of Biotic Integrity ◽  
Biotic Integrity ◽  
Great Lakes Coastal Wetlands ◽  
Fish Index

Hydrologic variability and the application of Index of Biotic Integrity metrics to wetlands: A great lakes evaluation

Wetlands ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 588-615 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas A. Wilcox ◽  
James E. Meeker ◽  
Patrick L. Hudson ◽  
Brian J. Armitage ◽  
M. Glen Black ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Great Lakes ◽  
Index Of Biotic Integrity ◽  
Biotic Integrity ◽  
Hydrologic Variability

Development of a preliminary invertebrate index of biotic integrity for Lake Huron coastal wetlands

Wetlands ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 869-882 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas M. Burton ◽  
Donald G. Uzarski ◽  
Joseph P. Gathman ◽  
John A. Genet ◽  
Brian E. Keas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Coastal Wetlands ◽  
Index Of Biotic Integrity ◽  
Lake Huron ◽  
Biotic Integrity

An Index of Biotic Integrity (IBI) for Fish Assemblages in the Littoral Zone of Great Lakes' Areas of Concern

1994 ◽  
Vol 51 (8) ◽  
pp. 1804-1822 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles K. Minns ◽  
Victor W. Cairns ◽  
Robert G. Randall ◽  
James E. Moore
Keyword(s):  
Great Lakes ◽  
Repeated Measures ◽  
Littoral Zone ◽  
Ecosystem Health ◽  
Fish Assemblages ◽  
Wide Spectrum ◽  
Index Of Biotic Integrity ◽  
Biotic Integrity ◽  
Physical Habitat ◽  
Areas Of Concern

Karr's Index of Biotic Integrity (IBI) approach provides a biological measure of ecosystem health using a wide spectrum of metrics which can be extracted from fish catch data obtained using standardized methods. Extensive electrofishing surveys of littoral fish assemblages, conducted in three Great Lakes' Areas of Concern, provided the basis for developing a lacustrine IBI that was 12 metrics of three broad types: (i) species composition, (ii) trophic composition, and (iii) abundance and condition. In contrast with lotic IBIs where diversity and abundance metrics have mostly been used, several biomass metrics were adopted to accommodate the large size range of lentic fishes. The variability of repeated measures was low enough to allow valid testing of intertransect differences with three to five samples per transect. Comparisons among survey areas showed significant differences consistent with the varying levels of ecosystem degradation. Analyses of mean IBI values with measures of submerged vegetation density and cover by transect produced significant positive correlations. This IBI developed for the Great Lakes' littoral zone, both by design and by demonstrated correlations, integrates the effects of four main factors influencing fish assemblages and hence revealing ecosystem health: exotic fishes, water quality, physical habitat supply, and piscivore abundance.

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