scholarly journals A GIS Framework for Fish Habitat Prediction at the River Basin Scale

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcia S. Meixler ◽  
Mark B. Bain

We present a geographic information system (GIS) framework to classify stream habitats and provide fish distribution predictions comprehensively at the landscape scale. Stream segments were classified into one of eighteen habitat types using three landscape attributes: stream size (three categories), stream quality (three categories), and water quality (two categories). An extensive literature search was undertaken to classify fish species into the same eighteen habitat types based on preferences for the three landscape attributes. We tested our framework in 39 sites throughout the upper Allegheny River basin in western New York. No difference was detected between observed and predicted numbers of fish species among stream habitats. Further, field collected bankfull width measurements, stream quality ratings, and water quality sampling results were largely consistent with predicted values. The habitat type expected to have the greatest fish species richness was large streams or small rivers with intact stream quality and suitable water quality. Our framework is rapidly applied, comprehensive, inexpensive, and built on widely available data thereby offering an efficient alternative to traditional field-based efforts for regional habitat classification and fish distribution prediction.

1999 ◽  
Vol 40 (10) ◽  
pp. 103-110
Author(s):  
Carlo De Marchi ◽  
Pavel Ivanov ◽  
Ari Jolma ◽  
Ilia Masliev ◽  
Mark Griffin Smith ◽  
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This paper presents the major features of two decision support systems (DSS) for river water quality modeling and policy analysis recently developed at the International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), DESERT and STREAMPLAN. DESERT integrates in a single package data management, model calibration, simulation, optimization and presentation of results. DESERT has the flexibility to allow the specification of both alternative water quality models and flow hydraulics for different branches of the same river basin. Specification of these models can be done interactively through Microsoft® Windows commands and menus and an easy to use interpreted language. Detailed analysis of the effects of parameter uncertainty on water quality results is integrated into DESERT. STREAMPLAN, on the other hand, is an integrated, easy-to-use software system for analyzing alternative water quality management policies on a river basin level. These policies include uniform emission reduction and effluent standard based strategies, ambient water quality and least-cost strategies, total emission reduction under minimized costs, mixed strategies, local and regional policies, and strategies with economic instruments. A distinctive feature of STREAMPLAN is the integration of a detailed model of municipal wastewater generation with a water quality model and policy analysis tools on a river basin scale.


2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Syarifah Nurdawati

Penelitian keanekaragaman dan distribusi benih ikan di beberapa tipe habitat Sungai Batanghari, Jambi telah dilakukan dengan tujuan untuk mengetahui keanekaragaman benih ikan, habitat, dan distribusi. Penelitian ini dilakukan di perairan daerah aliran Sungai Batanghari yang terletak di Kodya Jambi (Danau Teluk dan Danau Buluran Kenali) dan Kabupaten Batanghari (Danau Kaos, Sungai Terap, Sungai Lubuk Ruso, dan Sungai Pijoan). Penelitian dilakukan pada waktu air surut setelah banjir besar. Contoh benih ikan dikumpulkan dari hasil percobaan penangkapan dan tangkapan nelayan kemudian diidentifikasi. Larva yang belum dapat diidentifikasi dipelihara terlebih dahulu di dalamhapa, danau, dan akuarium. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa terdapat 90 jenis benih ikan yang termasuk ke dalam 44 genus, 18 famili, 5 sub ordo dari Ordo Perciformes (Percoidei, Gobioidei, Anabantoidei, Channoidei, dan Mastacembeloidei) dan 6 ordo (Osteoglosiformes, Cypriniformes, Siluriformes, Perciformes Cyprinodontiformes, dan Tetraodontiformes). Famili Cyprinidae mendominasi jenis yang ditemukan yaitu 40 jenis, diikuti oleh Famili Bagridae 15 jenis. Padawaktu air banjir kualitas air di lokasi penelitian menunjukkan kondisi yang baik untuk kehidupan benih ikan dan pada saat air surut setelah banjir kualitas air menurun. Habitat benih ikan di lokasi pengamatanmerupakan habitat sementara dan setelah kualitas airmenurun benih-benih ikan melakukan ruaya menuju ke sungai utama dan seterusnya beruaya ke bagian hulu sungai. Study on biodiversity and distribution of fish fry in some type of habitats of Batanghari River basin, Jambi was conducted to observe the kind of fish species, habitat, and the distribution. Location of the experiment were Batanghari River in Kodya Jambi (Teluk Lake and Buluran Kenali Lake and Kabupaten Batanghari (Terap River, Lubuk Ruso River, and Pijoan River).The study used survey method for every lowest fluktuation water. Larva and seeds fish were collected from fishermen and identified. For larvae were collected and held in aquaria or in hapas in lake before identified. The results show that 90 species seed fish were collected, there are 44 genus, 18 familiy, 5 sub ordo from Ordo Perciformes (Percoidei, Gobioidei, Anabantoidei, Channoidei, dan Mastacembeloidei) and 6 Ordo (Osteoglosiformes, Cypriniformes, Siluriformes, Perciformes Cyprinodontiformes, dan Tetraodontiformes), about 40 species dominated by Cyprinidae. Water quality in location was good for hight water fluctuation and bad for lowest water fluctuation. Four habitats of seed fish were not permanent habitat and in bad condition water quality, seed fish were migrating out of the floodplain and leaved for up stream of Batanghari River.


2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 335
Author(s):  
Susilo Adjie

Penelitian untuk mengetahui kualitas lingkungan perairan Sungai Musi bagian tengah dan hilir serta kelimpahan jenis ikan, telah dilakukan dari bulan April sampai dengan Oktober 2003. Metode penelitian menggunakan metode survei dengan menetapkan 15 stasiun pengamatan dari Sungai Musi bagian tengah sampai dengan hilir. Hasil pengamatan menunjukkan bahwa dari hasil pemeriksaan parameter fisika kimia air secara umum perairan Sungai Musi bagian tengah sampai dengan hilir belum terlihat ada indikasi pencemaran. Kehidupan ikan di Sungai Musi bagian tengah sampai dengan hilir belum terlihat ada gangguan akibat pencemaran air. Jenis-jenis ikan yang dijumpai di sepanjang stasiun pengamatan terdapat sekitar 85 jenis yang didominansi oleh famili Cyprinidae. Penyebaran jenis ikan terkonsentrasi di Sungai Musi bagian tengah +- 75 jenis dan bagian hilir +- 58 jenis. A study to determine the water quality in the middle and lower parts of Musi River as well as its fish distribution was conducted from April until October 2003. Research was done under survey method by setting 15 stations in the middle and lower parts of Musi River. Results of the features of the physico chemical parameters showed that Musi River waters in the middle and lower parts were not polluted. There were 85 fish founded in the observed areas and they were dominated by family of cyprinidae. 75 fish species were distributed in the middle part of Musi River and 58 fish species were scattered in the lower.


2022 ◽  
Vol 962 (1) ◽  
pp. 012018
Author(s):  
S M Kazikina

Abstract Zoobenthos organisms are directly related to the biogeochemical processes occurring at the bottom and in the water column of the channel. The paper presents the results of studies of the quantitative characteristics of the zoobenthos and the water quality of small rivers in the river basin of Shilka in the area of gold mining enterprises.


Water ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 1217
Author(s):  
Kangshun Zhao ◽  
Chao Li ◽  
Tao Wang ◽  
Bowen Hu ◽  
Min Zhang ◽  
...  

Controlling the invasion of non-native fish species necessitates a complete understanding of the distribution of these species and the key factors that influence such distribution. In order to research the situation of non-native fish and the relevant influencing factors in the Liao River Basin, we investigated and analyzed the characteristics of the distribution and the trophic levels of non-native fish species, as well their response to different types of factors in the basin. Nine non-native fish species were found during the investigation, and the trophic levels of these species ranged between 2.00 and 3.84. The results of generalized linear models indicate that the distribution of non-native fish species in the basin is mainly related to anthropogenic activities, socioeconomic development, and climate. The southeastern part of the Liao River Basin is conducive to the distribution of non-native fish species. Furthermore, on a spatial scale, we also found that the mean trophic level of non-native fish species was not correlated with anthropogenic activities and socioeconomic development in the Liao River Basin. By providing evidence for the links between non-native fishes and different types of factors, our study contributes to increasing the relevant references for and experiences in the early detection and management of non-native fishes on a basin scale.


2010 ◽  
Vol 55 (No. 3) ◽  
pp. 123-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Jurajda ◽  
Z. Adámek ◽  
M. Janáč ◽  
Z. Valová

The aim of this study was to provide the first account of fish and macroinvertebrate communities in a heavily degraded river basin in the Czech Republic. Fish and macrozoobenthos were surveyed at 18 sites in the Bílina River and 11 sites in tributary streams during June–July 2007. Fish were sampled by electrofishing and macrozoobenthos were collected by kick-sampling using a sweep net. The composition of macroinvertebrate assemblages in headwater and reference sites in the upper Bílina River indicated clean water with saprobic index (SI) 1.31–1.43 followed by a transitional stretch downstream the Kyjická reservoir (SI 2.05–2.32) and dramatic decline of water quality to SI 3.18 in the river stretch downstream of industrial and municipal pollution at Litvínov-Záluží. Despite several minor pollution sources on the subsequent downstream river stretch until its mouth into the Elbe River, the water quality indicators fluctuated in the range of lower betamesosaprobity (SI 2.06–2.58). Species richness and biodiversity indices followed a similar pattern as river saprobity. Twenty-three fish species were documented in the Bílina River basin. Chub (<I>Leuciscus cephalus</I>), gudgeon (<I>Gobio gobio</I>) and roach (<I>Rutilus rutilus</I>) were the most frequent species at the Bílina sites. Chub was the most numerous fish in the tributaries. Fish species richness in the longitudinal profile did not increase downstream in the Bílina mainstem, most likely because the presence of reservoirs and water pollution interrupted the river continuum pattern. Qualitative data on fish assemblages corresponded to the course of environmental stress. A sustainable fish community was documented only in the lowermost site in Ústí nad&nbsp;Labem near the confluence with the Elbe River. The Bílina River tributaries constitute potential refuges for fish in this basin.


2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (6) ◽  
pp. 1284
Author(s):  
Manuela Morais ◽  
Ana Pedro ◽  
Joana Rosado ◽  
Antônio Serafim ◽  
Helena Silva ◽  
...  

Os rios temporários são definidos como sistemas que durante um determinado período do ano não apresentam caudal superficial. São frequentes em regiões de características mediterrânicas, onde a ausência de precipitação durante os meses mais quentes do ano conduz à interrupção do caudal superficial. Assiste-se assim a uma diminuição natural dos padrões de qualidade da água devido à ausência de corrente, encontrando-se os rios no máximo da sua vulnerabilidade. Em épocas opostas no ano, a ocorrência de enxurradas, com origem em fortes precipitações, tem como consequência a exportação dos materiais acumulados que se depositam em reservatórios situados a jusante. O ciclo de seca e enxurrada, constitui um fator determinante na estrutura e funcionamento dos rios no Sul de Portugal, apresentando as comunidades biológicas adaptações específicas a estes fenómenos perturbadores. Contudo, ao longo da bacia, a temporalidade dos rios segue um gradiente de disponibilidade hídrica. Nas cabeceiras os rios apresentam um regime efémero muito dependente da ocorrência de eventos extremos de precipitação; para jusante a afluência de água aumenta, apresentando os rios características temporárias do tipo sazonal; nos troços inferiores é comum a ocorrência de um regime hidrológico permanente. Consequentemente, os problemas relacionados com a qualidade da água são locais, surgindo relacionados com a disponibilidade hídrica e com as pressões antropogénicas. Neste trabalho, considerando como caso de estudo a bacia do rio Pardiela localizada no sul de Portugal de características mediterrânicas (bacia do rio Guadiana), pretende-se: (i) caracterizar o ciclo hidrológico em termos de disponibilidade de água, através da utilização do modelo SWAT; (ii) quantificar as cargas de nitrogénio total, fósforo total e sólidos suspensos totais, afluentes ao sistema a uma escala espacial e temporal; (iii) caracterizar o efeito da primeira enxurrada após o período seco de verão; (iii) identificar problemas e propor medidas específicas que promovam, por um lado, a obtenção de um maior conhecimento sobre as questões ambientais que contribuam para a diminuição de conflitos entre setores de atividade e atores sociais e, por outro, sustentem a tomada de decisões pelas entidades competentes. Os resultados obtidos evidenciam a necessidade de em função das pressões identificadas na bacia hidrográfica se propor objetivos e medidas, e promover sistemas de gestão à escala da sub-bacia. Só assim se permitirá identificar os fatores que controlam o sistema, tais como o ciclo hidrológico, as descargas urbanas, a ocupação de solo, as práticas agrícolas e a vegetação ripícola, e compreender a sua variabilidade em função do regime hidrológico.Analysing Pressures at Spatial Scale in a Mediterranean Basin (Pardiela Basin -Guadiana, Portugal)A B S T R A C TTemporary streams are defined as those that do not present discharge during part of the year. They are widespread in Mediterranean regions, where the nonexistence of rainfall during warmer months leads to the absence of discharge. This originates a decrease in water quality increasing the streams vulnerability. During months with the highest rainfall, flash floods occur, transporting materials accumulated in the riverbed to reservoirs located downstream. The expansion and contraction cycle constitutes a determinant factor in the structure and function of the streams in southern Portugal. Consequently, biological communities present specific adaptations to these disturbances. However, there is a water available gradient along the river basin. In headwaters, stream reaches present an ephemeral discharge, highly dependent on rainfall events. Further downstream, the discharge increases and the river present a seasonal temporary regime. In lower reaches, more frequently, the discharge is permanent. The problems related with water quality are site specific, in regard to anthropogenic pressures and water availability. In this work focused on the study of the Pardiela basin, located in southern Portugal with Mediterranean characteristics Guadiana basin), the main goals are: (i) to characterize the hydrologic cycle in terms of water available, using a SWAT model; (ii) to quantify nitrogen, phosphorus and solid suspended loads (ton/month); (iii) to characterize the effect of the first flood after the summer dry period. The obtained results illustrate the necessity to propose objectives and measures, adapted to the pressures identified in the river basin, and to develop management programmes that operate at sub-basin scale. Only then, it will be possible to identify the factors that control the system, such as hydrology, urban discharges, land use, agriculture, and riparian vegetation in regard to their variability and to the temporary hydrological regime.Keywords: Mediterranean temporary streams; hydrologic cycle; Loads; flush flood events; environmental objectives and measures. 


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