Long-term fish assemblages of the Ohio River: Altered trophic and life history strategies with hydrologic alterations and land use modifications.

Autor: Pyron M; Department of Biology, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, United States of America., Mims MC; Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America., Minder MM; Department of Biology, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, United States of America., Shields RC; Department of Biology, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, United States of America., Chodkowski N; Department of Biology, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, United States of America., Artz CC; Department of Biology, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, United States of America.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: PloS one [PLoS One] 2019 Apr 24; Vol. 14 (4), pp. e0211848. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Apr 24 (Print Publication: 2019).
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0211848
Abstrakt: Long-term monitoring of species assemblages provides a unique opportunity to test hypotheses regarding environmentally induced directional trajectories of freshwater species assemblages. We used 57 years of lockchamber fish rotenone and boat electrofishing survey data (1957-2014) collected by the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission (ORSANCO) to test for directional trajectories in taxonomy, trophic classifications, and life history strategies of freshwater fish assemblages in the Ohio River Basin. We found significant changes in taxonomic and trophic composition of freshwater fishes in the Ohio River Basin. Annual species richness varied from 31 to 90 species and generally increased with year. Temporal trajectories were present for taxonomic and trophic assemblages. Assemblage structure based on taxonomy was correlated with land use change (decrease in agriculture and increase in forest). Taxonomic assemblage structure was also correlated with altered hydrology variables of increased minimum discharge, decreased fall rate, and increased rise rate. Trophic composition of fish catch correlated with land use change (decrease in agriculture and increase in forest) and altered hydrology. Altered hydrology of increased minimum discharge, increased fall discharge, decreased base flows, and increased number of high pulse events was correlated with increased counts of herbivore-detritivores and decreased counts of piscivores and planktivores. We did not find directional changes in life history composition. We hypothesized a shift occurred from benthic to phytoplankton production throughout the basin that may have decreased secondary production of benthic invertebrates. This may also be responsible for lower trophic position of invertivore and piscivore fishes observed in other studies.
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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