Littoral zone fish communities of two Florida lakes and a comparison with Michigan lakes

Werner, Earl E.; Hall, Donald J.; Werner, Martin D.

doi:10.1007/bf00691940

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“…These results are in contrast to the seasonal and spatial patterns described for fishes in similar temperate habitats of marine (Modde & Ross 1981, Allen et al 1983, Potter et al 1986) and natural lake environments (Werner et al 1978, Keast 1978, Tonn & Magnuson 1982, Stang & Hubert 1984, Lyons 1987.…”

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Temporal and spatial patterns in littoral-zone fish assemblages of a reservoir (Lake Texoma, Oklahoma-Texas, U.S.A.)

Gelwick

Matthews

1990

Environ Biol Fish

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SynopsisWe sampled the littoral-zone fish fauna of Lake Texoma reservoir by electrofishing from January through December 1986 to examine species abundance, species associations and assemblage structure. Although total fish abundance differed significantly across seasons, only one common species (Dorosoma cepedianum) exhibited significant seasonal movement into or out of the littoral zone. Overall littoral-zone assemblage structure (based on rank order of species abundance) was concordant across seasons and habitat types, (vegetation, wood, open). However, within individual seasons and habitat types, assemblage structure was likely influenced by temporal and spatial differences in habitat availability and physicochemical conditions. Associations characteristic of species in natural aquatic environments were not well developed among species in this partly artificial, evolutionarily short-lived reservoir assemblage. Conditions related to waterlevel fluctuation appeared to deter the formation of persistent species associations and assemblage structure, especially in vegetation and open littoral zone habitats of this multi-purpose reservoir.

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Temporal and spatial patterns in littoral-zone fish assemblages of a reservoir (Lake Texoma, Oklahoma-Texas, U.S.A.)

Gelwick

Matthews

1990

Environ Biol Fish

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“…Since largemouth bass are visual predators (Howick and O'Brien 1983), their predatory efficiency decreases with increasing water turbidity (Reid et al 1999;Shoup and Wahl 2009). On the other hand, aquatic vegetation cover generally benefits many fishes by providing habitat heterogeneity (Eadie and Keast 1984), breeding and feeding sites (Werner et al 1978(Werner et al , 1983, and refuge to avoid predation (Gotceitas and Colgan 1989;Persson and Eklöv 1995;Warfe and Barmuta 2004). However, for the interaction of prey and largemouth bass, only dense aquatic vegetation cover functions as a refuge Stein 1982, 1989;Gotceitas and Colgan 1989).…”

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Multiple effects of exotic largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) and environmental factors on species richness and composition of pond-dwelling fishes

Tsunoda

Mitsuo

2012

Aquat. Living Resour.

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“…Comparisons of fish community structure in lakes, conducted at the regional scale, have highlighted predictable links between community structure and environmental variations. The investigation of how environmental factors (physico-chemical and biotic) determine the structure of natural assemblages has benefited greatly from the "natural experiments" of comparative studies (e.g., Diamond 1978;Werner et al 1978). This method can fairly quickly generate and test hypotheses, assess mechanisms, and produce acceptable explanations for community-level problems under a wide variety of conditions (Tonn and Magnuson 1982).…”

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Variations of fish composition and diversity related to environmental variables in shallow lakes in the Yangtze River basin

Cheng

Lek

Loot

et al. 2010

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-Variations in fish communities of shallow lakes in the Yangtze basins were investigated from September 2007 to September 2009. Six lakes were chosen for comparative study of species composition and diversity in relation to environmental variations. Lake heterogeneity was described with environmental physico-chemical variables, using principal component analysis. Sixteen families, composed of 75 species of fish were found in the studied lakes, Cyprinidae being the dominant group. Fish species were divided by habitat preference and trophic guild: benthopelagic and herbivorous fish were the most common guilds in all lakes. Species diversity and richness were significantly higher in spring, while the evenness, expressed by equitability of Simpson's index, was not significantly different among seasons. Species richness and diversity were significantly higher in vegetated lakes (e.g. Liangzihu Lake) than in nonvegetated lakes (e.g. Biandantang Lake), with the largest area (Liangzihu Lake) harbouring the largest species richness and the greatest diversity. The relationship between environmental variables and fish assemblage were analysed using canonical correspondence analysis (CCA). The dominant gradients describing species composition and abundance among the sampling sites were: total phosphorus, total nitrogen, chlorophyll a, transparency and water depth. Our study led to the following conclusions: 1) the water quality was better -i.e. high transparency, low total phosphorus (TP) and total nitrogen (TN) and chlorophyll a-in vegetated lakes than in unvegetated lakes; 2) vegetated lakes had higher fish diversity than unvegetated lakes; 3) fish relative abundance (CPUE: number of fish per fishing pass) was significantly related to water chemical parameters. Consequently, the details of the findings are useful and relevant for developing suitable conservation strategies to sustain the integrity of fish communities in these lakes.

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Littoral zone fish communities of two Florida lakes and a comparison with Michigan lakes

Cited by 55 publications

References 14 publications

Temporal and spatial patterns in littoral-zone fish assemblages of a reservoir (Lake Texoma, Oklahoma-Texas, U.S.A.)

Temporal and spatial patterns in littoral-zone fish assemblages of a reservoir (Lake Texoma, Oklahoma-Texas, U.S.A.)

Multiple effects of exotic largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) and environmental factors on species richness and composition of pond-dwelling fishes

Variations of fish composition and diversity related to environmental variables in shallow lakes in the Yangtze River basin

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