Natural and Human Influences on Fish Species Richness in Small North Temperate Lakes: Implications for Bioassessment

Jennings, Martin J.; Hatzenbeler, Gene R.; Bozek, Michael A.; Edwards, Clayton J.

doi:10.1080/02705060.2009.9664260

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“…In Minnesota, larger lakes are more highly developed than small lakes (Jacobson et al 2016). Jennings et al (2009) concluded that a similar trend for fish species richness was probably due to game fish stocking in lakes with development.…”

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Nearshore Habitat and Fish Assemblages along a Gradient of Shoreline Development

Dustin

Vondracek

2017

N American J Fish Manag

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Littoral habitat is a critical component of lake ecosystems. Expansion of residential development along lakeshores has led to habitat modification, which may alter lentic fish communities. Previous studies have linked lakeshore development to reductions in abundance of aquatic vegetation and coarse woody structure (CWS), and many have quantified the influence of the density of docks on aquatic habitat structure and individual fish species. However, few studies have quantified fish assemblages relative to the effect of density or pattern of development. Using docks as a proxy for development, we calculated dock density, cumulative dock area, and estimates of the proportion of shoreline that was developed, affected by development, or left in large undeveloped segments for 28 Minnesota lakes. We assessed nearshore structural habitat (aquatic vegetation, CWS, and riparian features), a lake‐wide fish index of biotic integrity (IBI), and nearshore components of the fish IBI relative to the development measures derived from docks. The nearshore IBI metrics were community composition metrics based on the proportion of intolerant, small benthic‐dwelling, and vegetation‐dwelling species caught in nearshore sampling, which we also evaluated individually and summed as a nearshore IBI. All measures of development were correlated and performed similarly in our models. Emergent vegetation and CWS declined with increasing development. Nearshore fish IBI declined with increasing development, but the lake‐wide IBI did not change significantly with development. The decline of the nearshore fish IBI appeared to have been driven by a decline in vegetation‐dwelling species. Received June 9, 2016; accepted January 6, 2017 Published online March 15, 2017

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Nearshore Habitat and Fish Assemblages along a Gradient of Shoreline Development

Dustin

Vondracek

2017

N American J Fish Manag

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“…Surprisingly, only a handful of studies have investigated changes or differences in fish communities across LRD gradients, with some of these studies documenting differences in fish communities. For instance, Jennings et al (2009) investigated species richness patterns across lakes in northern Wisconsin and concluded more game species were present in more developed lakes, perhaps reflecting an increased likelihood of stocking associated with more developed lakes (Radomski & Goeman, 1995; Ziegler et al, 2017). In addition, more developed lakes in northern Minnesota had a lower fish index of biotic integrity scores and exhibited altered macrophyte‐associated fish communities (Drake & Pereira, 2002; Dustin & Vondracek, 2017).…”

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Lakeshore residential development as a driver of aquatic habitat and littoral fish communities: A cross‐system study

Perales

Zanden

2023

Ecological Applications

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Lakeshore riparian habitats have undergone intensive residential development in many parts of the world. Lakeshore residential development (LRD) is associated with aquatic habitat loss/alteration, including altered macrophyte communities and reduced coarse woody habitat. Yet habitat‐mediated and other generalized effects of LRD on lake biotic communities are not well understood. We used two approaches to examine the relationships among LRD, habitat, and fish community in a set of 57 northern Wisconsin lakes. First, we examined how LRD affected aquatic habitat using mixed linear effects models. Second, we evaluated how LRD affected fish abundance and community structure at both whole‐lake and site‐level spatial scales using generalized linear mixed‐effects models. We found that LRD did not have a significant relationship with the total abundance (all species combined) of fish at either scale. However, there were significant species‐specific responses to LRD at the whole‐lake scale. Species abundances varied across the LRD gradient, with bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus) and mimic shiners (Notropis volucellus) responding positively along the gradient and walleye (Sander vitreus) having the most negative response. We also quantified site‐level habitat associations for each fish species. We found that habitat associations did not inform a species' overall response to LRD, as illustrated by species with similar responses to LRD having vastly different habitat associations. Finally, even with the inclusion of littoral habitat information in models, LRD still had significant effects on species abundances, reflecting a role of LRD in shaping littoral fish communities independent of our measure of littoral habitat alteration. Our results indicated that LRD altered littoral fish communities at the whole‐lake scale through both habitat and non‐habitat‐mediated drivers.

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“…For example, patterns of biodiversity are affected by factors that vary at broad spatial scales relevant to freshwater river mouths, such as latitude, surface area and connectivity (Barbour & Brown 1974;Eadie et al 1986;Bertolo & Magnan 2006;Cadotte 2006). Furthermore, coupled with theoretical advances (e.g., metacommunity theory; Leibold et al 2004), a regional perspective has helped clarify patterns of fish diversity in other types of connected systems (e.g., Bouvier et al 2009;Jennings et al 2009;Heino 2011;Magurran et al 2011). In our study, patterns emerging at regional scales (e.g., distance decay) offer insights about how DRM lake fish assemblages are structured locally and may provide a basis for predicting how connectivity affects local species diversity.…”

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Spatiotemporal patterns of fish community composition in Great Lakes drowned river mouths

Janetski

Ruetz

2014

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

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Freshwater river mouths in large lakes are centres of biological activity, yet little is understood about the spatial and temporal dynamics of fish communities in these systems. In the Laurentian Great Lakes, we sampled littoral fishes over 3 years in six drowned (i.e., protected) river mouths to: (i) quantify spatial (among river mouths) and temporal (among years) variation, (ii) evaluate associations with environmental conditions and (iii) assess spatial patterns of community similarity. We sampled 6787 fish representing 43 species over the course of the study. Multivariate analyses indicated that variation in fish species composition was more strongly partitioned among river mouths than among years. Fish communities across the six river mouths were partitioned into three groups, a pattern we attribute to variability in anthropogenic disturbance and environmental conditions. Canonical correspondence analysis showed that fish species composition was associated with specific conductivity, vegetation cover, turbidity and pH, suggesting species-environment relationships are similar to those shown for Great Lakes coastal wetlands. Finally, we found a negative relationship between geographic distance and community similarity, suggesting that dispersal and/or environmental gradients play a role in shaping these river mouth fish assemblages. We conclude that Great Lakes drowned river mouths can harbour diverse and spatially variable fish assemblages that are driven by a combination of local and regional factors.

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Natural and Human Influences on Fish Species Richness in Small North Temperate Lakes: Implications for Bioassessment

Cited by 6 publications

References 25 publications

Nearshore Habitat and Fish Assemblages along a Gradient of Shoreline Development

Nearshore Habitat and Fish Assemblages along a Gradient of Shoreline Development

Lakeshore residential development as a driver of aquatic habitat and littoral fish communities: A cross‐system study

Spatiotemporal patterns of fish community composition in Great Lakes drowned river mouths

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