Ecology of Freshwater Fish最新文献

{"title":"Heterospecific sociability and foraging behaviour of an invasive livebearer fish","authors":"Isabel Salazar-Rueda,&nbsp;Sebastian Gomez-Maldonado,&nbsp;Morelia Camacho-Cervantes","doi":"10.1111/eff.12785","DOIUrl":"10.1111/eff.12785","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Heterospecific sociability could enhance invasion success in social species since social non-natives usually belong to small founding populations during the early stages of invasion. The twospot livebearer (<i>Pseudoxiphophorus bimaculatus</i>) is native to Central America and southern Mexico and is recently recognised as invasive in the Mexican Central Plateau, where it poses a threat to native species. Here, we evaluated twospot livebearer sociability towards either a conspecific pair or a shoal of four fish with one of four possible compositions, all conspecifics or two conspecifics combined with either two guppies, two porthole livebearers or two twoline skiffias. In a second experiment, foraging time, latency to feed, first fish to begin foraging and aggressive interactions were recorded under the same social conditions used in the sociability experiment, with body size included as a covariate in both experiments. All focal twospot livebearers spent significantly more time with the given shoals rather than with the available space in the aquarium. They showed a higher tendency to associate with small shoals of conspecifics than with pairs. Larger twospot livebearers associated more, regardless of the social condition. Twospot livebearer fed more with porthole livebearers, less with guppies and similarly with twoline skiffias. Latency to forage did not vary significantly between social conditions. Twospot livebearers were involved in more aggressive interactions when with guppies or porthole livebearers than when with native twoline skiffias or conspecifics. Twospot livebearers could gain benefits from associating with natives and conspecifics, but not with other invasive poeciliids. Heterospecific shoaling behaviour with natives may enhance invasion success during early stages when conspecifics are scarce while associating with other invasive poeciliids could lead to increased competition. Further research is needed on heterospecific interactions of non-natives to better understand their behavioural role in invasion likelihood.</p>","PeriodicalId":11422,"journal":{"name":"Ecology of Freshwater Fish","volume":"33 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/eff.12785","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141007292","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A comparative study of the alternative life history of iteroparous salmonids","authors":"Robert J. Lennox,&nbsp;Cecilie I. Nilsen,&nbsp;Lotte S. Dahlmo,&nbsp;Saron Berhe,&nbsp;Bjorn T. Barlaup,&nbsp;Erik Straume Normann,&nbsp;Yngve Landro,&nbsp;Kim Birnie-Gauvin,&nbsp;Steven J. Cooke,&nbsp;Knut Wiik Vollset","doi":"10.1111/eff.12786","DOIUrl":"10.1111/eff.12786","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The kelt phase of anadromous iteroparous salmonid life history remains mysterious, particularly aspects of their habitat use and factors influencing survival. Atlantic salmon and sea-run brown trout were captured in the estuary during their return migration to the Vosso River, Norway, tagged with acoustic transmitters, and tracked in the watershed and estuary in three different years (2020–2023). We found a relatively narrow window of river exit timing among trout that survived overwinter, whereas salmon tended to leave during a more protracted period. Trout preferred overwintering in lakes within the river system, which provided for lower locomotor activity than fish that overwintered in pools in the river according to data from tri-axial accelerometer transmitters. In contrast, Atlantic salmon tended to spend surprisingly little time in lakes even though the energy expenditure in this habitat is was seemingly lower for salmon that did overwinter in the lake. Our results demonstrate different use of habitat during overwintering and could suggest that measures to protect iteroparous life history strategies of salmonids will differently impact these two iteroparous salmonids.</p>","PeriodicalId":11422,"journal":{"name":"Ecology of Freshwater Fish","volume":"33 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/eff.12786","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141018585","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Individual activity levels and presence of conspecifics affect fish passage rates over an in-flume barrier","authors":"Daniel Nyqvist,&nbsp;Fabio Tarena,&nbsp;Alessandro Candiotto,&nbsp;Claudio Comoglio","doi":"10.1111/eff.12787","DOIUrl":"10.1111/eff.12787","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Dams and other in-stream obstacles disrupt longitudinal connectivity and hinder fish from moving between habitats. Fishways and other fish passage solutions are used to pass fish over these artificial migration barriers. Fish passage functionality, however, varies greatly with fish passage design and environmental conditions and depends on fish species and characteristics. In particular, swimming performance and fish behaviour are considered key characteristics to predict fish passage performance. It is also well known, but not well quantified, that the presence of conspecifics affects fish passage behaviour. In this study, we quantified individual passage rates of PIT-tagged gudgeons (<i>Gobio gobio</i>) over a scaled deep side notch weir in an hydraulic flume. We then quantified individual swimming capability (time to fatigue) and activity level (distance moved in an open field test) for the same individual fish and tested for potential effects on fish passage rate. To check for potential group effects, we then repeated the passage experiment for fish individually or in groups of five. More active fish displayed higher passage rates compared to less active fish, and fish passed the obstacle at higher rates in groups of five compared to alone. No effect of fish swimming capability on passage rates was detected. This result highlights the need to take both individual variation as well as the presence and behaviour of conspecifics into account in fish passage studies and evaluations. Doing so has the potential to improve the understanding of fish behaviour, and in the end, the design of fish passage solutions. Future studies should explore these results on free ranging fish and in relation to in-situ fish passage solutions.</p>","PeriodicalId":11422,"journal":{"name":"Ecology of Freshwater Fish","volume":"33 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/eff.12787","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141020707","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The wash zone and habitat use among three benthic fish species in stratified lakes","authors":"Mark S. Ridgway,&nbsp;Allan H. Bell,&nbsp;Trevor A. Middel,&nbsp;Mathew G. Wells,&nbsp;Courtney E. Taylor,&nbsp;Krystal Mitchell,&nbsp;Nick A. Lacombe","doi":"10.1111/eff.12783","DOIUrl":"10.1111/eff.12783","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Mixing processes in lakes are important in determining sedimentation zones and in setting the so-called “wash zone”, the area of lake bottom in contact with an oscillating thermocline during wind-driven internal seiche events. The wash zone also aligns with a sharp change in sediment roughness and hardness. Taken together, these rapid changes in temperature and sediment indicate that the wash zone is a distinctive ecotone in stratified lakes. Depth stratified randomised netting was used to develop count-based habitat use models for three common benthic fish species as a function of depth or temperature covariates. Using data from two lakes with quite different wash zone depths, we show the wash zone to describe fish habitat for two of three benthic fish species by utilising the top 50% of estimated fish abundance as an indicator of habitat use. White sucker (<i>Catostomus commersoni</i>) habitat use was within the boundaries of the wash zone. Lake whitefish (<i>Coregonus clupeaformis</i>) habitat was adjacent and within the wash zone. Longnose sucker (<i>C. catostomus</i>) habitat use was in the deep areas of lakes dominated by sediment focusing and did not overlap white sucker. Lake whitefish habitat use overlapped both catostomids, but peak abundance of both lake whitefish and white sucker overlapped pointing to potential interactions between these species. Smaller lakes have less vigorous mixing processes and a narrower wash zone, so with a decline in lake size the likely area of the wash zone as habitat for benthic feeding fish would become smaller.</p>","PeriodicalId":11422,"journal":{"name":"Ecology of Freshwater Fish","volume":"33 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140666596","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Unveiling climatic niches for deeper insights into invasion potential and enhanced distribution models of freshwater fishes","authors":"Arif Jan,&nbsp;Guillermo Giannico,&nbsp;Ivan Arismendi,&nbsp;Rebecca Flitcroft","doi":"10.1111/eff.12784","DOIUrl":"10.1111/eff.12784","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Introduced species may exhibit variations in their preferred climatic niches between their native and introduced ranges, which can have important implications for the transferability of distribution models. In the Himalayan ecoregion, little is known about the geographic distribution and climatic niche overlap between native and introduced cold-water species. Here, we used the COUE (centroid shift, overlap, unfilling, and expansion) framework to explore the invasive potential of rainbow (<i>Oncorhynchus mykiss</i>) and brown (<i>Salmo trutta fario</i>) trout and corresponding climatic niche overlap with native snow trout (<i>Schizothorax plagiostomus</i> and <i>Schizothorax richardsonii</i>) in the Indus and Ganges River basins. Although we found more stability in the climatic niche for <i>O. mykiss</i> (93%) than <i>S. trutta</i> (58%), both species do not conserve their climatic niches in this region (<i>p</i> &gt; 0.05). <i>S. trutta</i> has expanded more toward new environmental conditions (42%) compared to <i>O. mykiss</i> (7%). However, there are still available environmental gaps that <i>O. mykiss</i> and <i>S. trutta</i> can potentially occupy in the future. There was a higher overlap in climatic niches between <i>S. plagiostomus</i> and <i>O. mykiss</i> and between <i>S. richardsonii</i> and <i>S. trutta</i>. Observed shifts in climatic niches of these introduced species can negatively affect the transferability of distribution models, which may underestimate the assessments of habitat suitability for introduced trout in the Himalayas. Our study demonstrates that the information on climatic niche dynamics can inform the model-building process and improve the transferability and predictive performance to better assess vulnerability of sensitive habitats to introduced species in the Himalayas and elsewhere.</p>","PeriodicalId":11422,"journal":{"name":"Ecology of Freshwater Fish","volume":"33 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140698513","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Environmental correlates with fish assemblage change and biotic homogenization across 40 years in an Ozark, Gravel-Bed river basin","authors":"George Gavrielides,&nbsp;Ginny L. Adams,&nbsp;S. Reid Adams,&nbsp;Matthew H. Connolly","doi":"10.1111/eff.12781","DOIUrl":"10.1111/eff.12781","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Fish assemblages in freshwater ecosystems are becoming more homogenous from multiple abiotic, environmental, and physicochemical variables at different scales. Historical fish collections (1976–1977) by Billy Michael Johnson and Dr. Johnson K. Beadles were compared to contemporary fish collections (2018–2019) in tributaries of the Eleven Point River basin in Arkansas to examine patterns of fish assemblage change. Fish assemblage change variables were compared to pasture land use/land cover (LULC) at multiple scales and in-stream habitat variables to understand relationships and discover potential correlates suggesting biotic homogenization. Fish assemblages in the Eleven Point River basin of Arkansas have experienced significant spatiotemporal changes, and LULC change and habitat alterations may have influenced this process. Increased tolerant species and decreased intolerant species at sites contributed to biotic homogenization, particularly in pool habitats. Surprisingly, expansion of some intolerant fishes was also observed that tend to occupy riffles. Sites with high percentages of pasture LULC at finer spatial scales typically had more homogenised fish assemblages. We hypothesized gravel aggradation from local pasture land use has degraded pools and increased riffle habitat, resulting in homogenised fish assemblages in the Eleven Point River basin over the study period. Few studies link LULC, in-stream habitat, and biotic homogenization when examining fish assemblage change over time, and these dynamics can be particularly complex in upland streams experiencing gravel aggradation. Similar research in other upland, gravel-bed river systems would provide a broad understanding of the presented environmental associations.</p>","PeriodicalId":11422,"journal":{"name":"Ecology of Freshwater Fish","volume":"33 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140376617","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"What do fish do after passing through a fishway? A radio-telemetry study on patrimonial holobiotic species","authors":"Justine Gelder,&nbsp;Jean-Philippe Benitez,&nbsp;Michaël Ovidio","doi":"10.1111/eff.12782","DOIUrl":"10.1111/eff.12782","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The restoration of longitudinal connectivity in rivers allows fish to colonise new habitats. However, there is a lack of information regarding the behaviour of fish when they colonise the newly opened river stretch. We used manual radiotelemetry to tracked individuals belonging to four species (trout, nase, grayling and barbel) after their release upstream of two obstacles in the Amblève River. We observed a diversity of movement behaviours and habitats used among the studied species. All the species used potential spawning habitats with distances travelled upstream reaching 2.4 km for the grayling, 7.0 km for the barbel, 16.9 km for the nase and 18.0 km for the trout, which also use tributaries and sub-tributaries of the Amblève River. Post-reproduction downstream behaviours were observed in all species, but this was made difficult by the absence of downstream migration devices at dams that forced fish to seek alternative habitats. Our study suggested that allowing fish to move upstream with fishways is beneficial as the species succeeded in reaching spawning grounds, but a holistic approach combined with the installations of devices or an opening of gates to allow post-reproduction downstream migrations would allow them to completely accomplish their biological cycle.</p>","PeriodicalId":11422,"journal":{"name":"Ecology of Freshwater Fish","volume":"33 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140373856","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Shift in piscivory by salmonids following invasion of a minnow in an oligotrophic reservoir","authors":"Rachelle C. Johnson,&nbsp;Marshal S. Hoy,&nbsp;Karl D. Stenberg,&nbsp;Jonathan H. Mclean,&nbsp;Benjamin L. Jensen,&nbsp;Tessa J. Code,&nbsp;Carl O. Ostberg,&nbsp;David A. Beauchamp","doi":"10.1111/eff.12778","DOIUrl":"10.1111/eff.12778","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Predation can play an important role in structuring ecological communities, and predator–prey dynamics can be altered following the introduction of new species. An unauthorized introduction of redside shiner (<i>Richardsonius balteatus</i>) into reservoirs in the Upper Skagit River, Washington, USA created concern that a consequent shift in predator–prey dynamics in the reservoirs could reduce recruitment and production of native salmonids in the basin. We estimated predation mortality in Ross Lake on nonnative redside shiner and juvenile native salmonids to evaluate the potential role of predation in regulating these populations and limiting survival of native species of concern. We used bioenergetics modelling and stable isotope analysis combined with directed field measurements of growth, seasonal diet and thermal experience of piscivorous salmonids to quantify their consumption demand on prey fishes to evaluate the relative magnitude of predation mortality on invasive redside shiners and native salmonids. While redside shiner are the dominant prey fish species in Ross Lake, the modest biomass of native salmonids consumed could translate into substantial mortality, the magnitude of which depended on the timing and size at which prey fishes were eaten. This information provides important context for how nonnative species may indirectly impact native species through shared predation (apparent competition) and can inform conservation decisions surrounding nonnative species control, sustainability of native salmonids and introductions of anadromous fishes.</p>","PeriodicalId":11422,"journal":{"name":"Ecology of Freshwater Fish","volume":"33 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140229817","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Structure and vulnerability of the ichthyochory network in wetland forests of Central Amazonia","authors":"Gilvan Costa,&nbsp;Bianca Weiss,&nbsp;Maria Teresa Fernandez Piedade,&nbsp;Efrem Jorge Ferreira,&nbsp;Leonardo Maltchik","doi":"10.1111/eff.12780","DOIUrl":"10.1111/eff.12780","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The interaction between fish and plants is vital for the dynamics of ecosystems since it influences plant distribution and regeneration patterns. In the floodable areas of the Amazon, these interactions are mainly structured by the flood pulse, which enables seed dispersal via water (hydrochory) and fish (ichthyochory), and which contributes to the formation of complex mutualistic networks. Our study evaluated the structure (modularity, nestedness, specialisation, and robustness) of the network of dispersal of seeds by frugivorous fish in a floodplain forest in Central Amazonia. We expect the binary network to have a nested pattern, while the weighted network is expected to have a non-nested structure; that generalist frugivorous species should constitute the core of the network, while specialist frugivorous species will be peripheral; that the size of fish and seeds is related to specialisation, and that the robustness of the network weakens as generalist frugivorous fish are removed. We found 5012 intact seeds from 49 plant species in the digestive tracts of 11 species of frugivorous fish. A nested and modular pattern was found for the binary and weighted networks, albeit with a low degree of nestedness. Our network proved relatively robust when the frugivores were removed, whereby all the fish and plant species became peripheral. No relationship was found between the size of the fish and the seeds and the degree of specialisation. Considering the anthropogenic impacts that can cause modifications in seed dispersal networks, knowing the structure of mutualistic networks is fundamental in order to be able infer the vulnerability of the interactions as a result of changes in the ecosystem.</p>","PeriodicalId":11422,"journal":{"name":"Ecology of Freshwater Fish","volume":"33 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140246670","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Effects of predator species, composition and light environment on prey escape behaviours of invasive and native benthic fishes","authors":"N. O. Michels,&nbsp;T. R. Hrabik,&nbsp;A. F. Mensinger","doi":"10.1111/eff.12777","DOIUrl":"10.1111/eff.12777","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The behaviour of two benthic species, round goby (<i>Neogobius melanostomus</i>) and mottled sculpin (<i>Cottus bairdii</i>), were examined under natural relevant downwelling light during predatory attacks by Burbot (<i>Lota lota</i>) and Smallmouth Bass (<i>Micropterus dolomieu</i>). Population declines have been observed for mottled sculpin after round goby invaded the Laurentian Great Lakes, but no data exist on prey avoidance behaviours and success for either species. The activity levels of the prey species were measured in the presence and absence of predators. Predator–prey interactions were quantified for reaction, attack, capture and retention probabilities. In addition, flight initiation distance, turns per flee and a comparison between observed and optimal escape angles were used as escape metrics to examine differences in prey survival. Trials were run under downwelling irradiances calculated for Lake Superior that correlated with dark, civil twilight, and sunrise. The number of round goby movements decreased by 74% in the presence of predators while mottled sculpin movement declined by 95% compared to baselines established without predators. Round gobies were more successful at evading predation with 18.3% of mottled sculpins consumed compared to 8.5% of round gobies during a comparable number (<i>n</i> = 27) trials. Round gobies also fled closer to their theoretically calculated optimal angles than mottled sculpin. Greater variation in flight initiation distances at different light intensities, fleeing at optimum angles that avoid predation and a more erratic escape path led to increased escape success for round gobies. Greater success avoiding predators may be another compounding factor, combined with round goby aggression and competition, that has contributed to the success of the round goby invasion in the Laurentian Great Lakes.</p>","PeriodicalId":11422,"journal":{"name":"Ecology of Freshwater Fish","volume":"33 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/eff.12777","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140251041","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}