Journal article
Fish assemblage shifts in an Ozark river over 80 years amidst a mosaic of forest regeneration and persistent pasture
Ecology of freshwater fish, v 32(2), pp 257-269
01 Apr 2023
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Abstract
Fish assemblages are useful in evaluating the health of aquatic ecosystems. Over time, fish assemblages will respond to anthropogenic disturbances but may also simultaneously respond to conservation efforts in a watershed, shifting the taxonomic and functional structure of the assemblage. We quantified temporal changes in taxonomic and functional structure of fish assemblages in the Current River, Missouri, over an 80-year time span and related these changes to forest regeneration and persistent pasture land use within the watershed. We found shifts in taxonomic and functional assemblage structure in two time-steps from the 1940s to 2020 related to land use within the watershed. Reforested reaches exhibited increases in benthic species, rheophilic species and invertivorous feeding guilds. Higher pasture reaches exhibited decreases in benthic species and native centrarchid species while generalist centrarchid species increased. Ultimately, fish assemblage structure in the Current River appears to be shifting to an alternative state (i.e. increased presence/abundance of benthic species) in response to forest regeneration and persistent pasture land use.
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- Title
- Fish assemblage shifts in an Ozark river over 80 years amidst a mosaic of forest regeneration and persistent pasture
- Creators
- Daniel P. Morrill - University of Central ArkansasMatthew H. Connolly - University of Central ArkansasGinny L. Adams - University of Central ArkansasSteven Reid Adams - University of Central Arkansas
- Publication Details
- Ecology of freshwater fish, v 32(2), pp 257-269
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Number of pages
- 13
- Grant note
- UCA Department of Biology AR-T-F 15AFO 1295 / State Wildlife Grants Program of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Victoria Grant of the National Park Service Department of Geography
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Fisheries
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000865430200001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85139397286
- Other Identifier
- 991021932095804721
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