Ecological responses to variable water regimes in arid-zone wetlands: Coongie Lakes, Australia

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作者
Puckridge, J. T. [2 ]
Costelloe, J. F. [1 ]
Reid, J. R. W. [3 ]
机构
[1] Univ Melbourne, Dept Civil & Environm Engn, Melbourne, Vic 3010, Australia
[2] Univ Adelaide, Sch Earth & Environm Sci, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
[3] CSIRO Sustainable Ecosyst, Canberra, ACT 2600, Australia
关键词
Coongie Lakes; Cooper Creek; disease; diversity; dryland rivers; fish; flow-ecology correlations; flow regime; macroinvertebrates; Ramsar; variability; zooplankton; FLOODPLAIN-RIVER ECOSYSTEMS; FISH-ASSEMBLAGE STRUCTURE; MACROINVERTEBRATE ASSEMBLAGES; SOUTH-AUSTRALIA; DRYLAND RIVERS; COOPER CREEK; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FLOW VARIABILITY; CONNECTIVITY; DIVERSITY;
D O I
10.1071/MF09069
中图分类号
S9 [水产、渔业];
学科分类号
0908 ;
摘要
In dryland rivers, interactions between flow variability and complex geomorphology expose floodplain wetlands to long-term patterns of flooding and drying and highly variable short-term events. We consider whether the abundance and diversity of fish, macroinvertebrate and zooplankton communities in wetlands of the Coongie Lakes complex are influenced by long-term water regimes. To relate biological changes to changes in water regime, mean values of assemblage indices were ranked and correlated against ranked frequency of drying (i.e. water retention) in each waterbody. As water-retention time increased, fish species diversity (richness, evenness) and disease incidence rose, and fish species dominance and macroinvertebrate abundance decreased. The more mobile species of fish utilised the habitats and food resources provided by newly flooded waterbodies. We conclude that fish populations utilise wetlands with a variety of water regimes, and reductions in the frequency of inundation will decrease fish diversity with sequential losses of less mobile species.
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页码:832 / 841
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