Environmental requirements and heterogeneity of rheophilic fish nursery habitats in European lowland rivers: Current insights and future challenges

T Stoffers, AD Buijse, JAJ Verreth… - Fish and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The large‐scale degradation of riparian ecotones and of the connectivity between rivers and
their floodplains has resulted in a drastic decline of rheophilic fish populations in European …

Anthropogenic nutrient loading affects both individual species and the trophic structure of river fish communities

P Horka, Z Musilova, K Holubova, K Jandova… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Although the concept of trophic interactions has been used for a long time, there are still
considerable gaps in our understanding of the effect of various environmental factors on …

To sea or not to sea? Multiple lines of evidence reveal the contribution of non‐diadromous recruitment for supporting endemic fish populations within New Zealand's …

BO David, M Jarvis, D Özkundakci… - Aquatic …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Otolith microchemistry was used to identify marine‐versus freshwater‐derived recruitment of
three native freshwater fish species belonging to the southern hemisphere family …

River habitat homogenisation enhances trophic competition and promotes individual specialisation among young of the year fish

A Latli, LN Michel, G Lepoint… - Freshwater Biology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
In large rivers, fish ontogenic development success is mainly influenced by resource
availability and by the possibility of species to adapt their diet (ie trophic niche). Humans …

Seasonality of a floodplain subsidy to the fish community of a large temperate river

L Farly, C Hudon, A Cattaneo, G Cabana - Ecosystems, 2019 - Springer
This study examines the temporal and spatial variability of the floodplain trophic contribution
to the fish community of Lake Saint-Pierre, a large (≈ 300 km 2), shallow (≈ 3 m) widening …

Design features of constructed floodplain ponds influence waterbird and fish communities in northern New Zealand

J Garrett‐Walker, KJ Collier, A Daniel… - Freshwater …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Ponds can provide important refuges for aquatic biota on developed floodplains and are
increasingly being constructed in an effort to enhance native biodiversity and ecosystem …

Linking ecological science with management outcomes on N ew Z ealand's longest river

KJ Collier, C Baker, BO David, K Górski… - River Research and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract New Zealand's Waikato River has had a short but intense history of development,
primarily through land‐use change and flow regulation in the upper river, and in the lower …

Long‐term hydrologic variability in a large subtropical floodplain river: effects on commercial fisheries

AP Rabuffetti, K Górski, LA Espínola… - River Research and …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
We analysed the effects of decadal and annual hydrologic fluctuations on freshwater
fisheries catches in the Middle Paraná River for a period of six decades from the 1930s to …

Thermal and asphyxia exposure risk to freshwater fish in feral‐pig‐damaged tropical wetlands

NJ Waltham, JR Schaffer - Journal of fish biology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Acute thermal and asphyxia exposure risks for freshwater fish occupying three tropical
wetland typologies were examined. Field water‐quality data revealed that fish in wetlands …

Escaping the dry: Native and non‐native fish outmigration from a receding floodplain following managed inundation

IG Stuart, CP Sharpe, J O'Connor, J Lieschke… - Freshwater …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Many fish rely on being able to move between rivers and floodplains to fulfil key life history
events, but river regulation has reduced floodplain inundation compromising these …