Biotic interactions enhance survival and fitness in the caddisfly <Emphasis Type="Italic">Micropterna sequax</Emphasis> (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae) |
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Authors: | Judith J Westveer Piet F M Verdonschot Ralf C M Verdonschot |
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Institution: | 1.The Key Laboratory of Water and Sediment Sciences, Ministry of Education; Department of Environmental Engineering,Peking University,Beijing,China;2.The Key Laboratory for Environmental and Urban Sciences, School of Environment and Energy,Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School,Shenzhen,China;3.Yellow River Institute of Hydraulic Research,Zhengzhou,China;4.Yellow River Basin Water Environment Monitoring Center,Zhengzhou,China |
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Abstract: | Fish-based index of biotic integrity (F-IBI) is widely used to assess river ecosystems. With survey data from the Yellow River fishery resources in the 1980s and 2008, fish composition and abundance, vertical distribution, trophic structure, reproductive guilds and tolerance in the river’s upstream, midstream, downstream, and estuary were examined, and F-IBI systems were established for each reach to assess river ecosystem health. Results showed that compared to the 1980s, the number of fish species in 2008 sharply declined in the midstream and downstream reaches, percentage of benthic fish species decreased in upstream and estuary, the number and percentage of omnivorous species decreased in all reaches, and percentage of tolerant fish species increased 15 times in upstream but decreased in midstream and downstream. The F-IBI scores in the four reaches in the 1980s were all higher than those in 2008 and decreased from upstream to estuary; the healthy conditions indicated by F-IBI scores in the 1980s were “good,” “fair,” “poor,” and “fair” from upstream to estuary and “degraded” to “poor” in all the reaches in 2008. This indicated that the river ecosystem has degraded from the 1980s to 2008. This was also shown by variations in water chemistry. |
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