The response of fish size and species diversity to environmental gradients in two Neotropical coastal streams

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作者：
Pedro Jiménez-Prado
Ignasi Arranz
机构：
[1] Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador Sede Esmeraldas,Ecological Restoration Research Group, Environmental Sciences Institute (IUCA), Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Technological College
[2] University of Zaragoza,Aquatic Ecology Group
[3] University of Vic - Central University of Catalonia,Laboratoire Évolution et Diversité Biologique
[4] Université Toulouse III Paul Sabatier,undefined
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Hydrobiologia | 2021年 / 848卷
关键词：
Abiotic factors; Biodiversity; Community assembly; Fish body size; Low-altitude streams;
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This study investigated the effects of environmental variation on fish diversity patterns in two coastal streams in northwestern Ecuador. Specifically, we examined the role of topography, instream conditions (pH, conductivity), and human influence (land-use modifications) on fish species richness, diversity and evenness as well as body size diversity and size evenness. Study region comprised 19 sites sampled bimonthly during the dry and wet seasons in 2016–2017. The results showed that the contribution of each measure of fish diversity responded differently to the local drivers. For size-based metrics, fish assemblages displayed greater size diversity (more diversity of body sizes) at lower pH and conductivity levels. Taxonomic metrics showed a negative relationship between the number of species and the downstream–upstream gradient. In both measures of diversity, human influence negatively affected size evenness and Shannon diversity, with less equitable abundance distribution and fewer species in more human-altered locations. These results improve our understanding of how assembly processes operate in shaping local fish assemblages in Neotropical coastal streams.
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页码：4419 / 4432
页数：13
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