Importance of the riparian zone to the conservation and management of freshwater fish: a review

BJ Pusey, AH Arthington - Marine and freshwater Research, 2003 - CSIRO Publishing
The relationship between freshwater fish and the integrity of the riparian zone is reviewed
with special emphasis on the fauna of northern Australia. Linkages between freshwater fish …

Effects of natural and anthropogenic environmental changes on riverine fish assemblages: a framework for ecological assessment of rivers

FL Tejerina-Garro, M Maldonado, C Ibañez… - Brazilian Archives of …, 2005 - SciELO Brasil
Freshwater is a basic need for the mankind. Effective biological tools (ecologically based,
efficient, rapid and consistently applicable to different ecological regions) are needed to …

Local and regional determinants of stream fish assemblage structure: inferences based on taxonomic vs. functional groups

DJ Hoeinghaus, KO Winemiller… - Journal of …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To examine the roles of local and regional environmental variables and biotic
interactions in determining the structure of local stream fish assemblages, and to compare …

Effects of deforestation on fish community structure in Ecuadorian Amazon streams

BH Bojsen, R Barriga - Freshwater Biology, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
There is little information on the impacts of deforestation on the fish fauna in neotropical
streams, and on parameters influencing species diversity and community structure of fish …

Assessing water quality at large geographic scales: relations among land use, water physicochemistry, riparian condition, and fish community structure

MR Meador, RM Goldstein - Environmental management, 2003 - Springer
Data collected from 172 sites in 20 major river basins between 1993 and 1995 as part of the
US Geological Survey's National Water-Quality Assessment Program were analyzed to …

Prioritizing barrier removal to improve functional connectivity of rivers

P Branco, P Segurado, JM Santos… - Journal of Applied …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Freshwater systems are severely impacted by connectivity reduction due to the construction
of dams and weirs. The breach of this longitudinal connectivity imperils freshwater fish …

Environmental filters of freshwater fish community assembly along elevation and latitudinal gradients

MA Kirk, FJ Rahel, DC Laughlin - Global Ecology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aim The aim was to identify drivers of historical freshwater fish community assembly by
testing for interactions between functional traits and two climatic gradients, namely elevation …

Beta diversity of stream fish assemblages: partitioning variation between spatial and environmental factors

ZD Zbinden, WJ Matthews - Freshwater Biology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Studies that analyse the structure of assemblages across relevant spatial scales can
ascertain generalisable patterns and be used to guide efforts that allocate resources meant …

Hydrologic filtering of fish life history strategies across the United States: implications for stream flow alteration

RA McManamay, EA Frimpong - Ecological Applications, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Lotic fish have developed life history strategies adapted to the natural variation in stream
flow regimes. The natural timing, duration, and magnitude of flow events has contributed to …

Seasonal and spatial variation in a prairie stream‐fish assemblage

KG Ostrand1, GR Wilde - Ecology of freshwater fish, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Stream‐fish assemblage and environmental data for 13 sites in the upper Brazos River,
Texas, USA during 1997 and 1998 were used to assess the relationship between …