Linkages between flow regime, biota, and ecosystem processes: Implications for river restoration

M Palmer, A Ruhi - Science, 2019 - science.org
BACKGROUND Early civilizations developed around seasonal river floodplains, and the
natural rhythm of rivers remains critical to humans today. We use streams and rivers to meet …

Impacts of hydroelectric dams on fishes and fisheries in tropical rivers through the lens of functional traits

CC Arantes, DB Fitzgerald, DJ Hoeinghaus… - Current Opinion in …, 2019 - Elsevier
Highlights•River impoundment results in fairly predictable changes in fish functional
diversity.•The most vulnerable species have functional traits associated with flowing water …

The relationship between trophic level and body size in fishes depends on functional traits

FW Keppeler, CG Montaña… - Ecological …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Predators typically are larger than their prey, and consequently, trophic level should
increase with body size. Whereas this relationship has helped in develo** predictions …

Seasonal changes in the assembly mechanisms structuring tropical fish communities

DB Fitzgerald, KO Winemiller, MH Sabaj Pérez… - Ecology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Despite growing interest in trait‐based approaches to community assembly, little attention
has been given to seasonal variation in trait distribution patterns. Mobile animals can rapidly …

Floodplain land cover affects biomass distribution of fish functional diversity in the Amazon River

CC Arantes, KO Winemiller, A Asher, L Castello… - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
Land-cover change often shifts the distribution of biomass in animal communities. However,
the effects of land-cover changes on functional diversity remain poorly understood for many …

Initial recovery of fish faunas following the implementation of pen-culture and fishing bans in floodplain lakes along the Yangtze River

C **e, B Dai, J Wu, Y Liu, Z Jiang - Journal of Environmental Management, 2022 - Elsevier
Given the decline of natural fish abundance and diversity, a ban on pen-culture and fishing
has been imposed on floodplain lakes along the Yangtze River. In order to examine the …

Productivity and connectivity in tropical riverscapes of northern Australia: ecological insights for management

NE Pettit, RJ Naiman, DM Warfe, TD Jardine… - Ecosystems, 2017 - Springer
Flow regimes are fundamental to sustaining ecological characteristics of rivers worldwide,
including their associated floodplains. Recent advances in understanding tropical river …

Does invasion by armored catfish shift trophic ecology of native fishes? Evidence from stable isotope analysis

Y Quintana, FW Keppeler, KO Winemiller - Ecology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Popular as aquarium fish, armored catfishes from South America (Pterygoplichthys spp.)
have been introduced and become invasive in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide …