Fish Assemblage Shift after Japanese Smelt (Hypomesus nipponensis McAllister, 1963) Invasion in Lake Erhai, a Subtropical Plateau Lake in China
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area
2.2. Sampling Sites
2.3. Sampling Methods
2.4. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Fish Species Composition
3.2. Changes in Fish Communities
3.3. Variations in Population Abundance
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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---|---|---|---|---|
Haidong | 1–13 | Medium | Mud | Medium |
Wase | 2–20 | Large | Silt | Medium |
Shuanglang | 6–10 | Large | Silt | Low |
Hewei | 2–6 | Small | Silt | Low |
Xizhou | 2–15 | Large | Silt | High |
Caicun | 2–5 | Small | Silt | High |
Xiaoguanyi | 2–10 | Medium | Silt | High |
Family | Species | Common Names | Code | Trophic Guild | Year | |||||||||
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2000–2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |||||
Cyprinidae | Carassius auratus * | Crucian carp | CAU | Omnivore | Y | 0.01 | 0.01 | 1.46 | 1.73 | 1.41 | 2.46 | 4.01 | 3.82 | 4.81 |
Mylopharyngodon piceus ξ | Black carp | MPI | Carnivore | Y | 0.09 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
Ctenopharyngodon idellus ξ | Grass carp | CID | Herbivore | Y | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.39 | 0.23 | 0.17 | 0.20 | 0.10 | 0.38 | 0.17 | |
Hypophthalmichthys molitrix ξ | Silver carp | HMO | Phytoplanktivore | Y | 3.64 | 15.78 | 6.32 | 3.29 | 11.16 | 5.99 | 0.97 | 3.06 | 1.92 | |
Aristichthys nobilis ξ | Bighead carp | ANO | Zooplanktivore | Y | 0.00 | 0.01 | 2.87 | 2.52 | 4.34 | 1.98 | 0.41 | 1.40 | 0.99 | |
Cyprinus carpio ξ | Common carp | CCA | Omnivore | Y | 0.02 | 0.02 | 1.57 | 0.61 | 1.24 | 1.41 | 1.40 | 1.30 | 1.70 | |
Cyprinus carpio chi1ia * | Chilu carp | CCHI | Omnivore | Y | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||||||
Cyprinus longipectoralis * | Long-pectoral carp | CLO | Carnivore | Y | 0.00 | |||||||||
Megalobrama amblycephala ξ | Bluntsnout bream | MAM | Herbivore | Y | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.09 | 0.02 | 0.00 | |||||
Pseudorasbora parva ξ | Topmouth gudgeon | PPA | Omnivore | Y | 0.16 | 0.19 | 0.37 | 0.57 | 0.32 | 0.33 | 0.40 | 0.21 | 0.17 | |
Rhodeus ocellatus ξ | Rosy bitterling | ROC | Detritivore | Y | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.20 | 0.21 | 0.31 | 0.00 | ||||
Acheilognathus chankaensis ξ | Khanka spiny bitterling | ACH | Detritivore | Y | 0.01 | 0.15 | 0.21 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.20 | 0.07 | 0.06 | ||
Hemiculter leucisculus ξ | Sharpbelly | HLE | Zooplanktivore | Y | 1.77 | 0.08 | 0.52 | 0.87 | 2.00 | 1.23 | 0.63 | 0.26 | 0.39 | |
Schizothorax wangchiachii * | Duanxu schizothorax | SWA | Zooplanktivore | Y | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||||
Abbottina rivularis ξ | Chinese false gudgeon | ARI | Omnivore | Y | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | |||||||
Cyprinus carpio haematopterus * | Mirror carp | CCH | Omnivore | Y | 0.07 | |||||||||
Cobitidae | Misgurnus anguillicaudatus * | Pond loach | MAN | Omnivore | Y | 0.07 | 0.13 | 0.08 | 0.86 | 0.62 | 0.06 | 0.16 | ||
Synbranchidae | Monopterus albus * | Ricefield eel | MAL | Carnivore | Y | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | |||||
Eleotridae | Micropercops swinhonis ξ | Swinhon’s sleeper | MSW | Omnivore | Y | 0.10 | 0.15 | 0.06 | 0.10 | 0.06 | 0.10 | 0.08 | ||
Gobiidae | Rhinogobius cliffordpopei ξ | RCL | Carnivore | Y | 1.04 | 0.10 | 0.02 | 0.19 | 0.06 | 0.13 | 0.11 | 0.03 | 0.04 | |
Rhinogobius giurinus ξ | Barcheek goby | RGI | Carnivore | Y | 9.36 | 0.88 | 0.14 | 1.71 | 0.51 | 1.17 | 0.95 | 0.25 | 0.34 | |
Salangidae | Neosalanx taihuensis ξ | Icefish | NTAI | Zooplanktivore | Y | 0.27 | 7.80 | 0.03 | 0.08 | 0.63 | 0.67 | 0.21 | 0.00 | 0.52 |
Channidae | Channa argus * | Snakeheaded fish | CCR | Carnivore | Y | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.08 | 0.01 | 0.01 | |
Poeciliidae | Gambusia affinis ξ | Mosquitofish | GAF | Carnivore | Y | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||||||
Osmeridae | Hypomesus nipponensis ξ | Japanese smelt | HNI | Zooplanktivore | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.46 | 1.32 | 1.86 | 4.41 | 4.70 | |||
Belontiidae | Macropodus chinensis ξ | Roundtail paradise fish | MAO | Carnivore | Y | |||||||||
Siluridae | Clarias gariepinus ξ | Catfish | CGA | Carnivore | 0.01 | |||||||||
Silurus meridionalis Chen ξ | Southern catfish | SMC | Carnivore | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.04 | ||||||||
Bagridae | Pelteobagrus fulvidraco ξ | Yellow catfish | PFU | Carnivore | Y | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
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Yin, C.; Chen, Y.; Guo, L.; Ni, L. Fish Assemblage Shift after Japanese Smelt (Hypomesus nipponensis McAllister, 1963) Invasion in Lake Erhai, a Subtropical Plateau Lake in China. Water 2021, 13, 1800. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13131800
Yin C, Chen Y, Guo L, Ni L. Fish Assemblage Shift after Japanese Smelt (Hypomesus nipponensis McAllister, 1963) Invasion in Lake Erhai, a Subtropical Plateau Lake in China. Water. 2021; 13(13):1800. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13131800
Chicago/Turabian StyleYin, Chengjie, Yushun Chen, Longgen Guo, and Leyi Ni. 2021. "Fish Assemblage Shift after Japanese Smelt (Hypomesus nipponensis McAllister, 1963) Invasion in Lake Erhai, a Subtropical Plateau Lake in China" Water 13, no. 13: 1800. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13131800