The contribution of long-term isolated water bodies to floodplain fish diversity

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1469-1480

  Schomaker, Christian ^a   Wolter, Christian ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Fish diversity; Flooding frequency; Floodplain river; Floodplain water bodies; Wetland restoration

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959995544     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2011.02583.x     Document Type: Article

References (48)

1. Allan J.D. & Flecker A.S. (1993) Biodiversity conservation in running waters. BioScience, 43, 32-43.
2. Amoros C. & Bornette G. (2002) Connectivity and biocomplexity in waterbodies of riverine floodplains. Freshwater Biology, 47, 761-776.
3. Balon E.K. (1963) Einige Fragen über das Vorkommen und Biomasse der Fische in Inundationsseen und im Hauptstrom der Donau in der Zeit des niedrigen Wasserstandes. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 171, 415-423.
4. Baptist M.J., Penning W.E., Duel H., Smits A.J.M., Geerling G.W., van der Lee G.E.M. et al. (2004) Assessment of the effects of cyclic floodplain rejuvenation on flood levels and biodiversity along the Rhine River. River Research and Applications, 20, 285-297.
5. Bayley P.B. (1995) Understanding large river-floodplain ecosystems. BioScience, 45, 153-158.
6. Bischoff A. (2002) Juvenile Fish Recruitment in the Large Lowland River Oder: Assessing the Role of Physical Factors and Habitat Availability. Shaker Verlag, Aachen.
7. Bischoff A. & Wolter C. (2001) The flood of the century on the River Oder: effects on the 0+ fish community and implications for flood plain restoration. Regulated Rivers: Research & Management, 17, 171-190.
8. BMU & BfN (2009) Auenzustandbericht: Flussauen in Deutschland. Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Reaktorsicherheit & Bundesamt für Naturschutz, Berlin & Bonn.
9. Clarke K.R. & Gorley R.N. (2006) PRIMER v6: User Manual/Tutorial. PRIMER-E, Plymouth.
10. Coops H., Buijse L.L., Buijse A.D., Constantinescu A., Covaliov S., Hanganu J. et al. (2008) Trophic gradients in a large river delta: ecological structure determined by connectivity gradients in the Danube Delta (Romania). River Research and Applications, 24, 698-709.
11. Copp G.H. (1989) The habitat diversity and fish reproductive function of floodplain ecosystems. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 26, 1-27.
12. Copp G.H., Guti G., Rovny B. & Cerny J. (1994) Hierarchical analysis of habitat use by 0+ juvenile fish in Hungarian/Slovak flood plain of the Danube River. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 40, 329-348.
13. De Leeuw J.J., Buijse A.D., Haidvogl G., Lapinska M., Noble R., Repecka R. et al. (2007) Challenges in developing fish based ecological assessment methods for large floodplain rivers. Fisheries Management and Ecology, 14, 483-494.
14. Dußling U., Berg R., Klinger H. & Wolter C. (2004) Assessing the ecological status of river systems using fish assemblages. In: Ecological Status of Rivers - Fish Assemblages (Eds C. Steinberg, W. Calmano, H. Klappert & R.D. Wilken), pp. 1-84. Handbuch Angewandte Limnologie VIII-7.4, 20. Erg.Lfg. 12/04. Ecomed Verlagsgruppe, Landsberg.
15. Geerling G.W., Ragas A.M.J., Leuven R.S.E.W., Van den Berg J.H., Breedveld M., Liefhebber D. et al. (2006) Succession and rejuvenation in floodplains along the river Allier (France). Hydrobiologia, 565, 71-86.
16. Gregory S.V., Swanson F.J., McKee W.A. & Cummins K.W. (1991) An ecosystem perspective of riparian zones. BioScience, 41, 540-551.
17. Grift R. (2001) How fish benefit from floodplain restoration along the lower River Rhine. PhD Thesis, Wageningen University, Netherlands.
18. Grift R.E., Buijse A.D., Van Densen W.L.T., Machiels M.A.M., Kranenbarg J., Klein Breteler J.G.P. et al. (2003) Suitable habitats for 0-group fish in rehabilitated floodplains along the lower River Rhine. River Research and Applications, 19, 353-374.
19. Grift R.E., Buijse A.D. & Van Geest G.J. (2006) The status of limnophilic fish and the need for conservation in floodplains along the lower Rhine, a large regulated river. Archiv für Hydrobiologie, 158(Suppl.), 623-648.
20. Gurnell A.M. & Petts G.E. (2002) Island-dominated landscapes of large floodplain rivers, a European perspective. Freshwater Biology, 47, 581-600.
21. Holopainen I.J., Tonn W.M. & Paszkowski C.A. (1997) Tales of two fish: the dichotomous biology of crucian carp (Carassius carassius (L.)) in northern Europe. Annales Zoologici Fennici, 34, 1-22.
22. Hughes F.M.R., Adams W.M., Muller E., Nilsson C., Richards K.S., Barsoum N. et al. (2001) The importance of different scale processes for the restoration of floodplain woodlands. Regulated Rivers: Research & Management, 17, 325-345.
23. Jobling M. (1995) Environmental Biology of Fishes. Fish and Fisheries Series 16. Chapman & Hall, London.
24. Junk W.J., Bayley P.B. & Sparks R.E. (1989) The flood pulse concept in river-floodplain systems. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 106, 110-127.
25. Navodaru I., Buijse A.D. & Staras M. (2002) Effects of hydrology and water quality on the fish community in Danube delta lakes. International Review of Hydrobiology, 87, 329-348.
26. Nilsson G.E. & Östlund-Nilsson S. (2008) Does size matter for hypoxia tolerance in fish? Biological Reviews, 83, 173-198.
27. Opperman J.J., Luster R., McKenney B.A., Roberts M. & Wrona Meadows A. (2010) Ecologically functional floodplains: connectivity, flow regime, and scale. Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 46, 211-226.
28. Reckhow K. (1978) Lake quality discriminant analysis. Water Resources Bulletin, 14, 856-867.
29. Regier H.A., Welcomme R.L., Steedman R.J. & Henderson H.F. (1989) Rehabilitation of degraded river ecosystems. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 106, 86-97.
30. Richards K., Brasington J. & Hughes F. (2002) Geomorphic dynamics of floodplains: ecological implications and a potential modelling strategy. Freshwater Biology, 47, 559-579.
31. Rohde S., Schütz M., Kienast F. & Englmaier P. (2005) River widening: an approach to restoring riparian habitats and plant species. Regulated Rivers: Research & Management, 21, 1075-1094.
32. Schiemer F., Zalewski M. & Thorpe J.E. (1995) Land/Inland water ecotones: intermediate habitats critical for conservation and management. Hydrobiologia, 303, 295-364.
33. Sparks R.E. (1995) Need for ecosystem management of large rivers and their floodplains. BioScience, 45, 168-182.
34. Spieß H.J., Jährling K.H. & Raschewski U. (1994) Fauna der Rundmäuler und Fische in der Elbe. Ministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Raumordnung des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt, Magdeburg.
35. Stanford J.A., Lorang M.S. & Hauer F.R. (2005) The shifting habitat mosaic of river ecosystems. Proceedings of the International Association of Theoretical and Applied Limnology, 29, 123-136.
36. Sullivan S.M.P. & Watzin M.C. (2009) Stream-floodplain connectivity and fish assemblage diversity in the Champlain Valley, Vermont, USA. Journal of Fish Biology, 74, 1394-1418.
37. Thorp J.H., Thoms M.C. & Delong M.D. (2006) The riverine ecosystem synthesis: biocomplexity in river networks across space and time. River Research and Application, 22, 123-147.
38. Tockner K. & Stanford J.A. (2002) Riverine floodplains: present state and future trends. Environmental Conservation, 29, 308-330.
39. Tockner K., Malard F. & Ward J.V. (2000) An extension of the flood pulse concept. Hydrological Processes, 14, 2861-2883.
40. Van den Brink F.W.B., Van der Velde G., Buijse A.D. & Klink A.G. (1996) Biodiversity in the lower Rhine and Meuse river-floodplains: its significance for ecological river management. Netherlands Journal of Aquatic Ecology, 30, 129-149.
41. Van Geest G.J., Roozen F.C.J.M., Coops H., Roijackers R.M.M., Buijse A.D., Peeters E.T.H.M. et al. (2003) Vegetation abundance in lowland floodplain lakes determined by surface area, age and connectivity. Freshwater Biology, 48, 440-454.
42. Van Geest G.J., Coops H., Roijackers R.M.M., Buijse A.D. & Scheffer M. (2005) Succession of aquatic vegetation driven by reduced water-level fluctuations in floodplain lakes. Journal of Applied Ecology, 42, 251-260.
43. Ward J.V., Tockner K. & Schiemer F. (1999) Biodiversity of floodplain river ecosystems: ecotones and connectivity. Regulated Rivers: Research & Management, 15, 125-139.
44. Ward J.V., Tockner K., Arscott D.B. & Claret C. (2002) Riverine landscape diversity. Freshwater Biology, 47, 517-539.
45. Welcomme R.L. (1979) Fisheries Ecology of Floodplain Rivers. Longman, London.
46. Wolter C. & Bischoff A. (2001) Seasonal changes of fish diversity in the main channel of the large lowland river Oder. Regulated Rivers: Research & Management, 17, 595-608.
47. Wolter C. & Freyhof J. (2005) Die Fischbesiedelung des Oder-Einzugsgebietes. In: Nationalpark-Jahrbuch Unteres Odertal 2005 (Ed. A. Vössing), pp. 37-63. Nationalparkstiftung Unteres Odertal, Schwedt/Oder.
48. Wolter C., Bischoff A., Tautenhahn M. & Vilcinskas A. (1999) Die Fischfauna des Unteren Odertals: Arteninventar, Abundanzen, Bestandsentwicklung und fischökologische Bedeutung der Polderflächen. In: Das untere Odertal: Auswirkungen der periodischen Überschwemmungen auf Biozönose und Arten (Eds W. Dohle, R. Bornkamm & G. Weigmann), pp. 369-386. Limnologie aktuell, Vol. 9. E. Schweizerbart science publishers, Stuttgart.