Fish assemblage structure in urban streams of Puerto Rico: The importance of reach- and catchment-scale abiotic factors

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 693, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 141-155

  Engman, Augustin C ^a   Ramírez, Alonso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Channelization; Fish assemblage; In stream habitat; Tropical Island; Urban

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CATCHMENT; CHANNELIZATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FISH; HABITAT QUALITY; ICHTHYOFAUNA; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAMWATER; TROPICAL REGION; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

PIEDRAS BASIN; PUERTO RICO;

PISCES;

EID: 84864323566     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-012-1100-6     Document Type: Article

References (57)

1. Allouche, S., 2002. Nature and functions of cover for riverine fish. Bulletin Français de la Pêche et de la Pisciculture 365: 297-324.
2. Aravindan, C., 1980. Food selection and feeding habits of Tilapia mossambica Peters in different ecological habitats. Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy B46: 54-57.
3. Arthington, A., 1989. Diet of Gambusia affinis holbrooki, Xiphophorus helleri, X. maculatus and Poecilia reticulata (Pisces: Poeciliidae) in streams of southeastern Queensland, Australia. Asian Fisheries Science 2: 193-212.
4. Baker, J. A. & S. T. Ross, 1981. Spatial and temporal resource utilization by southeastern cyprinids. Copeia 1: 178-189.
5. Berra, T. M., 2007. Freshwater Fish Distribution. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
6. Brasher, A. M. D., 2003. Impacts of human disturbances on biotic communities in Hawaiian streams. BioScience 53: 1052-1060.
7. Casatti, L., 2005. Fish assemblage structure in a first order stream, southeastern Brazil: longitudinal distribution, seasonality, and microhabitat diversity. Biota Neotropica 5: 75-83.
8. Courtenay, W. Jr., & G. Meffe, 1989. Small fishes in strange places: a review of introduced poeciliids. In Meffe, G. K. & F. F. Snelson Jr (eds), Ecology and Evolution of Livebearing Fishes (Poeciliidae). Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ: 319-331.
9. Death, R. G. & M. K. Joy, 2004. Invertebrate community structure in streams of the Manawatu-Wanganui region, New Zealand: the roles of catchment versus reach scale influences. Freshwater Biology 49: 982-997.
10. De Jesús-Crespo, R. & A. Ramírez, 2011. Effects of urbanization on stream physicochemistry and macroinvertebrate assemblages in a tropical urban watershed in Puerto Rico. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 30: 739-750.
11. Debrot, A. O., 2003. A review of the freshwater fishes of Curacao, with comments on those of Aruba and Bonaire. Caribbean Journal of Science 39: 100-108.
12. Esselman, P. C. & J. D. Allan, 2010. Relative influences of catchment- and reach-scale abiotic factors on freshwater fish communities in rivers of northeastern Mesoamerica. Ecology of Freshwater Fish 19: 439-454.
13. Fitzsimons, M. J., J. E. Parham & R. T. Nishimoto, 2002. Similarities in behavioral ecology among amphidromous and catadromous fishes on the oceanic islands of Hawai'i and Guam. Environmental Biology of Fishes 65: 123-129.
14. Frissel, C. A., W. J. Liss, C. E. Warren & M. D. Hurley, 1986. A hierarchical framework for stream habitat classification: viewing streams in a watershed context. Environmental Management 10: 199-214.
15. Gibson, M., 1954. Upper lethal temperature relations of the guppy, Lebistes reticulatus. Canadian Journal of Zoology 32: 393-407.
16. Gorman, O. T. & J. R. Karr, 1978. Habitat structure and stream fish communities. Ecology 59: 507-515.
17. Hein, C. L., A. S. Pike, J. F. Blanco, A. P. Covich, F. N. Scatena, C. P. Hawkins & T. Crowl, 2011. Effects of coupled natural and anthropogenic factors on the community structure of diadromous fish and shrimp species in tropical island streams. Freshwater Biology 56: 1002-1015.
18. Hernández-Rodríguez, M. & L. F. Bückle-Ramirez, 2010. Preference, tolerance and resistance responses of Poecilia sphenops Valenciennes, 1846 (Pisces: Poeciliidae) to thermal fluctuations. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research 38: 427-437.
19. Hoeinghaus, D. J., K. O. Winemiller & J. S. Birnbaum, 2007. Local and regional determinants of stream fish assemblage structure: inferences based on taxonomic vs. functional groups. Journal of Biogeography 34: 324-338.
20. Holmquist, J. G., J. M. Schmidt-Gegenbach & B. B. Yoshioka, 1998. High dams and marine-freshwater linkages: effects on native and introduced fauna in the Caribbean. Conservation Biology 12: 621-630.
21. Jhingran, A., 1992. Performance of tilapia in Indian waters and its possible impact on the native ichthyofauna. FAO Fisheries Report 458: 143-161.
22. Kinzie, R. A., 1988. Habitat utilization by Hawaiian stream fishes with reference to community structure in oceanic island streams. Environmental Biology of Fishes 22: 179-192.
23. Kwak, T. J., P. B. Cooney & C. H. Brown, 2007. Fishery population and habitat assessment in Puerto Rico streams: phase 1 final report. Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration Project F-50 Final Report. Marine Resources Division, Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources, San Juan.
24. Lammert, M. & J. D. Allan, 1999. Assessing biotic integrity of streams: effects of scale in measuring the influence of land use/cover and habitat structure on fish and macroinvertebrates. Environmental Management 23: 257-270.
25. Lyons, J., 1996. Patterns in the species composition of fish assemblages among Wisconsin streams. Environmental Biology of Fishes 45: 329-341.
26. Magurran, A. E., 2009. Threats to freshwater fish. Science 325: 1215.
27. Maksimovic, C., Z. Todorovic & B. F. Braga Jr, 1993. Urban drainage problems in the humid tropics. Hydrology of Warm Humid Regions 216: 377-401.
28. March, J. G., J. P. Benstead, C. M. Pringle & F. N. Scatena, 2003. Damming tropical island streams: problems, solutions, and alternatives. BioScience 53: 1069-1078.
29. Martinuzzi S., W. A. Gould & O. M. Ramos González, 2007. Land development, land use, and urban sprawl in Puerto Rico integrating remote sensing and population census data. Landscape and Urban Planning 79: 288-297.
30. McCune, B. & M. J. Mefford, 1999. PC-ORD: Multivariate Analysis of Ecological Data; Version 4. MjM Software Design, Glendale, CA.
31. McDowall, R. M., 2007. On amphidromy, a distinct form of diadromy in aquatic organisms. Fish and Fisheries 8: 1-13.
32. McMahon, T., A. Zale & D. Orth, 1996. Aquatic habitat measurements. In Murphy, B. R. & D. W. Willis (eds), Fisheries Techniques, 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, MD: 83-120.
33. McRae, M. G., 2001. Microhabitat use in an assemblage of native and introduced stream fishes in Wailoa Stream, Island of Hawaii. Thesis. Louisiana State University.
34. Meffe, G. K. & W. Minckley, 1987. Persistence and stability of fish and invertebrate assemblages in a repeatedly disturbed Sonoran Desert stream. American Midland Naturalist 117: 177-191.
35. Montgomery, M. R., 2008. The urban transformation of the developing world. Science 319: 761-764.
36. Morgan, R. & S. Cushman, 2005. Urbanization effects on stream fish assemblages in Maryland, USA. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 24: 643-655.
37. Neal, J. W., C. G. Lilyestrom & T. J. Kwak, 2009. Factors influencing tropical island freshwater fishes: species, status, and management implications in Puerto Rico. Fisheries 34: 546-554.
38. Onorato, D., R. A. Angus & K. R. Marion, 2000. Historical changes in the ichthyofaunal assemblages of the upper Cahaba River in Alabama associated with extensive urban development in the watershed. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 15: 47-63.
39. Osterkamp, W. R., 2001. Earth surface processes, materials use, and urban development: a case study of the San Juan metropolitan area, northeastern Puerto Rico. Water Resources Division, US Geological Survey, Tucson, Arizona.
40. Paul, M. J. & J. L. Meyer, 2008. Streams in the urban landscape. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 32: 333-365.
41. Philippart, J. C. L. & J. C. Ruwet, 1982. Ecology and distribution of tilapias, 7th ed. In Pullin, R. S. V. & R. H. Lowe-McConnell (eds), ICLARM Conference Proceedings, Manila, Philippines.
42. Poff, N., J. Allan, M. Bain & J. Karr, 1997. The natural flow regime. BioScience 47: 769-784.
43. Power, M. E., 1987. Predator avoidance by grazing fishes in temperate and tropical streams: importance of stream depth and prey size. In Kerfoot, W. C. & A. Sih (eds), Predation: Direct and Indirect Impacts on Aquatic Communities. University of New England Press, Hanover, NH: 333-351.
44. Ramírez, A., R. De Jesús-Crespo, D. Martinó-Cardona, N. Martínez-Rivera & S. Burgos-Caraballo, 2009. Urban streams in Puerto Rico: what can we learn from the tropics? Journal of the North American Benthological Society 28: 1070-1079.
45. Rodd, F. H. & D. N. Reznick, 1997. Variation in the demography of guppy populations: the importance of predation and life histories. Ecology 78: 405-418.
46. Schlosser, I. J., 1982. Fish community structure and function along two habitat gradients in a headwater stream. Ecological Monographs 52: 395-414.
47. Schoenfuss, H. L. & R. W. Blob, 2007. The importance of functional morphology for fishery conservation and management: applications to Hawaiian amphidromous fishes. Bishop Museum Bulletin in Cultural and Environmental Studies 3: 125-141.
48. Smiley, P. C. J. & E. D. Dibble, 2005. Implications of a hierarchical relationship among channel form, instream habitat, and stream communities for restoration of channelized streams. Hydrobiologia 548: 279-292.
49. Smith, G. C., A. P. Covich & A. M. D. Brasher, 2003. An ecological perspective on the biodiversity of tropical island streams. BioScience 53: 1048-1051.
50. Tamada, K., 2011. River bed features affect the riverine distribution of two amphidromous Rhinogobius species. Ecology of Freshwater Fish 20: 23-32.
51. Vannote, R. L., G. W. Minshall, K. W. Cummins, J. R. Sedell & C. E. Cushing, 1980. The river continuum concept. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 37: 130-137.
52. Walsh, C. J., A. H. Roy, J. W. Feminella & P. D. Cottingham, 2005. The urban stream syndrome: current knowledge and the search for a cure. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 24: 706-723.
53. Wang, L., J. Lyons & P. Kanehl, 2001. Impacts of urbanization on stream habitat and fish across multiple spatial scales. Environmental Management 28: 255-266.
54. Wesche, T. A., 1985. Stream channel modifications and reclamation structures to enhance fish habitat. In Gore, J. A. (ed.), The Restoration of Rivers and Streams: Theories and Experience. Butterworth Publishers, Boston, MA: 103-164.
55. Wetzel, R., 2001. Limnology: Lake and Reservoir Ecosystems, 3rd ed. Academic Press, New York.
56. White, K., J. Gerken, C. Paukert & A. Makinster, 2009. Fish community structure in natural and engineered habitats in the Kansas River. River Research and Applications 26: 797-801.
57. Wiens, J. A., 2002. Riverine landscapes: taking landscape ecology into the water. Freshwater Biology 47: 501-515.