Relationships between fish species abundances and water transparency in hypertrophic turbid waters of temperate shallow lakes

We explored the relationships between Secchi disc depth and the abundance of fish species in very shallow, hypertrophic, turbid waters of Pampa Plain lakes, Argentine. We tested whether the abundance of any of the species present was associated with water transparency for lakes where water transparency, as measured by Secchi disc depth, ranged from 0.1 to 0.4 m. Overall, the abundance of five species [Cnesterodon decemmaculatus, Jenynsia multidentata, Corydoras paleatus, Pimelodella laticeps and Odontesthes bonariensis] seemed to be affected by this narrow gradient in water transparency. These findings represent an interesting result for turbid hypertrophic environments where narrow ranges in water transparency are traditionally neglected as important factors for fishes. We show, however, how water transparency patterns may be still important for some species in highly turbid waters with extremely narrow gradients in Secchi disc depth.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Rosso, Juan José, Sosnovsky, Alejandro, Rennella, Armando Martín, Quirós, Rolando
Format:	Texto biblioteca
Language:	eng
Subjects:	FISHES, FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS, PAMPA PLAIN, SECCHI DISC, SOUTH AMERICA, ABUNDANCE, FISH, HYPERTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT, LAKE ECOSYSTEM, SHALLOW WATER, TRANSPARENCY, TURBIDITY, ARGENTINA, PAMPAS, CNESTERODON DECEMMACULATUS, CORYDORAS PALEATUS, JENYNSIA MULTIDENTATA, ODONTESTHES BONARIENSIS, PIMELODELLA LATICEPS, PISCES,
Online Access:	http://ceiba.agro.uba.ar/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=46875
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