| Literature DB >> 32607193 |
Chen Zhang1,2, Masami Fujiwara3, Michaela Pawluk4, Huanzhang Liu1, Wenxuan Cao1, Xin Gao1.
Abstract
Habitat alterations that result from anthropogenic disturbance impact both the abiotic and biotic conditions of ecosystems, causing changes in biodiversity in many parts of the world. Recently, the use of functional diversity has been suggested as an approach to better evaluate the effects of such disturbance on particular communities. Here, we investigated the temporal changes in species and functional diversities of fish communities in the downstream area of the Three Gorges Dam (TGD) before, during, and after impoundment. We found two regime shifts in the fish community in 2004 and 2013 following impoundment. Although taxonomic diversity declined sharply at the first regime shift, it increased at the second shift. On the other hand, functional diversity declined throughout the same period, indicating the loss of functional diversity despite increased species diversity. Our analysis also showed that the fish communities shifted from under-dispersion to over-dispersion due to both a decrease in the relative abundance of migratory fish and an increase in the number of fish adapted to the new hydrologic conditions. Our results indicated that the impacts of dams on downstream fish communities may change over time. Interactions between species may become more important when the environment is stable.Entities:
Keywords: Three Gorges Dam; assembly; diversity–disturbance relationship; habitat alternation; regime shift
Year: 2020 PMID: 32607193 PMCID: PMC7319164 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.6320
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Ecol Evol ISSN: 2045-7758 Impact factor: 2.912
FIGURE 1Map of downstream of Gezhouba Dam and fish survey area
FIGURE 2Maximum discharge, minimum discharge, and mean discharge in Yichang reach are plotted against year. Test statistics refer to Mann–Kendall test. Negative/positive Z values represent decreasing/increasing trend of data series
FIGURE 3Chronological clustering by MRT and three successive structures of the fish communities. Fish species are ordered according to their relative abundance before 2004. H and J are values of Shannon–Wiener diversity and Pielou evenness, respectively (a). Functional spaces were plotted based on convex hull volume of functional richness in each regime. Functional spaces were regime 1, regime 1 compare to regime 2, and regime 2 compare to regime 3, from right to left (b)
Median for FRic, FEve, FDiv, RaoQ, and FR for the three successional regimes
| Regime 1 | Regime 2 | Regime 3 | |
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| FRic | 0.003 (a) | 0.002 (b) | 0.002 (c) |
| FEve | 0.403 (c) | 0.467 (a) | 0.420 (b) |
| FDiv | 0.916 (a) | 0.854 (b) | 0.815 (c) |
| RaoQ | 0.023 (a) | 0.018 (b) | 0.016 (c) |
| FR | 0.786 (a) | 0.770(b) | 0.760 (c) |
Pairwise comparison of index differences between the successional regimes was performed with one‐way permutational ANOVA (p < .05). For each index, numbers followed by the same letter do not differ significantly.
Abbreviations: FDiv, functional divergence; FEve, functional evenness; FR, functional redundancy; FRic, functional richness; H, Shannon–Wiener; J, Pielou evenness; RaoQ, Rao's quadratic entropy.
FIGURE 4Mean relative abundance of functional groups in each regime
FIGURE 5Median of fecundity, longevity, and maturity for the three successional regimes. Pairwise comparison of index differences between the successional regimes was performed with one‐way permutational ANOVA (p < .05). For each index, numbers followed by the same letter do not differ significantly
Results of one‐tailed test of standard effect sizes (SES) based on the null model for each of the functional diversity indices
| FRic | FEve | FDiv | RaoQ | FR | |||||||
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| Regime 1 | 44 |
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| 1.431 | .879 |
| Regime 2 | 41 | 0.730 | .230 | 1.033 | .843 | 0.688 | .767 | −0.513 | .444 | −0.108 | .434 |
| Regime 3 | 36 |
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| 0.508 | .702 | 0.797 | .774 |
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Median SES, test statistic, and p value are given. Significant results are presented in bold. Negative/positive SES values represent under/over‐dispersion of trait distribution compared to random expectation.
Abbreviations: FDiv, functional divergence; FEve, functional evenness; FR, functional redundancy; FRic, functional richness; Nb, number of species; RaoQ, Rao's quadratic entropy.