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:: Volume 7, Issue 3 (Autumn 98 2019) ::
JAIR 2019, 7(3): 17-30 Back to browse issues page
Influence of Stream channel morphology and in-stream habitats on fish community in Golestan province Streams
Abdolazim Fazel * , Rasul Ghorbani , Abdolreza Bahremand , Abdolrasul Salman mahini
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Four streams with different sizes were selected for studying the effects of environmental factors on fish assemblages using indirect (Detrended Correspondence Analysis, DCA) and direct (Redundancy Analysis, RDA) gradient analysis in Golestan province. DCA of presence-absence and relative abundance data showed well gradient and linear model of species variability. In the within-site RDA, environmental factors explained 74.8 % variability for presence–absence data and 77.5% for the relative abundance data. Evaluation of two first axis of RDA showed that first axis has a high correlation with habitat characteristics and second axis correlated with channel morphology attributes. Based on RDA diagrams, Paracobitis malapterura and Capoeta capoeta gracilis presented in Zaringol and Tilabad Streams and had a high correlation with percent of in-stream vegetation and percent of cobble in first axis and low flow mean depth and low flow width in second axis. While Alburnoides bipunctatus and Neogobius fluviatilis had high correlation with percent of snag, pool and sand within streams. It should be stated that factors such as the size of the catchment, hydrographical and geomorphological characteristics, and land use change the morphology and stream habitats, and ultimately lead to the removal of some species in adjacent streams.
Keywords: channel morphology characteristics, habitat attributes, detrended correspondence analysis, redundancy analysis
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Type of Study: Research | Subject: Special
Received: 2017/08/29 | Accepted: 2019/08/26 | Published: 2019/10/12
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Fazel A, Ghorbani R, Bahremand A, Salman mahini A. Influence of Stream channel morphology and in-stream habitats on fish community in Golestan province Streams. JAIR 2019; 7 (3) :17-30
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