Show simple item record

dc.contributor.authorDiller, Sara N.
dc.contributor.authorHarrison, Anne M.
dc.contributor.authorKowalski, Kurt P.
dc.contributor.authorBrady, Valerie J.
dc.contributor.authorCiborowski, Jan J. H.
dc.contributor.authorCooper, Matthew J.
dc.contributor.authorDumke, Joshua D.
dc.contributor.authorGathman, Joseph P.
dc.contributor.authorRuet, Carl R., III
dc.contributor.authorUzarski, Donald G.
dc.contributor.authorWilcox, Douglas A.
dc.contributor.authorSchaefer, · Jeffrey S.
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-17T16:27:01Z
dc.date.available2023-03-17T16:27:01Z
dc.date.issued2022-01-27
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s11273-022-09862-8
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12648/8510
dc.descriptionSupplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at https://doi. org/10.1007/s11273-022-09862-8.en_US
dc.description.abstractGreat Lakes coastal wetlands (GLCW) have been severely degraded by anthropogenic activity over the last several decades despite their critical role in fish production. Many Great Lakes fish species use coastal wetland habitats for spawning, feeding, shelter, and nurseries throughout the year. The goal of our study was to compare GLCW fsh community composition in the spring, summer, and fall months and investigate how water quality relates to fish diversity, the presence of functional groups, and juvenile fsh diets. We summarized fsh data collected from GLCW across the basin and used the coastal wetland monitoring program’s water quality-land use indicator to quantify water quality. Basin-wide, we found taxonomic and functional group diferences in community composition among three sampling seasons, as well as across the range of water quality. Water quality was positively associated with the abundance of small cyprinids and the relative abundance of some habitat and reproductive specialists. Seasonal differences were also observed for many of these functional groups, with more temperature- and pollution-sensitive fishes captured in the spring and more nest-spawning fishes captured in the summer and fall. In our diet study, we found that age-0 fish primarily consumed zooplankton in the fall, whereas age-1 fish primarily consumed macroinvertebrates in the spring. Moreover, wetland quality was positively associated with trichopteran prey abundance. We concluded that taxonomic and functional composition of fish communities in GLCW vary markedly with respect to water quality and season. Thus, a full understanding of communities across a gradient of quality requires multi-season sampling.en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherWetlands Ecology and Managementen_US
dc.subjectGreat Lakes ·en_US
dc.subjectCoastal Wetlandsen_US
dc.subjectFish Diversityen_US
dc.subjectWater Qualityen_US
dc.subjectFunctional Groupsen_US
dc.subjectFish Dietsen_US
dc.titleInfluences of seasonality and habitat quality on Great Lakes coastal wetland fish community composition and dietsen_US
dc.typeArticle/Reviewen_US
dc.source.journaltitleWetlands Ecology and Managementen_US
dc.description.versionVoRen_US
refterms.dateFOA2023-03-17T16:27:02Z
dc.description.institutionSUNY Brockporten_US
dc.description.departmentDepartment of Environmental Science and Ecologyen_US
dc.description.degreelevelN/Aen_US
dc.accessibility.statementThis item was submitted to an available accessibility checking program and was deemed accessible. If there is any issue with accessibility, please contact: archives@brockport.edu.en_US


Files in this item

Thumbnail
Name:
Wetlands Ecology and Management ...
Size:
842.1Kb
Format:
PDF

This item appears in the following Collection(s)

Show simple item record