Comparing the fish assemblages and food web structures of large floodplain rivers

Taylor, Geraldine C; Weyl, Olaf L F; Hill, Jaclyn M; Peel, Richard A; Hay, Clinton J

Title: Comparing the fish assemblages and food web structures of large floodplain rivers
Creator: Taylor, Geraldine C
Creator: Weyl, Olaf L F
Creator: Hill, Jaclyn M
Creator: Peel, Richard A
Creator: Hay, Clinton J
Date Issued: 2017
Date: 2017
Type: text
Type: article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/68961
Identifier: vital:29343
Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13032
Description: The Upper Zambezi, Kavango and Kwando are large floodplain rivers with substantial biodiversity, providing water and ecosystem services to a large tract of southern Africa. These rivers differ in hydrological regime. The Upper Zambezi and Kavango rivers are in flood for 4 months (March, April, May, June) while, in the Kwando River, floods are later and last for 1–2 months in July and August. The Upper Zambezi River has the largest annual flood pulse, followed by the Kavango River, while the Kwando River experiences small and unreliable floods. During years of exceptional flooding of the Upper Zambezi and Kavango rivers, the rivers are interconnected at peak flows and therefore share a common ichthyofauna. This provided a natural experiment to investigate the responses of fish communities comprised of the same species to differing flood regimes by comparing the fish assemblages and food‐web structures between rivers.
Format: 17 pages
Format: pdf
Language: English
Relation: Freshwater Biology
Relation: Taylor, G.C., Weyl, O.L., Hill, J.M., Peel, R.A. and Hay, C.J., 2017. Comparing the fish assemblages and food‐web structures of large floodplain rivers. Freshwater Biology, 62(11), pp.1891-1907.
Relation: Freshwater Biology volume 62 number 11 1891 1907 September 2017 1365-2427
Rights: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Rights: Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the National Library of South Africa Copyright Act

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Hill, Jaclyn Marie (Ms)

Weyl, Olaf L F (Prof)

RU Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science

SDG 14. Life Below Water

RU South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB)

RU Department of Zoology and Entomology

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