دورية أكاديمية
Successes of Restoration and Its Effect on the Fish Community in a Freshwater Tidal Embayment of the Potomac River, USA
| العنوان: | Successes of Restoration and Its Effect on the Fish Community in a Freshwater Tidal Embayment of the Potomac River, USA |
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| المؤلفون: | Kim de Mutsert, Amanda Sills, C. J. Carroll Schlick, R. Christian Jones |
| المصدر: | Water, Vol 9, Iss 6, p 421 (2017) |
| بيانات النشر: | MDPI AG, 2017. |
| سنة النشر: | 2017 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Hydraulic engineering LCC:Water supply for domestic and industrial purposes |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | fish assemblages, community dynamics, alternate stable states, eutrophication, submerged aquatic vegetation, nutrient load reduction, point-source pollution, Hydraulic engineering, TC1-978, Water supply for domestic and industrial purposes, TD201-500 |
| الوصف: | After a local wastewater treatment plant significantly reduced phosphorus loading into a phytoplankton-dominated tributary of the Potomac River in the early 1980s, water quality and biological communities were monitored bi-weekly from April to September. After a 10-year time-lag, submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV), once abundant in this freshwater tidal embayment, returned to the area in 1993. After additional reductions in nitrogen load starting in 2000, the system switched to an SAV-dominated state in 2005. Fish abundance did not change during these distinct phase changes, but the fish community structure did. Increases in SAV provided refuge and additional spawning substrate for species with adhesive eggs such as Banded Killifish (Fundulus diaphanus), which is now the most abundant species in the embayment. Other changes observed were a decrease in the relative contribution of open water dwelling species such as White Perch (Morone americana), and an increase of visual predators such as Largemouth Bass (Micropterus salmoides). The 30-year record of data from this Potomac River tributary has revealed important long-term trends that validate the effectiveness of initiatives to reduce excess nutrient inputs, and will aid in the continued management of the watershed and point-source inputs. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 2073-4441 |
| Relation: | http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/9/6/421; https://doaj.org/toc/2073-4441 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/w9060421 |
| URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/ff6bb928af654e958379da706ac3b8db |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsdoj.ff6bb928af654e958379da706ac3b8db |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 20734441 |
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| DOI: | 10.3390/w9060421 |