期刊
HYDROBIOLOGIA
卷 819, 期 1, 页码 77-91出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-018-3630-z
关键词
Dams; Fish; Macroinvertebrates; Phytoplankton; Variation partitioning
资金
- Hydroelectric Company of the Sao Francisco - CHESF, through the Foundation Apolonio Salles for Educational Development - FADURPE
- National Council for Scientific and Technologic Development (CNPq)
- Coordination for Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES)
- Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness [CGL2016-80820-R, CGL2015-69311-REDT]
- Government of Catalonia [2014 SGR 484]
- CAPES (visiting professorship) [88881.068352/2014-01]
- CNPq
Dams have altered the physiography and ecology of large rivers, causing severe environmental changes at a global scale. Assuming that series of reservoirs induce physical, chemical, and biological longitudinal changes in rivers, we tested the hypotheses that (i) the structure of biological communities in reservoir cascades is not only affected by changes in water quality, but also by cumulative hydrological alteration and impacts on river connectivity; and (ii) fish are more affected by cumulative effects of reservoirs when compared to other aquatic assemblages. Samplings of three assemblages (phytoplankton, benthic macroinvertebrates, and fish) were conducted in the reservoir cascade of So Francisco River, Brazil. We estimated the relative role of environmental and spatial predictors through variation partitioning analyses. Environmental variables, cumulative reservoir volume, longitudinal position, and distances from nearest reservoirs were used as explanatory variables. Environmental variables were the most important for the phytoplankton community. No significant effects of the predictors used were found for benthic macroinvertebrates, whereas spatial variables and cumulative reservoir volume were the most important predictors for fish. Therefore, our results provide evidence of impacts along reservoir cascades, and suggest that their effects mainly influence fish assemblages.
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