Understanding the drivers of fish beta diversity from beaches on a reduced flow stretch in an Amazonian River

In this study, we aimed to identify the factors that drive the patterns in beta diversity of fish assemblages on the beaches of the Volta Grande do Xingu, a river stretch under the influence of Belo Monte dam. Fishes were collected using a trawl net in 28 sandy beaches during the low water period of...

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Published in:Environmental biology of fishes 2024-09, Vol.107 (9), p.1045-1058
Main Authors: Jardim Jr, Antonio Augusto, Ortega, Jean Carlo Gonçalves, da Silva, Ronaldo Souza, Hashiguti, Danielly Torres, de Assis Montag, Luciano Fogaça
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography
Beaches
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Eigenvectors
Environment
Fish
Freshwater & Marine Ecology
Hydroelectric plants
Hydroelectric power
Hydroelectric power plants
Life Sciences
Local communities
Nature Conservation
Redundancy
Rivers
Trawlnets
Zoology
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Summary:In this study, we aimed to identify the factors that drive the patterns in beta diversity of fish assemblages on the beaches of the Volta Grande do Xingu, a river stretch under the influence of Belo Monte dam. Fishes were collected using a trawl net in 28 sandy beaches during the low water period of 2021 (each beach was sampled once during this period). Measurements of environmental variables were carried out on-site, while spatial variables were obtained using Asymmetric Eigenvector Maps (AEM). Using the Bray–Curtis dissimilarity index, we calculated beta diversity and conducted a distance-based redundancy analysis (db-RDA) with the dissimilarity matrix to assess its relationship between beta diversity and environmental and spatial variables. Additionally, we performed a variance partition to quantify the pure and shared contributions of the explanatory matrices to our response matrix. The results revealed low beta diversity among the sampled beaches, and that this beta diversity was explained in part by the spatial variables and pH. Our findings underscore the influence of spatial structure on the assembly of local communities, indicating that dispersion processes and spatial connectivity are relevant mechanisms that contribute to the beta diversity of beach fish communities under influence of a reduced flow by a Hydropower Plant.
ISSN:0378-1909
1573-5133
DOI:10.1007/s10641-024-01597-0