Local extinction and colonisation in native and exotic fish in relation to changes in land use
Dorothée Kopp A , Jordi Figuerola B , Arthur Compin A , Frédéric Santoul A and Régis Céréghino A C
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A EcoLab, Laboratoire Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Environnement, UMR 5245, Université de Toulouse, 118 route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse Cedex 9, France.
B Estacion Biologica de Doñana, Avenuenida de Maria Luisa s/n, Pabellon del Peru, 41013 Sevilla, Spain.
C Corresponding author. Email: cereghin@cict.fr
Marine and Freshwater Research 63(2) 175-179 https://doi.org/10.1071/MF11142
Submitted: 18 June 2011 Accepted: 13 October 2011 Published: 28 November 2011
Abstract
Distribution patterns of many native and exotic fish species are well documented, yet little is known about the temporal dynamics of native and exotic diversity in relation to changes in land use. We hypothesised that colonisation rates would be higher for exotic fish species and that extinction rates would be higher for native species in large stream systems. We also predicted that cold-water species would be more impacted than thermally tolerant species. To test these hypotheses, we used generalised linear mixed models to compare changes in native and exotic fish species richness over 10 years in a French drainage basin subjected to landscape alterations. Exotic fish were more susceptible to local extinction than the native ones. Extinction was greater among cold-tolerant species and at higher elevations. Colonisation by exotic species was higher at lower elevations. Although a decade of expanding urbanisation affected fish colonisation, agricultural lands experienced higher extinction rates. In the context of global changes in land use and population pressure, our study suggests that the temporal dynamics of fish diversity are driven by landscape alterations as well as by the thermal tolerance of species.
Additional keywords: agriculture, freshwater fishes, introductions, thermal preferences, urbanisation.
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