Multiple hypotheses testing of fish incidence patterns in an urbanized ecosystem
Aquatic Ecology
By: C.J. Chizinski, C.L. Higgins, C.E. Shavlik, and K.L. Pope
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Abstract
Ecological and evolutionary theories have focused traditionally on natural processes with little attempt to incorporate anthropogenic influences despite the fact that humans are such an integral part of virtually all ecosystems. A series of alternate models that incorporated anthropogenic factors and traditional ecological mechanisms of invasion to account for fish incidence patterns in urban lakes was tested. The models were based on fish biology, human intervention, and habitat characteristics. However, the only models to account for empirical patterns were those that included fish invasiveness, which incorporated species-specific information about overall tolerance and fecundity. This suggests that species-specific characteristics are more important in general distributional patterns than human-mediated dispersal. Better information of illegal stocking activities is needed to improve human-mediated models, and more insight into basic life history of ubiquitous species is needed to truly understand underlying mechanisms of biotic homogenization. ?? Springer 2005.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Multiple hypotheses testing of fish incidence patterns in an urbanized ecosystem |
| Series title | Aquatic Ecology |
| DOI | 10.1007/s10452-005-9025-z |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Year Published | 2006 |
| Language | English |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | Aquatic Ecology |
| First page | 97 |
| Last page | 109 |
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