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11 - Conservation of migratory fishes in freshwater ecosystems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 December 2015

By
Peter B. McIntyre ,
Catherine Reidy Liermann ,
Evan Childress ,
Ellen J. Hamann ,
J. Derek Hogan ,
Stephanie R. Januchowski-Hartley ,
Aaron A. Koning ,
Thomas M. Neeson ,
Daniel L. Oele  and
Brenda M. Pracheil
Edited by
Gerard P. Closs ,
Martin Krkosek  and
Julian D. Olden
Peter B. McIntyre
Affiliation:
University of Wisconsin
Catherine Reidy Liermann
Affiliation:
University of Wisconsin
Evan Childress
Affiliation:
University of Wisconsin
Ellen J. Hamann
Affiliation:
University of Wisconsin
J. Derek Hogan
Affiliation:
Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi
Stephanie R. Januchowski-Hartley
Affiliation:
Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi
Aaron A. Koning
Affiliation:
University of Wisconsin
Thomas M. Neeson
Affiliation:
University of Wisconsin
Daniel L. Oele
Affiliation:
University of Wisconsin
Brenda M. Pracheil
Affiliation:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Gerard P. Closs
Affiliation:
University of Otago, New Zealand
Martin Krkosek
Affiliation:
University of Toronto
Julian D. Olden
Affiliation:
University of Washington
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Summary

Migratory fishes are natural wonders. For many people, the term migratory fish evokes images of salmon audaciously jumping at waterfalls as they return to their own riverine birthplace to spawn after years of growth in the ocean, but freshwater fishes actually show a broad spectrum of migration strategies. Migratory fishes include small species – three-spined sticklebacks that spawn in coastal streams around the northern Pacific and gobies that move from the ocean into tropical island streams by climbing waterfalls (McDowall, 1988) – as well as some of the largest freshwater fishes in the world, such as the Mekong dog-eating catfish and the Chinese paddlefish (Stone, 2007). Aside from migratory habits, these species have few shared characteristics; they encompass numerous evolutionary lineages, enormous differences in life history, and every possible direction and distance of migration. Biologists treat migratory freshwater fishes as a functional group because their life-history strategy revolves around long-distance movement between ecosystems in a perilous quest to take advantage of both high-quality breeding sites and bountiful feeding areas. As humans have physically blocked fish migrations, degraded breeding and feeding grounds and relentlessly harvested migrants for their flesh and roe, many populations have declined or been extirpated. This chapter will provide an overview of fundamental and applied research that is helping to guide efforts to conserve migratory freshwater fishes.

For practical purposes, we define migratory behaviour as the synchronized movement of a substantial proportion of a population between distinct habitats, which is repeated through time within or across generations. Modern definitions of fish migrations typically recognise both the adaptive benefits of migrating and individual variation in executing the general strategy (see McDowall, 1988; Lucas & Baras, 2001). Not every individual must move, the timing may vary somewhat from year to year, and the motive for migrating may include seeking refuge from harsh conditions in addition to breeding and feeding. Nonetheless, in most cases, migration is critical to individual fitness and population persistence because it enables specialised use of different habitats for growth and reproduction. Where their migration routes are blocked or key habitats are lost, migratory fishes often suffer rapid and catastrophic losses.

Human appropriation and degradation of the Earth's freshwater ecosystems (Vörösmarty et al., 2010; Carpenter et al., 2011) have transformed this reliance on multiple habitats into a detriment for many migratory fishes.

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Conservation of Freshwater Fishes , pp. 324 - 360
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