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Species richness estimators applied to fish in a small tropical river sampled by conventional methods and rotenone

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 July 2005

Łukasz Głowacki  and
Tadeusz Penczak
Łukasz Głowacki
Affiliation:
Department of Ecology and Vertebrate Zoology, University of Łódź, 12/16 Banacha Str., 90-237 Łódź, Poland
Tadeusz Penczak
Affiliation:
Department of Ecology and Vertebrate Zoology, University of Łódź, 12/16 Banacha Str., 90-237 Łódź, Poland
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Abstract

A number of analytical tools were applied to estimate fish species richness in a small tropical stream (Brazil) that had been sampled by conventional methods (double stick net, electrofishing) and rotenone. Three sites were compared in two seasons each and a total of 34 species were captured. The sampling efficiency of electrofishing was much better than that of the double stick net and little worse than of rotenone. No estimator was thoroughly consistent and accurate in predicting species richness on the basis of electrofishing, but the Homogenous Model, which assumes that all species have the same detection probabilities, was best. The rarefaction technique should be used with caution as it may produce misleading results in species richness predictions.

Keywords

Freshwater fishElectrofishingRotenoneSpecies richness estimatorsBrazil
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Research Article
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Aquatic Living Resources , Volume 18 , Issue 2 , April 2005 , pp. 159 - 168
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© EDP Sciences, IFREMER, IRD, 2005

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