RRC ID 77147
著者 Jan A, Arismendi I, Giannico G, Flitcroft R.
タイトル Habitat overlap among native and introduced cold-water fishes in the Himalayas.
ジャーナル Sci Rep
Abstract Fish invasions threaten native freshwater ecosystems worldwide, yet methods to map biodiversity in data-deficient regions are scarce. Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) and brown trout (Salmo trutta fario) have been introduced to the Himalayan ecoregion where they are sympatric with vulnerable native snow trout Schizothorax plagiostomus and Schizothorax richardsonii. We aim to evaluate potential habitat overlap among snow trout and non-native trout in the Indus and Ganges River basins, Himalayan ecoregion. We transferred maximum entropy (MaxEnt) models developed with spatially continuous freshwater-specific environmental variables to map the distribution of potentially suitable habitats for rainbow and brown trout in the Himalayas. We adopted a similar procedure to map suitable habitats for snow trout species. There were substantial habitat overlaps (up to 96%) among snow trout and non-native trout. Yet, the physiography of receiving basins could play a role minimizing the impacts of each non-native trout on native snow trout. We generate high-resolution classified stream suitability maps as decision support tools to help managers in habitat allocation and policy formation to balance recreational fisheries with conservation of snow trout. Our workflow can be transferred to other basins and species for mapping freshwater biodiversity patterns in species-rich yet data-poor regions of the world.
巻・号 13(1)
ページ 15033
公開日 2023-9-12
DOI 10.1038/s41598-023-41778-y
PII 10.1038/s41598-023-41778-y
PMID 37699910
PMC PMC10497582
MeSH Animals Biodiversity Ecosystem* Fresh Water Oncorhynchus mykiss* Water
IF 3.998
リソース情報
GBIF Image Database of Fishes in the Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Natural History Fish Collection of Natural History Museum and Institute, Chiba