Effects of riparian land use on water quality and fish communities in the headwater stream of the Taizi River in China

doi:10.1007/s11783-013-0528-x

Front Envir Sci Eng

2013, Vol. 7

Issue (5) : 699-708 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11783-013-0528-x

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Effects of riparian land use on water quality and fish communities in the headwater stream of the Taizi River in China

Sen DING^1,2, Yuan ZHANG^1,2(

), Bin LIU^1,2, Weijing KONG^1,2, Wei MENG¹

1. State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China; 2. Laboratory of Riverine Ecological Conservation and Technology, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China

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Abstract

Riparian land use remains one of the most significant impacts on stream ecosystems. This study focuses on the relationship between stream ecosystems and riparian land use in headwater regions. Four riparian land types including forest, grassland, farmland, and residential land were examined to reveal the correlation between stream water and fish communities in headwater streams of the Taizi River in north-eastern China. Four land types along riparian of 3 km in length were evaluated at 25, 50, 100, 200 and 500 m widths, respectively. Generally, the results found a significant relationship between riparian land uses and stream water quality. Grassland was positively correlated with water quality parameters (conductivity and total dissolved solids) at scales from 100 to 500 m riparian width. Farmland and residential land was negatively correlated with water quality parameters at scales from 25 to 500 m and from 50 to 200 m riparian widths, respectively. Although the riparian forest is important for maintaining habitat diversity and fish communities, the results found that only fish communities were significantly correlated with the proportion of riparian farmland. Farmland had a positive correlation with individual fish abundance within a riparian corridor of 25 to 50 m, but a negative correlation with fish diversity metrics from 25 to 100 m. This study indicates that effective riparian management can improve water quality and fish communities in headwater streams.

Keywords fish water quality land use riparian buffer headwater stream

Corresponding Author(s): ZHANG Yuan,Email:zhangyuan@craes.org.cn

Issue Date: 01 October 2013

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Sen DING,Yuan ZHANG,Bin LIU, et al. Effects of riparian land use on water quality and fish communities in the headwater stream of the Taizi River in China[J]. Front Envir Sci Eng, 2013, 7(5): 699-708.

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Fig.1 Location of sampling sites in the Taizi southern stream (TS) and the Xiaotang stream (XT) in the Liao River, China

Tab.1 General water quality characteristics and fish community metrics of the headwaters in the Taizi River catchment during May to September 2010

Tab.2 Fish assemblage structure and indicator species of the headwaters in the Taizi River catchment during May to September 2010

Fig.2 Percentage of different land uses within five riparian buffer widths at 25, 50, 100, 200 and 500 m, respectively

Tab.3 Pearson’s correlation between four land use types and water quality parameters

Tab.4 Pearson’s correlation between four land use types and fish community metrics

Tab.5 Summary of intercept test of linear regressions between farmland and fish community metrics by ANCOCA

Fig.3 Linear regressions between farmland percentages versus fish metrics. (a) farmland percentages and ; (b) farmland percentages and ; (c) farmland percentages and

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