Ecological Flow Assessment to Improve the Spawning Habitat for the Four Major Species of Carp of the Yangtze River: A Study on Habitat Suitability Based on Ultrasonic Telemetry
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area
2.2. Data Collection
2.3. Fish Tracking Using Ultrasonic Telemetry
2.4. Three—Dimensional Hydrodynamic Model
2.5. Eggs Sampling
2.6. Habitat Suitability Index
2.7. Weighted Usable Area
3. Results
3.1. The Positioning Information
3.2. Three—Dimensional Hydrodynamic Simulation
3.3. The Habitat Suitability Index Curves
3.4. The Relationship between Discharge Level and Habitat Quality
3.5. Habitat Suitability Model Validation
4. Discussion
4.1. The Habitat Suitability Index
4.2. The Ecological Flow
4.3. Operational Recommendations
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Model | Tag Number | Diameter (mm) | Length (mm) | Weight in Water (g) | Battery Life (d) | Nominal Delay (s) |
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V9-2L | 77 (55,127–55,203) | 9.0 | 29.0 | 2.9 | 910 | 180 |
V8-4L | 30 (34,540–34,569) | 8.0 | 20.5 | 0.9 | 210 | 120 |
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Yu, L.; Lin, J.; Chen, D.; Duan, X.; Peng, Q.; Liu, S. Ecological Flow Assessment to Improve the Spawning Habitat for the Four Major Species of Carp of the Yangtze River: A Study on Habitat Suitability Based on Ultrasonic Telemetry. Water 2018, 10, 600. https://doi.org/10.3390/w10050600
Yu L, Lin J, Chen D, Duan X, Peng Q, Liu S. Ecological Flow Assessment to Improve the Spawning Habitat for the Four Major Species of Carp of the Yangtze River: A Study on Habitat Suitability Based on Ultrasonic Telemetry. Water. 2018; 10(5):600. https://doi.org/10.3390/w10050600
Chicago/Turabian StyleYu, Lixiong, Junqiang Lin, Daqing Chen, Xinbin Duan, Qidong Peng, and Shaoping Liu. 2018. "Ecological Flow Assessment to Improve the Spawning Habitat for the Four Major Species of Carp of the Yangtze River: A Study on Habitat Suitability Based on Ultrasonic Telemetry" Water 10, no. 5: 600. https://doi.org/10.3390/w10050600
APA StyleYu, L., Lin, J., Chen, D., Duan, X., Peng, Q., & Liu, S. (2018). Ecological Flow Assessment to Improve the Spawning Habitat for the Four Major Species of Carp of the Yangtze River: A Study on Habitat Suitability Based on Ultrasonic Telemetry. Water, 10(5), 600. https://doi.org/10.3390/w10050600