Diel Catch Variation of the Primary Fish Species Captured by Trammel Nets in a Shallow Eutrophic Lake in Jiangsu Province, China
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area
2.2. Fish Sampling
2.3. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Diel Variations of Monthly Catches of Silver Carp and Bighead Carp
3.2. Diurnal Differences in Catches for the Two Carps and By-Catch Species
3.3. CPUE Correlation Between Fishes
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions and Recommendations
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Species | Diel Effect | Month Effect | Interactions |
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Silver carp | 16.626 (<0.001) | 24.141 (<0.001) | 22.113 (0.036) |
Bighead carp | 5.074 (0.079) | 19.490 (0.003) | 17.982 (0.116) |
Topmouth | 12.609 (0.002) | 3.895 (0.691) | 11.829 (0.459) |
Humpback | 5.999 (0.049) | 26.172 (<0.001) | 8.463 (0.748) |
Mongolian redfin | 4.789 (0.091) | 2.953 (0.086) | 3.180 (0.204) |
Common carp | 4.381 (0.115) | 15.008 (0.020) | 23.701 (0.022) |
Crucian carp | 4.158 (0.125) | 9.741 (0.136) | 11.494 (0.478) |
Wuchang bream | 8.173 (0.017) | 5.138 (0.162) | 1.617 (0.951) |
Japanese grenadier anchovy | 4.290 (0.117) | 47.805 (<0.001) | 17.329 (0.138) |
Species | CPUE (Ind./1000 m2/h−1) | ||
---|---|---|---|
Daytime | Twilight | Nighttime | |
Silver carp # | 43.34 ± 6.22 | 119.47 ± 21.04 | 85.89 ± 9.54 |
Bighead carp | 8.85 ± 1.55 a | 11.58 ± 1.96 a | 6.18 ± 1.02 a |
Topmouth | 1.22 ± 0.44 ab | 2.33 ± 0.71 a | 0.33 ± 0.19 b |
Humpback | 6.19 ± 3.05 a | 4.09 ± 1.08 ab | 2.08 ± 0.67 b |
Mongolian redfin | 0.66 ± 0.45 a | 2.31 ± 0.94 a | 0.17 ± 0.17 a |
Common carp # | 2.19 ± 0.47 | 3.19 ± 0.98 | 1.11 ± 0.24 |
Crucian carp | 4.95 ± 1.06 a | 5.37 ± 1.02 a | 2.87 ± 0.56 a |
Wuchang bream | 3.59 ± 0.70 a | 2.98 ± 1.17 ab | 1.19 ± 0.47 b |
Japanese grenadier anchovy | 2.76 ± 0.57 a | 5.92 ± 1.95 a | 5.34 ± 1.07 a |
Month | Silver Carp | Common Carp | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Statistical Values | p Value | Statistical Values | p Value | |
April | 4.170 # | 0.124 | 6.770 # | 0.034 |
May | 10.873 $ | 0.026 | 7.804 # | 0.020 |
July | 4.305 $ | 0.073 | 0.240 # | 0.887 |
August | 2.686 % | 0.101 | 0.298 # | 0.862 |
September | 0.141 $ | 0.871 | 6.832 # | 0.033 |
October | 4.258 % | 0.034 | 1.417 # | 0.493 |
November | 10.320 % | 0.002 | 2.208 # | 0.332 |
Species | Silver Carp | Bighead Carp | Topmouth | Humpback | Mongolian Redfin | Crucian Carp | Common Carp | Wuchang Bream |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Silver carp | 1 | |||||||
Bighead carp | 0.529 ** | 1 | ||||||
Topmouth | 0.395 | 0.467 * | 1 | |||||
Humpback | −0.152 | −0.072 | 0.027 | 1 | ||||
Mongolian redfin | −0.048 | 0.047 | 0.051 | 0.091 | 1 | |||
Crucian carp | −0.022 | −0.112 | 0.124 | 0.350 | 0.107 | 1 | ||
Common carp | 0.117 | 0.408 | 0.412 | −0.045 | 0.202 | 0.104 | 1 | |
Wuchang bream | −0.221 | −0.268 | −0.009 | −0.056 | −0.157 | 0.037 | −0.157 | 1 |
Japanese grenadier anchovy | −0.262 | −0.453 * | −0.229 | −0.011 | −0.193 | 0.102 | −0.103 | 0.173 |
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Dong, J.; Song, X.; Zhu, Y.; Liu, Q.; Hu, Z. Diel Catch Variation of the Primary Fish Species Captured by Trammel Nets in a Shallow Eutrophic Lake in Jiangsu Province, China. Fishes 2025, 10, 409. https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes10080409
Dong J, Song X, Zhu Y, Liu Q, Hu Z. Diel Catch Variation of the Primary Fish Species Captured by Trammel Nets in a Shallow Eutrophic Lake in Jiangsu Province, China. Fishes. 2025; 10(8):409. https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes10080409
Chicago/Turabian StyleDong, Jiyang, Xiumiao Song, Yong Zhu, Qigen Liu, and Zhongjun Hu. 2025. "Diel Catch Variation of the Primary Fish Species Captured by Trammel Nets in a Shallow Eutrophic Lake in Jiangsu Province, China" Fishes 10, no. 8: 409. https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes10080409
APA StyleDong, J., Song, X., Zhu, Y., Liu, Q., & Hu, Z. (2025). Diel Catch Variation of the Primary Fish Species Captured by Trammel Nets in a Shallow Eutrophic Lake in Jiangsu Province, China. Fishes, 10(8), 409. https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes10080409