Conservation strategies for endemic fish species threatened by the Three Gorges Dam

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	Conservation strategies for endemic fish species threatened by the Three Gorges Dam
	Park, YS ; Chang, JB ; Lek, S ; Cao, WX ; Brosse, S
刊名	CONSERVATION BIOLOGY
	2003-12-01
卷号	17 期号:6 页码:1748-1758
关键词	community patterning endemic species fish reserve design Three Gorges Dam
ISSN号	0888-8892
通讯作者	Park, YS, Cemagref Bordeaux, Res Unit Water Qual, 50 Ave Verdun, F-33612 Cestas, France
中文摘要	The largest damming project to date, the Three Gorges Dam has been built along the Yangtze River (China), the most species-rich river in the Palearctic region. Among 162 species of fish inhabiting the main channel of the upper Yangtze, 44 are endemic and are therefore under serious threat of global extinction from the dam. Accordingly, it is urgently necessary to develop strategies to minimize the impacts of the drastic environmental changes associated with the dam. We sought to identify potential reserves for the endemic species among the 17 tributaries in the upper Yangtze, based on presence/absence data for the 44 endemic species. Potential reserves for the endemic species were identified by characterizing the distribution patterns of endemic species with an adaptive learning algorithm called a "self-organizing map" (SOM). Using this method, we also predicted occurrence probabilities of species in potential reserves based on the distribution patterns of communities. Considering both SOM model results and actual knowledge of the biology of the considered species, our results suggested that 24 species may survive in the tributaries, 14 have an uncertain future, and 6 have a high probability of becoming extinct after dam filling.
英文摘要	The largest damming project to date, the Three Gorges Dam has been built along the Yangtze River (China), the most species-rich river in the Palearctic region. Among 162 species of fish inhabiting the main channel of the upper Yangtze, 44 are endemic and are therefore under serious threat of global extinction from the dam. Accordingly, it is urgently necessary to develop strategies to minimize the impacts of the drastic environmental changes associated with the dam. We sought to identify potential reserves for the endemic species among the 17 tributaries in the upper Yangtze, based on presence/absence data for the 44 endemic species. Potential reserves for the endemic species were identified by characterizing the distribution patterns of endemic species with an adaptive learning algorithm called a "self-organizing map" (SOM). Using this method, we also predicted occurrence probabilities of species in potential reserves based on the distribution patterns of communities. Considering both SOM model results and actual knowledge of the biology of the considered species, our results suggested that 24 species may survive in the tributaries, 14 have an uncertain future, and 6 have a high probability of becoming extinct after dam filling.
学科主题	Biodiversity Conservation; Ecology; Environmental Sciences
WOS标题词	Science & Technology ; Life Sciences & Biomedicine
类目[WOS]	Biodiversity Conservation ; Ecology ; Environmental Sciences
研究领域[WOS]	Biodiversity & Conservation ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
关键词[WOS]	ARTIFICIAL NEURAL-NETWORKS ; BIODIVERSITY ; DYNAMICS ; ECOLOGY ; COMMUNITIES ; PREDICTION ; MANAGEMENT ; DIVERSITY ; SYSTEMS ; STREAMS
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
WOS记录号	WOS:000186869700033
公开日期	2010-10-13
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.ihb.ac.cn/handle/152342/9602]
专题	水生生物研究所_中科院水生所知识产出（2009年前）_期刊论文
作者单位	1.Univ Toulouse 3, LADYBIO, CNRS, F-31062 Toulouse, France 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Hydrobiol, Wuhan 430072, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Park, YS,Chang, JB,Lek, S,et al. Conservation strategies for endemic fish species threatened by the Three Gorges Dam[J]. CONSERVATION BIOLOGY,2003,17(6):1748-1758.
APA	Park, YS,Chang, JB,Lek, S,Cao, WX,&Brosse, S.(2003).Conservation strategies for endemic fish species threatened by the Three Gorges Dam.CONSERVATION BIOLOGY,17(6),1748-1758.
MLA	Park, YS,et al."Conservation strategies for endemic fish species threatened by the Three Gorges Dam".CONSERVATION BIOLOGY 17.6(2003):1748-1758.