Difference in the trophic structure of fish communities in the ecological-stocking area of Hypophthalwvichthys molitrix and H.nobilis and the closed-fishing area in Shangyoujiang Reservoir
Shangyoujiang Reservoir is located between Chongyi County and Shangyou County in Jiangxi Prov-ince of China.It is one of several large reservoirs in Jiangxi Province.The Shangyou Section of Shangyoujiang Reservoir is a national aquatic germplasm conservation zone,and the Chongyi section is an essential large sur-face fishing base for breeding,stocking and adult fish reproduction of silver carp and bighead carp.Comparing the differences in aquatic food networks in the two regions is significant for their subsequent ecological stocking and the management of no-take lakes and reservoirs.The fishery resources in the ecological-stocking area(Chongyi section)and closed-fishing area(Shangyou section)of Shangyoujiang Reservoir were investigated from May 2022 to February 2023 to investigate the regulation of the growth of Hypophthalwvichthys molitrix and H.nobilis on the food web structure of Shangyoujiang Reservoir.SIBER and SIAR models were used to analyze the trophic structure differences of the two fish communities and initially construct the aquatic food web.The re-sults showed that the δ13C values of fish in the ecological-stocking area and the closed-fishing area ranged from-28.40‰ to 22.13‰ and-32.03‰ to-17.36‰,respectively.The δ15N values ranged from 7.83‰ to 14.68‰ and 6.34‰ to 16.41‰,respectively.The trophic levels ranged from 1.28~4.25 and 1.97~3.74,respectively.In both water areas,the trophic level of carnivorous Elopichthys bambusa was highest.Plagiognathops microlepis and Xenocypris davidi trophic levels were the lowest in the ecological-stocking and closed-fishing areas,respectively.Compared with the closed-fishing area,the fish in the ecological-stocking area had more abun-dant food resources and occupied a broader ecological niche.However,the indices of community nutrition structure,including NR,CR,TA,CD,NND,and SDNND,were lower than those in the closed-fishing area.Wetland plants are the main carbon sources in the ecological stocking area,and phytoplankton are the main carbon sources in the closed-fishing area.This study revealed the difference of the trophic structure of fish communities between the closed-fishing areas and the ecological-stocking area,which provide a theoretical ba-sis for ecological-stocking and ecological restoration in large water surfaces such as lakes and reservoirs.
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