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Record W2338267749 · doi:10.15273/pnsis.v42i2.3612

FRESHWATER FISH CONSIDERATIONS FOR AQUATIC CONSERVATION SYSTEMS PLANNING IN NOVA SCOTIA

2004· article· en· W2338267749 on OpenAlexaffvenueabout
Yoichiro Kanno, Karen Beazley

Bibliographic record

VenueProceedings of the Nova Scotian Institute of Science · 2004
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldEnvironmental Science
TopicFish Ecology and Management Studies
Canadian institutionsDalhousie University
Fundersnot available
KeywordsEcologyFreshwater ecosystemHabitatFisherySalvelinusBiodiversityThreatened speciesGeographyBiologyEcosystemTrout

Abstract

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Freshwater ecosystems have suffered severe losses of biodiversity as a result of human activities, however there has been limited attention to freshwater conservation planning. Key criteria for biodiversity conservation in the terrestrial realm (i.e., representation, special elements and focal species) may also be useful in freshwater systems. Thus, we explore freshwater fish conservation in Nova Scotia (NS) with respect to these key criteria. Representation of freshwater fish habitats and communities should include examples of typical and unique biogeographical regions, streams, rivers, lakes, ponds, wetlands, and community assemblages. Special elements include critical habitat for species- and communities-at-risk, and hotspots of diversity and rarity. Sufficient habitat to maintain viable populations of focal species should also be conserved. Focal species 1) are functionally important, such as those at higher trophic levels and key prey, 2) have large-area requirements or are wide ranging, 3) are indicators of habitat quality and/or management practices, and 4) are flagships, such as charismatic and vulnerable species that garner support for aquatic conservation. Considerations of representation, special elements and focal species serve to identify important areas for conserving freshwater fish species, assemblages and habitat in NS. Intolerant and coldwater communities and species such as Atlantic whitefish Coregonus huntsmani, Atlantic salmon Salmo salar, brook trout Salvelinus fontinalis, lake trout Salvelinus namaycush and rainbow smelt Osmerus mordax warrant conservation attention in NS due to their relatively high ecological importance and/or vulnerability. Other factors for selecting among potential sites for conservation are stability and resilience to broader cross- or transboundary threats such as exotic species, global warming, and acidification. Furthermore, as a consequence of the fluidity and connectivity of aquatic ecosystems, conservation planning should encompass a relatively large portion of selected drainages. Our approach may be useful for other temperate regions in North America.En raison des activités humaines, les écosystèmes d’eau douce ont subi de graves pertes sur le plan de la biodiversité; cependant, on a prêté qu’une attention limitée à la planification de la conservation des eaux douces. Les critères principaux en matière de conservation de la biodiversité dans le domaine terrestre (à savoir la représentation, les éléments spéciaux et les espèces focales) peuvent aussi être utiles pour les eaux douces. Ainsi, nous examinons la conservation des poissons d’eau douce en Nouvelle-Écosse en fonction de ces critères. La représentation des habitats et des communautés de poissons d’eau douce doit comprendre des exemples de régions biogéographiques, de cours d’eau, de lacs, d’étangs, de milieux humides et d’assemblages de communautés typiques et uniques. Parmi les éléments spéciaux, on compte l’habitat essentiel pour les espèces et les communautés en péril ainsi que les hauts lieux de diversité et de rareté. De plus, il faut conserver suffisamment d’habitat pour maintenir des populations viables des espèces focales. Ces espèces sont importantes sur le plan fonctionnel (qu’on pense aux espèces des niveaux trophiques supérieurs et aux proies principales), ont besoin de beaucoup d’espace ou parcourent un vaste territoire, sont des indicateurs de la qualité de l’habitat ou des résultats des efforts de gestion et jouent un rôle symbolique, comme les espèces charismatiques et vulnérables qui suscitent l’appui en faveur de la conservation des milieux aquatiques. Les facteurs comme la représentation, les éléments particuliers et les espèces focales permettent de repérer les zones importantes pour la conservation des eaux douces, des espèces de poisson, des assemblages et des habitats. En raison de leur importance écologique relativement élevée ou de leur vulnérabilité, il faut accorder de l’attention sur le plan de la conservation aux communautés et aux espèces intolérantes et d’eaux froides, comme le corégone de l’Atlantique (Coregonus huntsmani), le saumon atlantique (Salmo salar), l’omble de fontaine (Salvelinus fontinalis), le touladi (Salvelinus namaycush) et l’éperlan (Osmerus mordax). D’autres facteurs servent au choix de sites potentiels de conservation, comme la stabilité et la résilience à des menaces transfrontalières, qu’on pense aux espèces exotiques, au réchauffement planétaire et à l’acidification. De plus, la planification devrait couvrir une part relativement grande des bassins hydrographiques choisis. Notre approche peut s’appliquer à d’autres régions tempérées de l’Amérique du Nord.PROC. N.S. INST. SCI. (2004)Volume 42, Part 2, pp. 375-391

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame distilled prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.001
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.001
Version: codex-gemma-dda1882f352aValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesScience and technology studies
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Observational · Consensus signal: Observational
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.049
Threshold uncertainty score1.000

Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0010.001
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0000.001
Science and technology studies0.0000.003
Scholarly communication0.0000.001
Open science0.0000.000
Research integrity0.0000.000
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0000.000

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.038
GPT teacher head0.258
Teacher spread0.220 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one teacher head, not a consensus.

Study designObservational
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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