Modeling prediction and seasonal habitat preference of Karun barbel (Barbus karunensis Khaefi, Esmaeili, Geiger & Eagderi, 2017)

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Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran.

Abstract

The threats to the rivers caused by human activities and stress factors that have endangered the biodiversity of the inhabitants in these ecosystems, especially fish. Therefore, it is necessary to understand the habitat needs and assess the suitability of the habitat for organisms living in rivers to protect biodiversity. This study aimed to investigate the Habitat Suitability Index (HIS) of Barbus karunensis in Bashar River using the kernel smoothing method in summer and autumn seasons 2021. In this study, 16 stations were selected and sampled with 3 repetitions. At the same time, environmental factors, including temperature, geographical slope, water velocity, river width, water depth, elevation, pH, electrical conductivity (EC), and total dissolved solids (TDS) were recorded and measured. Based on the results, the habitat preference of this species in the summer season was river sections with high elevation, high temperature, low average water velocity, high slope and width of the river, middle depth with high pH, average TDS values, and higher EC. In the autumn, the most preferred habitat of fish was high elevation, low temperature, low water velocity, high slope, medium width, low depth TDS, and pH. It can be concluded that the habitat of B. karunensis was different in the summer and autumn seasons and this species prefers different ranges of environmental parameters in the summer and autumn seasons.

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Aquaculture Sciences
Volume 11, Issue 2
October 2023
Pages 120-131

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