Chemical niches and ionoregulatory traits: applying ionoregulatory physiology to the conservation management of freshwater fishes.

ABSTRACT: Alterations in water chemistry can challenge resident fish species. More specifically, chemical changes that disrupt ion balance will negatively affect fish health and impact physiological and ecological performance. However, our understanding of which species and populations are at risk from ionoregulatory disturbances in response to changing freshwater environments is currently unclear. Therefore, we propose a novel framework for incorporating ionoregulatory physiology into conservation management of inland fishes. This framework introduces the concepts of fundamental chemical niche, which is the tolerable range of chemical conditions for a given species based on laboratory experiments, and realized chemical niche, which is the range of chemical conditions in which a species resides base

SUBMITTER: Zimmer AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8415428 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature