caa a22 4500 606226664 CHVBK 20210128101154.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10641-014-0243-x doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10641-014-0243-x Ain't no mountain high enough: the impact of severe typhoon on montane stream fishes [Elektronische Daten] [Jeng-Ping Chen, Colin Wen, Pei-Jie Meng, Kah Cherh, Kwang-Tsao Shao] Typhoons are a regular occurrence in tropical Taiwan. Local flora and fauna should be adapted to typhoons, however more severe storms in the past decade most likely due to climate change have caused an apparent impact on local ecosystems and diversity. Heavy rainfall from typhoon events has been associated with declines in density and biodiversity of low altitude freshwater fish. Montane streams on the other hand are assumed to be more resilient to typhoons as these habitats receive less washed-off pollutant and is buffeted by established vegetation. However, as access to isolated montane streams, especially after a typhoon, is difficult, the effects of typhoons on these habitats are rarely studied. In this study, we overcame many obstacles to survey montane freshwater fishes in Beikeng Creek shortly after a typhoon event. We demonstrated extreme changes in physical characteristics, but little changes in chemical characteristics of the stream. We also documented the absence of the endemic Rhinogobius rubromaculatus (red spotted goby) and the crashed population of Onychostoma barbatulum, (Taiwan shovel-jaw carp) after typhoon. Although these two endemic species are expected to survive in other unaffected montane creeks and streams in the vicinity, the dramatic decline in montane fish population in Beikeng Creek suggests that conservation management may need to be reconsidered to prevent possible extinction under increasing human and natural perturbations. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2014 Taiwan freshwater fishes nationallicence Climate change nationallicence Cyclone impact nationallicence Local extinction nationallicence N-mixture model nationallicence Chen Jeng-Ping Taiwan Ocean Research Institute, 852, Kaohsiung, Taiwan aut Wen Colin Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 510301, Guangzhou, China aut Meng Pei-Jie National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, 944, Checheng, Pingtung, Taiwan aut Cherh Kah School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, QLD 4811, Townsville, Australia aut Shao Kwang-Tsao Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, 115, Taipei, Taiwan aut Environmental Biology of Fishes Springer Netherlands 98/1(2015-01-01), 35-44 0378-1909 98:1<35 2015 98 10641 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-014-0243-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-014-0243-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Chen Jeng-Ping Taiwan Ocean Research Institute, 852, Kaohsiung, Taiwan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wen Colin Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 510301, Guangzhou, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Meng Pei-Jie National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, 944, Checheng, Pingtung, Taiwan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Cherh Kah School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, QLD 4811, Townsville, Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Shao Kwang-Tsao Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, 115, Taipei, Taiwan aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Environmental Biology of Fishes Springer Netherlands 98/1(2015-01-01), 35-44 0378-1909 98:1<35 2015 98 10641