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The effect of floods on the ichthyofauna of Štěpánovský stream
Čech, Martin ; Čech, P.
The effect of floods on the ichthyofauna of Štěpánovský stream (left-hand affluent of Sázava River, aver. summer flow rate 0.2 m3s-1) was studied using diet analysis of kingfisher A. atthis preying exclusively on local fish community. The first local flood event (2 August 2001; flow rate 100 m3s-1) caused drastic shift in the ichthyofauna composition from original fish community dominated by brown trout S. trutta, brook trout S. fontinalis and bullhead C. gobio to fish community dominated by bleak A. alburnus, roach R. rutilus, chub L. cephalus and gudgeon G. gobio. The second flood event (all Czech Republic floods in August 2002; flow rate 4 m3s-1) was surprisingly much less destructive to fish fauna. Consequently, the stream played also the role of refuge for many new fish species including juveniles of nase C. nasus, vimba bream V. vimba, barbel B. barbus, asp A. aspius and sunbleak L. delineatus, from highly flooded Sázava River.
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Recent recovery of acidified lakes in the Bohemian Forest
Vrba, Jaroslav ; Fott, J. ; Kopáček, Jiří ; Kohout, L.
In some of the eight glacial lakes in the Bohemian Forest we have observed first signs of zooplankton recovery from acidity. The recovery has followed a drop in atmospheric sulphur and nitrogen deposition and consequent reversal in water chemistry of the lakes during the last decade. At present, stable populations of Ceriodaphnia quadrangula have returned to Lake Černé and Prášilské, and two circumneutral rotifers have recently occurred in the lakes with positive alkalinity: Laka, Großer and Kleiner Arbersee. Moreover, in the mesotrophic, strongly acidified Lake Plešné, we documented increase in both phytoplankton and planktonic rotifers during the 1990s. A statistical comparison of seasonal data showed a significant increase in pH, a significant drop in total reactive aluminium, a significant increase in chlorophyll a concentration as well as in summer abundance of planktonic rotifers.
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Distribution and diversity of fish fry in different habitats of the Slapy reservoir
Kratochvíl, M. ; Kubečka, Jan ; Matěna, Josef
The fish fry assemblages of the Slapy reservoir (Czech Republic) were studied in May and June 2002. The aim of this study was to estimate diversity and distribution of fish fry in three habitats – epipelagic (depth 0 – 4 m), bathypelagic (depth 10 – 16 m) and littoral areas. Percids were present both in epipelagic and bathypelagic areas, while cyprinids preferred living in upper layers of the water column. During the dusk, bathypelagic fish started migration towards surface layers, throughout the dawn they returned back to the deeper layers. The highest densities of fish fry were observed in epipelagic zone during nighttime. Perch was revealed as the dominant fry species in Slapy reservoir, pikeperch was also abundant in the open water. Both during day and night, perch was usually the most common species in all habitats, cyprinids were most abundant in the littoral zone in May, only.
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Ichtyofauna of the border Malše River
Matěnová, V. ; Matěna, Josef
Ichthyological investigation of the border section of the Malše River was performed in 2002 and 2003. The occurrence of brook lamprey larvae and five rheophilous fish species was confirmed – brown trout, common sculpin, grayling, burbot, stoneloach. Species escaping from fishponds – perch and common carp were found in negligible numbers. The brown trout dominated in numbers at all investigated profiles. The length and age analysis of the brown trout population showed the dominance of YOY fish, the population exhibited a harmonical age class composition. Results confirmed successful natural reproduction of trout, grayling, burbot and bullhead. The following investigation in 2003 oriented specially on the occurrence of brook lamprey proved that the population remained unaffected by the floods in 2002. The border Malše River represents an athropogenically slightly affected watercourse with suitable conditions for natural reproduction of all indigenous species found during the study.
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Effect of catastrophic flooding on the composition of the fish stock of the Římov reservoir
Kubečka, Jan ; Prchalová, Marie ; Hladík, Milan ; Vašek, Mojmír ; Říha, Milan
In 2002, great flood occurred in the Římov reservoir. Fish stock of the reservoir was sampled before and after the flood by night beach seinings, pelagic and benthic gillnets, traps and electrofishing of spawning shoals of common bream. The fluctuations of most species (roach, bream and their hybrid, perch, ruffe, bleak, white bream, asp, pikeperch, eel, catfish) were random and can be attributed to interhabitat migrations rather to the effect of flooding. The share of certain species (carp, tench, goldfish, trout, dace, gudgeon) increased as they were flushed from ponds and fishing grounds in the catchment. Increased share of these species was detected in the spring 2003, while during August, the share of flooded fish decreased near to the usual level. The ‘climax’ cyprinid dominated fish stock proved itself to be very resistant to the extreme flood.
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