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A new tool for improvement the quality of water ecosystems
Blabolil, Petr ; Říha, Milan ; Peterka, Jiří ; Prchalová, Marie ; Vašek, Mojmír ; Frouzová, Jaroslava ; Jůza, Tomáš ; Muška, Milan ; Tušer, Michal ; Draštík, Vladislav ; Ricard, Daniel ; Sajdlová, Zuzana ; Šmejkal, Marek ; Vejřík, Lukáš ; Matěna, Josef ; Borovec, Jakub ; Kubečka, Jan
The Czech multimetric fish based index (CZ-FBI) was developed recently. The aim of CZ-FBI is to assess the ecological potential of heavily modified and artificial water bodies and to detect ecosystems, particularly their specific components, in unsatisfactory conditions. This article describes steps of CZ-FBI development. Since the philosophy used, particular events presenting the results, to recent stage. CZ-FBI is a part of certified methodology of the Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic and the comparison with other assessment methodologies within a geographical intercalibration group is in process.
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Past, present and future of lake trauts
Blabolil, Petr ; Peterka, Jiří ; Čech, Martin ; Draštík, Vladislav ; Frouzová, Jaroslava ; Jůza, Tomáš ; Kratochvíl, Michal ; Matěna, Josef ; Muška, Milan ; Prchalová, Marie ; Říha, Milan ; Sajdlová, Zuzana ; Šmejkal, Marek ; Tušer, Michal ; Vašek, Mojmír ; Vejřík, Lukáš ; Kubečka, Jan
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SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF FISH IN LAKE TURKANA, KENYA
MUŠKA, Milan
The knowledge of fish spatial distribution is essential for fish stock assessments and management. The aim of this study was to describe the fish spatial distribution in the vertical and horizontal point of view, estimate parameters of pelagic fish assemblage and compare this results with historical data.
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Spatial distribution of fish in reservoirs and lakes
MUŠKA, Milan
This thesis is focused on the fish spatial distribution and its changes mainly during the diel cycle. In the first part, I described the fish spatial distribution in the tropical lake ecosystem of Lake Turkana. The second part deals with the fish spatial distribution in a temperate reservoir on the different spatial scales from in/offshore habitats over the fine-scale to the level of individuals. The linkage of fish distribution patterns with selected environmental variables was also evaluated.
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What do the fish say about the quality of aquatic ecosystems
Blabolil, Petr ; Říha, Milan ; Peterka, Jiří ; Prchalová, Marie ; Vašek, Mojmír ; Jůza, Tomáš ; Čech, Martin ; Draštík, Vladislav ; Kratochvíl, Michal ; Muška, Milan ; Tušer, Michal ; Frouzová, Jaroslava ; Ricard, Daniel ; Mrkvička, Tomáš ; Sajdlová, Zuzana ; Vejřík, Lukáš ; Šmejkal, Marek ; Borovec, Jakub ; Matěna, Josef ; Boukal, David S. ; Kubečka, Jan
The first Czech methodology for the assessment of ecological potential of heavily modified water bodies and artificial water bodies based on fish communities was developed. The first step of developing the methodology was preparing the typology of water bodies. The typology distinguishes between water bodies of different altitudes and with and without thermal stratification. Fish were sampled by multimesh gillnets following European standard procedures. The selection of fish metrics was based on statistical analyses in which metrics (fish community indicators) were correlated with the most common stressor – eutrophication. The analysis detected several sensitive metrics (metrics showing the best correlation with the stressor) in which ecological class boundaries were set. Afterwards, combination of sensitive metrics was used for calculation of the ecological quality ratio (EQR) for each of the reservoir sampled. The EQR expresses the deviation between a reservoir’s current ecological status and its maximum potential. The next step consisted of validating the EQR with an independent pressure index and verifying the time stability of ecological potential assessment. The metrics used in the methodology fulfill all the obligations set forth in the Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC), which include assessment of the composition, abundance and age structure of fish fauna.
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