Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems

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Effects of Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) on phytoplankton community structure and water quality: a short-term mesocosm study

Liqiong Zhang, Xueying Mei, Yali Tang, Vladimir Razlutskij, Jiří Peterka, William D. Taylor, Luigi Naselli-Flores, Zhengwen Liu, Chunfu Tong and Xiufeng Zhang

Published online: 20 May 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2022009

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Autumn dispersal and limited success of reproduction of the deepbody bitterling (Acheilognathus longipinnis) in terrestrialized floodplain

Shigeya Nagayama, Munehiro Oota, Tomohiko Fujita, Jyun-ichi Kitamura, Toshifumi Minamoto, Seiichi Mori, Masayuki Kato, Naofumi Takeyama, Fumiya Takino, Ryuji Yonekura and Hiroki Yamanaka

Published online: 03 February 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2022004

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Desert pumpkinseed: diet composition and breadth in a Moroccan river

Christos Gkenas, Maria Filomena Magalhães, Nazaret Campos-Martin, Filipe Ribeiro and Miguel Clavero

Published online: 15 October 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2021033

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The first unified inventory of non-native fishes of the South Caucasian countries, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia

Tatia Kuljanishvili, Levan Mumladze, Bella Japoshvili, Namig Mustafayev, Shaig Ibrahimov, Jiří Patoka, Samvel Pipoyan and Lukáš Kalous

Published online: 27 August 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2021028

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First confirmed record of an established population of green swordtail (Xiphophorus hellerii Heckel, 1848) in Europe

Pencho Pandakov, Zhivko Barzov, Radoslav Moldovanski and Helena Huđek

Published online: 23 August 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2021031

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Temporal trends and determinants of fish biomass in two contrasting natural lake systems: insights from a spring long-term monitoring scheme

Anastasios Bounas, Giorgos Catsadorakis, Irene Koutseri, Harris Nikolaou, Delphine Nicolas, Myrsini Malakou and Alain J. Crivelli

Published online: 12 July 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2021027

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Application of the geometric morphometrics approach in the discrimination of morphological traits between brown trout lineages in the Danube Basin of Croatia

Ivan Špelić, Andrea Rezić, Tamara Kanjuh, Ana Marić, Ivana Maguire, Predrag Simonović, Tena Radočaj and Marina Piria

Published online: 28 May 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2021021

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American eel resilience to simulated fluid shear associated with passage through hydroelectric turbines

Brett D. Pflugrath, Robert P. Mueller, Kristin Engbrecht and Alison H. Colotelo

Published online: 28 May 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2021017

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Round goby versus marbled crayfish: alien invasive predators and competitors

Sara Roje, Luise Richter, Susanne Worischka, Marek Let, Lukáš Veselý and Miloš Buřič

Published online: 10 May 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2021019

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First look into the evolutionary history, phylogeographic and population genetic structure of the Danube barbel in Croatia

Lucija Raguž, Ivana Buj, Zoran Marčić, Vatroslav Veble, Lucija Ivić, Davor Zanella, Sven Horvatić, Perica Mustafić, Marko Ćaleta and Marija Sabolić

Published online: 25 March 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2021011

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Macrozoobenthos assemblage patterns in European carp (Cyprinus carpio) ponds − the importance of emersed macrophyte beds

Lenka Kajgrova, Zdenek Adamek, Jan Regenda, Christian Bauer, Vlastimil Stejskal, Oldrich Pecha and David Hlavac

Published online: 02 March 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2021008

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A comment on “Morphologic and genetic characterization of Corsican and Sardinian trout with comments on Salmo taxonomy” by : protected Tyrrhenian trouts must be named

Gaël P.J. Denys

Published online: 18 February 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2021006

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Temporary turbine and reservoir level management to improve downstream migration of juvenile salmon through a hydropower complex

Stéphane Tétard, Romain Roy, Nils Teichert, Jocelyn Rancon and Dominique Courret

Published online: 18 February 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2021004

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Conservation paradox of giant arapaima Arapaima gigas (Schinz, 1822) (Pisces: Arapaimidae): endangered in its native range in Brazil and invasive in Indonesia

Jana Marková, Rikho Jerikho, Yusli Wardiatno, Mohammad Mukhlis Kamal, André Lincoln Barosso Magalhães, Lucie Bohatá, Lukáš Kalous and Jiří Patoka

Published online: 11 December 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2020039

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Ecological particularities of the critically endangered killifish Valencia letourneuxi and its spring-fed habitats: a long-lost endemic species of south Albania

Spase Shumka, Eleni Kalogianni, Radek Šanda, Jasna Vukić, Laura Shumka and Brian Zimmerman

Published online: 27 November 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2020036

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In situ evaluation of European eel counts and length estimates accuracy from an acoustic camera (ARIS)

Raphaël Lagarde, Jason Peyre, Elsa Amilhat, Manon Mercader, François Prellwitz, Gaël Simon and Elisabeth Faliex

Published online: 24 November 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2020037

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Electrofishing eel, salmon and trout: impact of waveform and frequency on capture-per-unit-effort and spinal damage

Gaétan Pottier, Marie Nevoux and Frédéric Marchand

Published online: 17 November 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2020034

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Responses of nitrogen stable isotopes in fish to phosphorus limitation in freshwater wetlands

Jianming Hong and Binhe Gu

Published online: 30 October 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2020033

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A small omnivore fish (Acheilognathus macropterus) reduces both growth and biomass of submerged macrophytes: implications for shallow lake restoration

Jinlei Yu, Manli Xia, Wei Zhen, Hu He, Ruijie Shen, Baohua Guan and Zhengwen Liu

Published online: 20 July 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2020028

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Fish distribution patterns in the White Drin (Drini i Bardhë) river, Kosovo

Linda Grapci-Kotori, Theocharis Vavalidis, Dimitris Zogaris, Radek Šanda, Jasna Vukić, Donard Geci, Halil Ibrahimi, Astrit Bilalli and Stamatis Zogaris

Published online: 09 July 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2020020

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Two species of illegal South American sailfin catfish of the genus Pterygoplichthys well-established in Indonesia

Jiří Patoka, Muhammad Takdir, Yonvitner, Hilman Aryadi, Rikho Jerikho, Jusri Nilawati, Fadly Yasin Tantu, Lucie Bohatá, Asti Aulia, Mohammad Mukhlis Kamal et al. (2 more)

Published online: 01 July 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2020021

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Distribution and genetic diversity of two species of Pelasgus minnows (Leuciscidae) in southern Greece

Nuria Viñuela Rodríguez, Radek Šanda, Stamatis Zogaris and Jasna Vukić

Published online: 24 June 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2020019

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Population dynamics and feeding ecology of the invasive Caucasian dwarf goby, Knipowitschia caucasica, in a freshwater habitat in Ukraine

Alexander Didenko, Igor Buzevych, Yuriy Volikov, Svitlana Kruzhylina and Alexander Gurbyk

Published online: 05 June 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2020018

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Genetic diversity of endangered Chondrostoma nasus in the River Rhine system: Conservation genetics considerations on stocking and reintroduction

Maj Wetjen, Dirk Hübner, Ole Seehausen and Ralf Schulz

Published online: 05 June 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2020016

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Brown trout in Japan − introduction history, distribution and genetic structure

Patrick Berrebi, Saša Marić, Aleš Snoj and Koh Hasegawa

Published online: 17 April 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2020004

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Performance of a large partial-depth guide wall to divert downstream migrating Atlantic salmon smolts at Tuilières dam, Dordogne River

Michel Larinier, Lionel Dumond, Thierry Lagarrigue, Aurélien Frey and François Travade

Published online: 03 April 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2020010

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Analysis of sea lamprey environmental DNA during lampricide treatment in a tributary of Lake Ontario

Kaitlyn A. Tkachuk and David A. Dunn

Published online: 03 April 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2020006

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Contrasting trends between species and catchments in diadromous fish counts over the last 30 years in France

Marion Legrand, Cédric Briand, Laëtitia Buisson, Gwenaël Artur, Didier Azam, Aurore Baisez, David Barracou, Nicolas Bourré, Laurent Carry, Anne-Laure Caudal et al. (8 more)

Published online: 27 January 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2019046

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Microcondylaea bonellii as a new host for the European bitterling Rhodeus amarus

Ronaldo Sousa, Arthur E. Bogan, Duarte V. Gonçalves, Jasna Lajtner, Vincent Prié, Nicoletta Riccardi, Spase Shumka, Amílcar Teixeira, Maria Urbańska, Simone Varandas and Manuel Lopes-Lima

Published online: 16 January 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2019047

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Creating life-long anglers: impacts of a high school fishing program on youth fishing, related knowledge, confidence and perception of barriers

Nia A. Morales, Ramesh Paudyal and Conor Hughes

Published online: 03 January 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2019045

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Carbon metabolism and nutrient balance in a hypereutrophic semi-intensive fishpond

Marcellin Rutegwa, Jan Potužák, Josef Hejzlar and Bořek Drozd

Published online: 21 November 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2019043

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Morphological survey as powerful detection tool of pure and local phenotypes in Salmo trutta complex

Massimo Lorenzoni, Antonella Carosi, Massimo Giovannotti, Gianandrea La Porta, Andrea Splendiani and Vincenzo Caputo Barucchi

Published online: 11 November 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2019041

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Genetic characterisation of European mudminnow (Umbra krameri) populations from the Sava River system

Saša Marić, David Stanković, Radek Šanda, Marko Ćaleta, Srećko Čolić, Goran Šukalo and Aleš Snoj

Published online: 01 November 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2019035

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Variability of pikeperch Sander lucioperca (L. 1758) cohorts in early life history

Petr Blabolil, Martin Čech, Tomáš Jůza and Jiří Peterka

Published online: 25 October 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2019036

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Diel changeover of fish assemblages in shallow sandy habitats of lowland rivers of different sizes

Michał Nowak, Artur Klaczak, Ján Koščo, Paweł Szczerbik, Jakub Fedorčák, Juraj Hajdú and Włodzimierz Popek

Published online: 18 October 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2019037

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Plasticity in habitat use of two native Ponto-Caspian gobies, Proterorhinus semilunaris and Neogobius fluviatilis: implications for invasive populations

Nildeniz Top, Uğur Karakuş, Erdi Gökhan Tepeköy, John Robert Britton and Ali Serhan Tarkan

Published online: 15 October 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2019031

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The impact of introduced Ponto-Caspian mysids (Paramysis lacustris) on the trophic position of perch (Perca fluviatilis) in European mesotrophic lakes

Vytautas Rakauskas

Published online: 11 October 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2019030

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Effects of common carp (Cyprinus carpio) on water quality in aquatic ecosystems dominated by submerged plants: a mesocosm study

Xiaochang Qiu, Xueying Mei, Vladimir Razlutskij, Lars G. Rudstam, Zhengwen Liu, Chunfu Tong and Xiufeng Zhang

Published online: 21 May 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2019017

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Plasticity in life history traits of a cyprinid fish in an intermittent river

Maria Glarou, Aikaterini Vourka, Leonidas Vardakas, Argyro Andriopoulou, Nikolaos Skoulikidis and Eleni Kalogianni

Published online: 21 May 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2019015

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Dietary niche divergence between two invasive fish in Mediterranean streams

Christos Gkenas, Maria Filomena Magalhães, Julien Cucherousset, Rafael Leonardo Orjuela and Filipe Ribeiro

Published online: 17 May 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2019018

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Summer microhabitat use and overlap by the invasive Round Goby (Neogobius melanostomus) and native darters in the Trent River (Ontario, Canada)

Scott M. Reid

Published online: 13 May 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2019021

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The use of native piscivorous fishes for the eradication of the invasive Chinese Sleeper, Perccottus glenii

Vytautas Rakauskas, Tomas Virbickas, Saulius Stakėnas and Andrius Steponėnas

Published online: 30 April 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2019013

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American eel state of buoyancy and barotrauma susceptibility associated with hydroturbine passage

Brett D. Pflugrath, Ryan Harnish, Briana Rhode, Bernardo Beirao, Kristin Engbrecht, John R. Stephenson and Alison H. Colotelo

Published online: 11 April 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2019012

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Current stocking program of the sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus, L.) can negatively shape its genetic variability in the Middle Danube

Ladislav Pekárik, Zuzana Čiamporová-Zaťovičová, Darina Arendt and Fedor Čiampor Jr

Published online: 11 April 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2019004

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Occurrence of alien spirlin (Alburnoides sp.) in the Neretva river basin

Jasna Vukić, Kristýna Eliášová, Dario Marić and Radek Šanda

Published online: 11 March 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2019007

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The racer goby, Babka gymnotrachelus (Kessler, 1857) invades the Evros river: evidence of recent establishment in Greece

Stamatis Zogaris, Alexandros Ntakis and Roberta Barbieri

Published online: 11 March 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2019006

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Diet of invasive pikeperch Sander lucioperca: developing non-destructive tissue sampling for stable isotope analysis with comparisons to stomach contents analysis

Emma T. Nolan and J. Robert Britton

Published online: 17 December 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2018037

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Plasticity in life history traits of the native Proterorhinus semilunaris suggests high adaptive capacity in its invasive range

Nildeniz Top, Uğur Karakuş, Erdi Gökhan Tepeköy, John Robert Britton and Ali Serhan Tarkan

Published online: 11 December 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2018032

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Reintroduction and stock enhancement of European weatherfish (Misgurnus fossilis L.) in Rhineland-Palatinate and Hesse, Germany

Benjamin Schreiber, Egbert Korte, Thomas Schmidt and Ralf Schulz

Published online: 20 November 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2018031

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Calendar and thermal time-based growth models for common carp and pikeperch, and the influence of stocking strategy in Lake Balaton, Hungary

András Specziár and Béla Turcsányi

Published online: 28 September 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2018027

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Recreational angling as a vector of freshwater invasions in Central Italy: perceptions and prevalence of illegal fish restocking

Jacopo Cerri, Alessandro Ciappelli, Andrea Lenuzza, Marco Zaccaroni and Annamaria Nocita

Published online: 25 September 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2018028

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Municipal wastewater can result in a dramatic decline in freshwater fishes: a lesson from a developing country

Shams M. Galib, A.B.M. Mohsin, Md. Taskin Parvez, Martyn C. Lucas, Nipa Chaki, Sadman S. Arnob, Md. Istiaque Hossain and M. Nazrul Islam

Published online: 24 September 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2018025

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Spatiotemporal variation in wetland fish assemblages in the Western Ghats region of India

Archis R. Grubh and Kirk O. Winemiller

Published online: 24 September 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2018023

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First report of the parasitic copepod Lernaea cyprinacea (Copepoda: Lernaeidae) on gobioid fishes (Teleostei: Gobonellidae) in southern Europe

Harald Ahnelt, Robert Konecny, Andreas Gabriel, Andreas Bauer, Laura Pompei, Massimo Lorenzoni and Helmut Sattmann

Published online: 24 September 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2018022

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Survey of angler's internet posts confirmed the occurrence of freshwater fishes of the genus Ictiobus (Rafinesque, 1819) in natural waters of Czechia

Lukáš Kalous, Denisa Nechanská and Miloslav Petrtýl

Published online: 13 June 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2018019

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Global distribution and climatic match of a highly traded ornamental freshwater fish, the sailfin molly Poecilia latipinna (Lesueur, 1821)

Nicholas Koutsikos, Leonidas Vardakas, Eleni Kalogianni and Alcibiades N. Economou

Published online: 09 April 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2018014

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Population status of the native Cottus gobio after removal of the alien Salmo trutta: a case-study in two Mediterranean streams (Italy)

Massimo Lorenzoni, Antonella Carosi, Massimo Giovannotti, Gianandrea La Porta, Andrea Splendiani and Vincenzo Caputo Barucchi

Published online: 09 April 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2018006

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Distribution of Eurasian minnows (Phoxinus: Cypriniformes) in the Western Balkans

Matej Vucić, Dušan Jelić, Petar Žutinić, Frédéric Grandjean and Mišel Jelić

Published online: 16 February 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2017051

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Cytotoxic and genotoxic effects of perfluorododecanoic acid (PFDoA) in Japanese medaka

Isaac O Ayanda, Min Yang, Zhang Yu and Jinmiao Zha

Published online: 13 February 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2017058

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Factors influencing tropical Island freshwater fishes: species, status, threats and conservation in Hainan Island

Wen Xiong, Qiang Wang, Dong Xie, David H Fletcher and Dekui He

Published online: 31 January 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2017054

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The diet of reservoir perch before, during and after establishment of non-native tubenose goby

Lucie Všetičková, Libor Mikl, Zdeněk Adámek, Václav Prášek, Kevin Roche and Pavel Jurajda

Published online: 31 January 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2017052

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Feeding habits of the alien brook trout Salvelinus fontinalis and the native brown trout Salmo trutta in Czech mountain streams

Petra Horká, Olga Sychrová, Pavel Horký, Ondřej Slavík, Miroslav Švátora and Adam Petrusek

Published online: 06 February 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2016038

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Seasonal and daily upstream movements of brown trout Salmo trutta in an Iberian regulated river

Ana García-Vega, Francisco Javier Sanz-Ronda and Juan Francisco Fuentes-Pérez

Published online: 30 January 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2016041

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Lernaea cyprinacea (Crustacea: Copepoda) in the Iberian Peninsula: climate implications on host–parasite interactions

Javier Sánchez-Hernández

Published online: 06 March 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2017002

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Spatial variability in the growth of invasive European barbel Barbus barbus in the River Severn basin, revealed using anglers as citizen scientists

Fatima Amat Trigo, Catherine Gutmann Roberts and John Robert Britton

Published online: 06 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2017009

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The parasite community of round goby Neogobius melanostomus (Pallas, 1814) (Actinopterygii: Gobiidae) newly introduced into the upper Elbe

Yuriy Kvach, Markéta Ondračková, Michal Janáč and Pavel Jurajda

Published online: 10 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2017010

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Villemonte's approach: a general method for modeling uniform and non-uniform performance in stepped fishways

Juan Francisco Fuentes-Pérez, Ana García-Vega, Francisco Javier Sanz-Ronda and Andrés Martínez de Azagra Paredes

Published online: 19 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2017013

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Population trends and current status of the endangered Pyrenean sculpin Cottus hispaniolensis in the Spanish part of the Garonne drainage

Rafel Rocaspana and Enric Aparicio

Published online: 31 May 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2017017

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Does latitude drive the phenotypic plasticity of morphological traits in non-native pumpkinseed populations from Europe?

Eva Záhorská, Mária Balážová, Yakuta Bhagat and Gordon H. Copp

Published online: 21 June 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2017021

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Genetic species identification in weatherfish and first molecular confirmation of Oriental Weatherfish Misgurnus anguillicaudatus (Cantor, 1842) in Central Europe

Christina C. Belle, Bernhard C. Stoeckle, Alexander F. Cerwenka, Ralph Kuehn, Melanie Mueller, Joachim Pander and Juergen Geist

Published online: 11 August 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2017025

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Native and exotic fishes in a Patagonian reservoir with rainbow trout cage culture: spatial and trophic resource use

Diego N. Nabaes Jodar, Leandro A. Becker, Pedro Cordero, Guillermo Blasetti and Víctor E. Cussac

Published online: 18 August 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2017026

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Physico-chemical thresholds in the distribution of fish species among French lakes

Vincent Roubeix, Martin Daufresne, Christine Argillier, Julien Dublon, Anthony Maire, Delphine Nicolas, Jean-Claude Raymond and Pierre-Alain Danis

Published online: 06 September 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2017032

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Management of pikeperch stocking in Lake Balaton: effect of season, area, fish size and method of release on the rate and distribution of recaptures

András Specziár and Béla Turcsányi

Published online: 10 November 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2017047

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A simple fish-based approach to assess the ecological quality of freshwater reservoirs in Central Europe

Petr Blabolil, Milan Říha, Daniel Ricard, Jiří Peterka, Marie Prchalová, Mojmír Vašek, Martin Čech, Jaroslava Frouzová, Tomáš Jůza, Milan Muška et al. (9 more)

Published online: 17 November 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2017043

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