Artificial floating islands: a promising tool to support juvenile fish in lacustrine systems

0583568 - BC 2024 RIV DE eng J - Článek v odborném periodiku
de Moraes, Karlos Ribeiro - Souza, Allan T. - Muška, Milan - Hladík, M. - Čtvrtlíková, Martina - Draštík, Vladislav - Kolařík, Tomáš - Kučerová, Andrea - Krolová, Monika - Sajdlová, Zuzana - Šmejkal, Marek - Kubečka, Jan
Artificial floating islands: a promising tool to support juvenile fish in lacustrine systems.
Hydrobiologia. Roč. 850, Apr (2023), s. 1969-1984. ISSN 0018-8158. E-ISSN 1573-5117
Grant CEP: GA MZe QK22020134; GA TA ČR TH02030633
Institucionální podpora: RVO:60077344
Klíčová slova: water-level fluctuations * perch perca-fluviatilis * assemblages * reservoir * Fish management * Habitat restoration
Obor OECD: Ecology
Impakt faktor: 2.6, rok: 2022
Způsob publikování: Omezený přístup
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-023-05204-8

Habitat complexity of freshwater ecosystems has been decreasing due to human impacts. Therefore, conservation and environmental management actions have intensified in the recent years. Artificial floating islands (AFIs) are one environmental management action intended to promote the populations of aquatic organisms. In this study, we installed eight AFIs in the littoral area of Lipno Reservoir, Czech Republic and covered them with local wetland vegetation to study the impact of this mitigation action on the fish community. The AFIs were sampled by Point Abundance Sampling Electrofishing (PASE). The AFIs were mainly inhabited by juvenile roach (Rutilus rutilus) and perch (Perca fluviatilis), with densities one to two orders of magnitude higher than in the surrounding control sites. Juvenile catfish (Silurus glanis) and adult northern pike (Esox lucius) were apex predators that were recorded exclusively at AFIs. More fish were captured in AFIs than in control areas (up to 29.2 times more). Even AFIs of simple construction harboured significantly more age 0 + and juvenile fish than control areas, confirming their potential to serve as nursery ground for age 0 + fish in lentic systems. Artificial floating islands can be used to support juvenile fish in the conditions of impoverished littoral structured habitat.
Trvalý link: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0351574