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April 2017 - present
July 2014 - June 2015
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- Research Scientist (Fish Ecology/Statistical Ecology)
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October 1986 - December 1991
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The common carp Cyprinus carpio is one of the most widely-distributed freshwater fishes in the world. Due to its value for conservation and fisheries in several native/translocated areas of distribution and its detrimental effects on the aquatic ecosystem in most invasive areas, robust age-based population dynamics models are required for successfu...
This review provides a meta-analytical assessment of the global patterns and clines in the growth of Cyprinus carpio as measured by length-at-age (Lt) or von Bertalanffy growth function (VBGF) parameters, mass-length relationship (W-Lt) and condition factor, based on literature data. In total, 284 studies were retrieved spanning 91years of research...
Electronic decision-support tools are now an essential component of government strategies to battle non-native species, with taxon-specific, paper-based risk analysis schemes often being replaced by taxon-generic tools. This study reports on the development of a decision-support tool for aquatic species, the Aquatic Species Invasiveness Screening K...
As the most widely distributed freshwater fish worldwide, common carp Cyprinus carpio can be either invasive or ‘naturalised’ in most areas of introduction. This leads to different levels of perception regarding its role in freshwater ecosystems, with experimental research focusing either on its ‘middle-out’ impacts or overall function in limnologi...
Biological invasions and human migrations have increased globally due to socio-economic drivers and environmental factors that have enhanced cultural, economic, and geographic connectivity. Both processes involve the movement, establishment, and spread of species, yet unfold within fundamentally different philosophical, social and biological contex...
Increasing global trade in agricultural and horticultural products coupled with climate change are amongst the main drivers of the global spread of non-native insect species. This trend has substantial impacts on agroecosystems and economies in general. The aim of this study was to screen non-native insect species for their risk of invasiveness in...
Risk analysis of non-native species invasions is one of the main challenges currently faced by both scientists and environmental managers. In this study, the three risk screening toolkits Harmonia+, Aquatic Species Invasiveness Screening Kit (AS-ISK)
and Canadian Marine Invasive Screening Tool (CMIST) were used in conjunction to evaluate the risk o...
Non-native species risk analysis is a dynamic process that requires periodic review
and revision. In this study, we investigated changes in the risk ranks of the 69 non-native freshwater fish species in England and Wales previously screened with the Fish Invasiveness Screening Kit using its successor, the Aquatic Species Invasiveness Screening Kit...
In the Western Balkans, fishery management and legislation do not recognize the high molecular diversity of native brown trout. For this reason, stocking of streams relies on brown trout of non-native origin. In recent years, there have been new findings about the life-history features, dispersal and molecular characterisation of nominal taxa of br...
The Philippines is a mega-biodiversity country hosting a vast number of aquatic species of which most are endemic. With over 7,100 islands making up its territory, the Philippines are home to a remarkable array of fish species. These play a vital role in enriching the country’s inland waters biodiversity and some of them are of high
economic and co...
As a result of the increasing threats posed by non-native species invasions, there has been a rise in the demand for decision support tools that can more efficiently identify those non-native species likely to become invasive. As part of the risk screening (first) step in the environmental risk analysis process, three multilingual decision support...
In invasion biology, terminological frameworks contribute to the improvement of effective communication among scientists, stakeholders, and policy-makers. This is important not only for informing policy decisions but also for engaging the broader public in understanding the risks associated with biological invasions. Meanwhile, the role of non-Engl...
This special issue of Management of Biological Invasions is dedicated to the late Professor Gordon H. Copp, a pioneer in invasion biology and recipient of the prestigious Doctor of Science title for his exceptional scientific contributions. Over his career, Gordon met the “gold standard” of scientific excellence through his peer-reviewed publicatio...
In recent decades, the population of European eel Anguilla anguilla has strongly declined and the stock is outside safe biological limits. Freshwater habitat degradation has been cited as a key causal factor in the European eel decline, but there are limited studies assessing the responses of this species to river habitat restoration efforts. This...
This paper outlines the scientific achievements of Gordon H. Copp (1956-2023) in fish biology and invasion science as presented in his Doctor of Science portfolio. Gordon's mentorship began during his postdoctoral research and expanded to involve students, early-career researchers as well as prominent fish biologists in a vast number of research pr...
Terrestrial Aquatic Species Invasiveness Screening Kit (v2.4.1)
Terrestrial Plant Species Invasiveness Screening Kit (v2.4.1)
Over five hundred non-native ant species have spread worldwide, including many that have severe effects on biodiversity, are serious economic pests, or threaten human health and agriculture. The number of species in the Mediterranean is steadily increasing, with Italy being a prominent example. We provide risk screenings for non-native ant species...
Aquatic ecosystems can harbour more than one non-native fish species and this can represent a threat due to trophic interactions with native fishes. However, research on interactions amongst multiple co-occurring native and non-native fish remains scarce. In this study, 551 organisms from 44 native fish, 11 non-native fish, 35 macroinvertebrates (o...
Biological invasions pose a serious threat to native biodiversity, and climate change intensifies the risk of non-native species invasion in human-altered environments, particularly in freshwater ecosystems. In South Korean freshwaters, the number of non-native fish species increased significantly since the early 1950s. We screened risk of invasion...
The number of non-native fish species introduced into the Philippines has steadily increased over the last decades, similar to other Southeast Asian countries. This trend of non-native species introductions is of high concern for the conservation of the native aquatic biota of the country, as invasive fishes are known to be responsible for a wide r...
Standardized terminology in science is important for clarity of interpretation and communication. In invasion science – a dynamic and rapidly evolving discipline – the proliferation of technical terminology has lacked a standardized framework for its development. The result is a convoluted and inconsistent usage of terminology, with various discrep...
Under the increasing threat to native ecosystems posed by non-native species invasions, there is an urgent need for decision support tools that can more effectively identify non-native species likely to become invasive. As part of the screening (first step) component in non-native species risk analysis, decision support tools have been developed fo...
Invasive species represent a severe threat for ecosystem health worldwide. With
increasing global trade and ongoing climate change, monitoring non-native species and their hotspots of potential spread is becoming increasingly important. Invasive ants are one of the most problematic groups of organisms costing billions of dollars a year globally to...
Non‐native species (NNS) might become invasive and threaten biodiversity, economy and public health. Therefore, it is essential that their invasiveness risk be quantified to support conservation measures.
The Azores, located in the mid‐northern Atlantic, is the crossroad of macroalgal native distributions and also present almost three times the glo...
Prevention of non-native species introductions and establishment is essential to avoid adverse impacts of invasive species in marine environments. To identify potential new invasive species and inform non-native species management options for the northern Gulf of Mexico (Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas), 138 marine species were risk screened...
Globally, marine bioinvasions threaten marine ecosystem structure and function, with the Mediterranean Sea being one of the most affected regions. Such invasions are expected to increase due to climate change. We conducted a risk screening of marine organisms (37 fishes, 38 invertebrates, nine plants), both extant and ‘horizon’ (i.e. not present in...
The trade in non-native aquatic organisms for ornamental and food consumption in the Philippines has been responsible for large-scale importation since as early as the 1940s. These non-native organisms, and especially invasive fishes, are believed to be one of the major threats to global biodiversity. However, little is known of the potential threa...
The bleak Alburnus alburnus is a medium body-size leuciscid fish that is naturally distributed across central European and western Asian fresh waters. However, during the last two decades A. alburnus has been widely introduced elsewhere in Europe and in northern Africa, mostly as a forage species for game fishes. Given its relatively recent history...
Electronic decision-support tools are becoming an essential component of government strategies to tackle non-native species invasions. This study describes the development and application of a multilingual electronic decision-support tool for screening terrestrial animals under current and future climate conditions: the Terrestrial Animal Species I...
Non-native aquatic plants are amongst the major threats to freshwater biodiversity and climate change is expected to facilitate their further spread and invasiveness. To date, in Croatia no complete list of non-native extant and horizon aquatic plants has been compiled nor has a risk screening been performed. To address this knowledge gap, 10 extan...
Salmonids are an extensively hatchery-reared group of fishes that have been introduced worldwide mainly for their high commercial and recreational value. The Balkan Peninsula (south-eastern Europe) is characterised by an outstanding salmonid diversity that has become threatened by the introduction of non-native salmonids whose potential risk of inv...
Aquatic invasions are one of the major threats for freshwater ecosystems. However, in developing countries knowledge of biological invasions essential for the implementation of appropriate legislation is often limited if not entirely lacking. In this regard, the identification of potentially invasive non-native species by risk screening, followed b...
The risk screening of non-native species that are likely to be invasive in a designated risk assessment area is crucial for implementing strategies of rapid response and mitigation to protect native biodiversity and socio-economic activities. However, for successful risk-ranking of the screened species, provision of scientifically defensible eviden...
Score-based decision-support tools are increasingly used to identify potential invasive alien species as part of the risk-screening component of non-native species risk analysis. Amongst these tools are the Weed Risk Assessment (WRA) and its derivatives, e.g. the Aquatic Species Invasiveness Screening Kit (AS-ISK), which both have been extensively...
There is increasing use worldwide of electronic decision-support tools to identify potentially invasive non-native species so as to inform policy and management decisions aimed at preventing or mitigating the environmental and socio-economic impacts of biological invasions. This study reviews the analytical approaches used to calibrate scores gener...
The record is confirmed of a ‘Clariobranchus’ hybrid Clarias gariepinus x Heterobranchus sp. specimen in the River Danube of Croatia. Clarias gariepinus was introduced to Europe for farming and research purposes. Because of their faster growth and short time to achieve market size, ‘Clariobranchus’ hybrids have gained attention in European aquacult...
Increased detrimental impacts of biological invasions have triggered the development of risk screening tools to rapidly identify the invasive potential of organisms. These tools assess the biological and historical characteristics of non-native species and predict their invasiveness in a given geographical area. However, challenges for identifying...
1. Numerous human-induced changes to freshwater ecosystems are implicated in the loss of biodiversity including fish extinctions. Dams and weirs have profoundly altered the ecological character of one of the world’s largest river systems, the Murray–Darling Basin (MDB), which discharges at the mouth of the River Murray in South Australia.
2. These...
Plasticity in growth and life-history traits is an important attribute of non-native (NN) fishes, facilitating their adaptation to novel environments. Few studies have investigated geographical variations in multiple biological traits and the factors affecting the variations. In this study, variations in multiple biological traits of NN sailfin cat...
Human-induced biological introductions pose a major threat to global biodiversity, and this is especially frequent in the eastern Mediterranean region, which is a globally important biodiversity hotspot area of high conservation value. To predict at which level introduced species in this region might become invasive under current and projected clim...
1. Marine protected areas of the Caribbean islands are at high risk of non-native species (NNS) introductions and impacts that may threaten conservation goals. To inform conservation management of these protected areas, the present study identified potentially invasive NNS as well as introduction vectors and pathways for the southern Caribbean isla...
The threat posed by invasive non-native species worldwide requires a global approach to identify which introduced species are likely to pose an elevated risk of impact to native species and ecosystems. To inform policy, stakeholders and management decisions on global threats to aquatic ecosystems, 195 assessors representing 120 risk assessment area...
Abstract: Fish communities are important indicators of the health of riverine ecosystems. Fish monitoring for The Living Murray (TLM) initiative, one of Australia’s most ambitious restoration undertakings for the degraded river–floodplain biota of the River Murray system (south-eastern Australia), was carried out annually from 2005 to 2011 across s...
1. Global trade in non-native ornamental species coupled with high connectivity amongst countries is well known to result in worldwide biological invasions, which pose challenges for the conservation and management of biodiversity.
2. There are few studies aimed at implementing management strategies that have examined differences in the potential i...
Context. Freshwater wetlands, including those in coastal regions, are among the most important, albeit threatened, environments worldwide. Beyond protection, restoration is urgently required to halt the trend of wetland loss. Restoring natural hydrology offers potential to achieve this by landscape-scale rehabilitation of wetland habitat and connec...
Introduced and translocated non-native species are a major threat to biodiversity, especially in aquatic habitats. Efforts aimed at the mitigation of impacts and the implementation of preventative measures for the conservation of native biota must rely upon an accurate evaluation of the risks posed by non-native invasive species and are expected to...
A review is provided of length–length relationships (LLR) for common carp Cyprinus carpio at the global scale. In total, 16 studies were retrieved from a comprehensive literature search that provided LLR for C. carpio populations from 26 water bodies consisting of water courses, lakes and reservoirs across nine countries in four continents. There w...
The impact of non-native species, together with their pervasiveness, necessitates a means of identifying which species are most likely to pose an elevated risk of becoming invasive. This is the first application of the Aquatic Species Invasiveness Screening Kit (AS-ISK) decision support tool in Southeast Asia, and specifically for Vietnam. In total...
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Biological invasions are a major driver of global environmental change as invasive non‐native species can exert severe environmental impacts on invaded ecosystems. Estuaries are especially vulnerable to biological invasions, which in highly urbanised areas are further facilitated by introduction pathways linked to commercial activities. T...
Environmental changes due to non-native species introductions and translocations are a global concern. Whilst understanding the causes of bioinvasions is important, there is need for decision-support tools that facilitate effective communication of the potential risks of invasive non-native species to stakeholders. Decision-support tools have been...
Non-native marine crustaceans can exert detrimental impacts on native marine communities by altering habitat and ecosystem function. The Mediterranean Sea is particularly vulnerable to introductions of non-native crustaceans, as evidenced by their remarkably high establishment success. In this study, 20 species of non-native marine crustacean decap...
The ide Leuciscus idus is a large-bodied cyprinid native to freshwaters around the Baltic, Black, Caspian and North seas. Historically an important commercial species, the ide is exploited in recreational fisheries and as an ornamental fish, and is subject to translocation and stocking events. The ide is less well-studied than many European cyprini...
Chironomidae and Cladocera are useful palaeoindicators to describe long-term dynamics in biodiversity of freshwater aquatic communities. However, palaeoecological studies relying on these aquatic invertebrates have generally focused on post-glacial lakes, with relatively few applications to floodplain water bodies such as palaeo-oxbow lakes. In thi...
Risk screening tools play a crucial role in identifying potential high-risk non-native (NN) fish species. In this study, potentially invasive NN fish species in the Anzali Wetland Complex (AWC), which is located on the south coast of the Caspian Sea (Iran), were identified using the Aquatic Species Invasiveness Screening Kit (AS-ISK). In total, 29...
Policies and legislation for the importation and use of non-native (NN) freshwater fishes have been rapidly evolving in several countries around the world in response to heightened evidence of their adverse ecological and economic impacts. In China, the already large and growing number of NN freshwater fishes being imported from foreign countries o...
To inform regional managers of potentially invasive non-native (NN) freshwater fishes in the principal hydrosystem that drains the West Siberian Plain, the River Ob basin, 31 extant and potential future NN fish species were assessed using the Aquatic Species Invasiveness Screening Kit (AS-ISK) with respect to current and projected future climate co...
Risk screening tools are being increasingly used to identify the potential invasiveness and associated risks of non-native species. In this study, the Aquatic Species Invasiveness Screening Kit was used to evaluate the invasiveness risks of extant and horizon non-native marine fish species for the coastal waters of South Korea. In total, 57 marine...
Invasive non‐native species (NNS) are internationally recognized as posing a serious threat to global biodiversity, economies and human health. The identification of invasive NNS is already established, those that may arrive in the future, their vectors and pathways of introduction and spread, and hotspots of invasion are important for a targeted a...
The aim of the present study was to risk screen 45 jellyfish species (30 hydromedusae, 14 scyphomedusae, one cubomedusa) for their potential invasiveness in the Mediterranean Sea to aid managers in making informed decisions on targeting appropriate species for management. Using the Aquatic Species Invasiveness Screening Kit (AS ISK), calibrated bas...
Marcot et al. (2019) recently described the risk analysis process by which the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) chooses species for listing as injurious wildlife. They further compared the Fish Invasiveness Screening Kit (FISK) and the Aquatic Species Invasiveness Screening Kit (AS-ISK), generally unfavorably, with their process/components. W...
Despite its social and economic benefits, the ornamental trade has become a major source of non-native fish introductions into freshwater ecosystems. However, the ornamental trade as a vector for introductions of non-native freshwater fishes is not well defined. We developed a framework incorporating elements of biological invasion processes and a...
Background. Despite increasing reports of non-native freshwater fish dispersal in Poland, a risk assessment (RA) of their current or future impacts has not been undertaken. In this study, the Aquatic Species Invasiveness Screening Kit (AS-ISK) was applied for the first time in Poland (the RA area) to determine the risk of non-native pumpkinseed Lep...
The freshwater Fish Invasiveness Screening Kit (FISK) has been applied in 35 risk assessment areas in 45 countries across the six inhabited continents (11 applications using FISK v1; 25 using FISK v2). The present study aimed: to assess the breadth of FISK applications and the confidence (certainty) levels associated with the decision-support tool’...
The European Non-native Species in Aquaculture Risk Analysis Scheme (ENSARS) was used to assess one of the most popular aquaculture species in the world, the striped catfish Pangasianodon hypophthalmus (Sauvage), in two locations of southern Anatolia (Turkey). The overall mean risk score generated for P. hypophthalmus by the ENSARS Organism module...
Environmental managers require a sensitive and reliable means to prove, with the highest
level of confidence possible, where non-native fish species exist and where they do not.
Therefore, a nested PCR (nPCR) protocol was developed to detect the environmental DNA
(eDNA) of a case-study species, topmouth gudgeon Pseudorasbora parva, which was
recent...
The feeding ecology of the two gobiid species monkey goby Neogobius fluviatilis and western tubenose goby Proterorhinus semilunaris was studied in four natural lakes of the Marmara Region (NW Turkey), with special emphasis on seasonal and ontogenetic shifts in diet. Both species had similar food composition consisting of zooplankton and detritus. H...
Background. The ‘Lessepsian migration’ is a unidirectional phenomenon of successful biotic colonisation from the Red Sea into the eastern Mediterranean Sea via the Suez Canal. This is an on-going process responsible for both positive and negative effects on the marine ecosystem. In this study, 45 Lessepsian marine fish species were screened for the...
In invasive species ecology, risk identification is an essential first step of the overall risk analysis process. In this study, 24 non-native freshwater macroinvertebrate species were screened for their level of risk of invasiveness in the Dnieper, Prypiat and Neman rivers and associated basins of Belarus. Using the recently-developed Aquatic Spec...
Novel modelling is utilised in the present study to reveal significant relationships between the abundance of the Australian freshwater stream-specialist fish Galaxias olidus and metrics defining flow regimes across a region dominated by temporary streams. It was revealed that increases in total abundance were linked to metrics (both 1- and 3-year...
River rehabilitation initiatives have become commonplace in European water courses as a result of European Union Water Framework Directive requirements. However, the short-term responses of fishes to such work have thus far been varied, with some river rehabilitation efforts resulting in demonstrable improvements in diversity and size structure whe...
Invasive alien species (IAS) are a significant and growing problem worldwide. In Europe, some aspects of IAS have been addressed through existing legal instruments, but these are far from sufficient to tackle the problem in a comprehensive manner. The Top 20 IAS issues for Europe were determined at the 1st Freshwater Invasives - Networking for Stra...
Environmental DNA (eDNA) detection of non-native species has considerable potential to inform management decisions, including identifying the need for population control and/or eradication. An invasive species of European concern is the Asian cyprinid fish, topmouth gudgeon (Pseudorasbora parva). Here, eDNA analyses were applied at a fishery site i...
FISK v2 and AS-ISK risk identification screening tools were used to assess the invasiveness potential of 24 non-native (NNS) freshwater fish species in the River Neretva catchment (Bosnia & Herzegovina and Croatia), a risk assessment (RA) area that is an important Mediterranean hotspot of fish endemism. The two assessors assigned similar scores for...
In China, the introduction of South American sailfin catfishes of the genus Pterygoplichthys are a concern due to the potential risks they pose to native environments. The present study reports on the distribution, establishment and maturity of a Pterygoplichthys spp. hybrid swarm in Guangdong Province, China. Distribution data demonstrate that Pte...
1. To determine whether or not signal crayfish Pacifastacus leniusculus and native white-clawed crayfish Austropotamobius pallipes predate on European barbel Barbus barbus eggs, interstitial free-embryos and emergent larvae, experiments were undertaken in salmonid (substratum) incubators (six treatment, four controls) fitted with video recorders.
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Screening tools are being increasingly used to identify more effectively non-native species that pose an elevated risk of being invasive. Of the available decision-support tools, the Fish Invasiveness Screening Kit (FISK) has been widely used, but has recently been replaced by a generic screening tool, the Aquatic Species Invasiveness Screening Kit...
Risk screening tools to identify species with a high or low risk of invasiveness are being increasingly used for effective management purposes. Amongst the available tools, the Fish Invasiveness Screening Kit (FISK) has been used extensively and successfully in large risk assessment (RA) areas, and was recently upgraded to the new generic tool Aqua...
This review provides the first historical account of the ecology and biology of common carp Cyprinus carpio in the Danube and Adriatic basins of Croatia, and emphasises the species’ economic relevance and management implications. As a semi-native species that is native to the Danube but translocated across the Adriatic Basin, carp plays an importan...
The Fish Invasiveness Screening Kit (FISK) has proved to be a useful tool for assessing and screening the risk posed by potentially invasive fish species in larger risk assessment (RA) areas (i.e. country or multi-country level). In the present study, non-native freshwater fishes were screened for a smaller RA area, the closed and vulnerable but ec...
The pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus was introduced to Europe and parts of the Mediterranean Region more than 100 years ago. However, relatively little is known of its potential ecological impacts on the native species and freshwater ecosystems of Anatolia (Turkey), where the species is currently established in ponds and rivers. In this study, interact...
Introduced non-native fishes can cause considerable adverse impacts on freshwater ecosystems. The pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus, a North American centrarchid, is one of the most widely distributed non-native fishes in Europe, having established self-sustaining populations in at least 28 countries, including the U.K. where it is predicted to become i...
In this first application to Croatia and Slovenia, the Fish Invasiveness Screening Kit (FISK) version 2 was used to assess the invasiveness potential of 40 introduced and translocated freshwater fish species. Based on a priori classification of invasiveness, ROC analysis of FISK scores from two independent assessors resulted in a statistically sign...
Comparative assessments of mean growth rates in length across fish populations are useful for gaining insights into the conservation, management and control of species, especially at larger scales of distribution. The purpose of this study was to refine the Growth Index (GI), a useful measure for comparing species-specific growth rates in fish. Usi...
Although fish is widely consumed by humans for its nutritional properties, accumulation of heavy metals can pose serious health hazards. Widespread common carp Cyprinus carpio is cultured worldwide and represents an economically important species for fisheries in several countries. These include Turkey, where C. carpio often makes for a large part...
Species complexes are a common occurrence in freshwater fish assemblages and may often pose a challenge to the understanding of their ecology. A typical case is the ‘cryptic’ carp gudgeon group Hypseleotris spp. in southeastern Australia, which is thought to comprise four closely related species occurring sympatrically within the Murray–Darling Bas...
The invasion of non-indigenous freshwater fish species is one of the most important threats to aquatic biodiversity. Similar to other Mediterranean countries, Greece is considered a hot spot for freshwater biodiversity, with many range-restricted endemics of high conservation concern. The aim of the present study was to undertake a risk screening a...
Stocking of water bodies with non-native fish species for fisheries enhancement is common practice worldwide. However, overall limited benefits in terms of revenues for local communities have so far been reported in some countries, whilst accidental introductions of several non-native fish species have occurred. To evaluate the benefits vs. costs a...
The management of common carp Cyprinus carpio has become a priority issue in most of its native range and where it has been introduced. This is because of the effects (both documented and anecdotal) on freshwater ecosystems that the species is able to exert. To provide a general framework for future management of introductions of this species, this...
Although common carp are known to have been present in Ireland since the early 17th century, historically the species’ distribution was extremely localised. Owing to the popularity of carp as a sport fish in more recent times, it was suspected that the species range had expanded. Distribution maps were constructed from records in the published lite...
The roach Rutilus rutilus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Pisces: Teleostei) is a widespread Eurasian cyprinid freshwater fish. Although numerous studies have investigated the species’ life history traits across its main native range of distribution, little is known from water bodies located beyond the southern limits of the latter, especially where the species...
The roach Rutilus rutilus is a eurythermal generalist that has been translocated and introduced mainly beyond the southern limits of its native Eurasian range of distribution. Although largely studied in most aspects of its ecology, no global assessment is available on its growth. This information is critical for management purposes, especially in...
The Fish Invasiveness Screening Kit (FISK) is becoming a popular tool for rapid risk identification of freshwater fishes, with published applications now spanning the globe. Upgrades (i.e., FISK v2) were completed recently to ensure the incorporation of broader climatic zones for its application to the sub-tropical climate of peninsular Florida. Th...
Temporary streams naturally experience flow intermittence and hydrologic discontinuity that act to shape fish community structure. Yet, alteration of the flow regime of temporary rivers may lessen the resilience of fish communities to tolerate hydrologic change imposed by droughts. This long-term study (2001-2013) predicted spatial structuring (acr...
Some key reproductive characters of invasive common carp Cyprinus carpio were studied in an irrigation system of south-eastern Australia. Spawning occurred on a variety of natural (i.e. submerged vegetation, plant debris and stones) and artificial substrates, and the presence of 0+ individuals was an indicator of spawning success. Compared to other...
The tenet that ecological adaptation can lead to recurrent ecomorphological trends resulting from repetitive processes has long been a primary topic of investigation in evolutionary ecology. To explore this aspect further, this study provides an analysis of the morphological diversity in chondrostoms (Cyprinidae). This freshwater fish group shows a...
A synopsis is provided of the parasites of common carp Cyprinus carpio L. from water bodies of Turkey based on literature data from 1964 to 2014. In total, 45 studies were included in the review and these provided data from 41 water bodies, comprising 12 man-made reservoirs, 21 natural lakes and eight water courses. Forty-one different taxa (includ...
