Tatyana Gebauer

University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice · Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters

The diversification of modern aquaculture systems with high-value finfish species, includingPercidae, is hampered by various diseases or even epidemics caused by a wide range ofviruses, bacteria, fungi and parasites. The present meta-analysis revealed six viral, four fungal,and 30 bacterial families as the dominant threats to percid aquaculture, in...

Swim bladder inflation (SBI) is a fundamental step in larval development for both physostome and physoclist fish species. Failure of the SBI triggers higher energy expenditures of the individual, which negatively affects swimming ability, growth rate, feeding efficiency, susceptibility to predation, and survival rate. In aquaculture, the SBI failur...

Inspired from discussions around human dietetics and behavioral traits, the study presumed that bold fish may have better long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-PUFA) accumulation strengths than shy fish, when subjected to a common food. Using Eurasian perch (Perca fluviatilis) model similar in age and sexually immature, it was investigated whe...

The present study aimed to compare the growth performance and liver and muscle fatty acid (FA) profile of juvenile common carp fed with raw black soldier fly (BSFL; Hermetia illucens) and honey bee drone brood (BDB; Apis mellifera), a novel insect in aquaculture, with a commercial carp diet (CCF). After 6 weeks, the weight gain and specific growth...

The use of insect meal in aquafeed formulations has recently gained attention. Detailed knowledge about the inclusion levels for pikeperch (Sander lucioperca), a promising candidate for intensive aquaculture in Europe remains, however, fragmented. In the present study, 4 isoproteic (45% dry matter) and isoenergetic (21 MJ/kg) diets were formulated,...

The present work employed a systematic review and meta‐analysis to quantify the overall effects of various types of insect meal on special growth rate (SGR), feed conversion ratio (FCR) and protein efficiency ratio (PER) of aquatic animals. A total of 107 studies published from 1990 to 2021, targeting 23 freshwater and 17 marine fish species, emplo...

Restocking programmes of different fish species have been implemented worldwide. However, the survival of hatchery-reared fish after release to riverine ecosystems is at a very low level. One of the reasons for the high mortality rate of post-released fish is their modified swimming behaviour due to the hatchery rearing practice. To investigate one...

Fish disease resistance is one of the most desirable traits for aquaculture production. It is known that up to 90% of immune response relies on the innate immunity. Fish innate immunity could be potentially heritable since it is determined by fish local adaptation based on genetic differentiation or population-specific environment. Therefore, using...

In the present study, a possible nature immunostimulant and growth promoter—humic substances (HS) originating from Siberian leonardite mineraloid—were tested on juvenile Clarias gariepinus performance. Feed additive was applied onto commercial pelleted feed at four HS levels—0, 1, 3, and 6% w/w (HS0, HS1, HS3, HS6, respectively). Diets were tested...

Effects of feeding dietary defatted black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) larvae meal (HI) on intestine microbiota, and on histomorphology, oxidative enzyme activities in liver and intestine of pikeperch (Sander lucioperca) were investigated. Four isoproteic (45% crude protein) and isolipidic (18% ether extract) diets were formulated to include 0%...

Domestication and selective breeding can mitigate current bottlenecks in European perch aquaculture. Monitoring the condition and stress tolerance of European perch stocks from different recirculating aquaculture systems is of general interest to set the baseline values of promising candidates for further breeding processes. We recorded morphometri...

Optimizing larval rearing protocols is critical to successful intensive fish culture. We compared the efficacy of feeding strategies for larvae of maraena whitefish Coregonus maraena, a promising candidate for intensive aquaculture. Survival, growth indicators, intestine development, and liver status were compared in larvae fed live feed, commercia...

European perch, Perca fluviatilis, is a highly promising candidate for freshwater aquaculture diversification. It has great potential to deliver products of sensory quality and nutritional value according to the market demands in the EU. However, the production is often hampered by bacterial diseases causing low growth and mass mortality in intensi...

After its introduction for scientific investigation in the 1950s, the cypriniform zebrafish, Danio rerio, has become a valuable model for the study of regenerative processes and mechanisms. Zebrafish exhibit epimorphic regeneration, in which a nondifferentiated cell mass formed after amputation is able to fully regenerate lost tissue such as limbs,...

Insect meal is gaining increased attention in aquafeed formulations due to high protein content and an essential amino acid profile similar to that of fishmeal. To investigate insect meal in feed for European perch Perca fluviatilis, a promising candidate for European intensive culture, we replaced standard fishmeal with partially defatted black so...

Knowledge of spatial genetic variability patterns allows improving conservation actions, translocation regulations, and farming productivity. However, these genetic variability patterns are often considered after issues are observed, long after the beginning of production. By taking into account lessons from other species, we investigate the geneti...

Effect of oxygen saturation and thermal regimes on growth and selected physiological indicators of juvenile Salvelinus fontinalis × Salvelinus alpinus hybrids were investigated in separate experiments. Hybrid status of tested fish, with S. fontinalis as the maternal species, was confirmed by sequence analysis. During both experiments fish doubled t...

We evaluated the relationship of stocking density to survival, growth performance and fin condition of European perch Perca fluviatilis with hand feeding and self‐feeders. Hand‐fed perch (body weight 19.1 ± 5.1 g and total length 107 ± 9 mm) were reared at 0.5, 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0 fish/L. Self‐feeding perch (body weight 25.4 ± 3.9 g and total length 1...

European perch is being described as a candidate species for European aquaculture diversification due to high market demand especially in Alpine countries. In past decades, the species has been well adapted in recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) allowing year-round intensive production (Policar et al., 2015). However, bacterial diseases by Aerom...

Domestication is still a long and difficult process and it is particularly impacted by species behavioural traits. Indeed, tolerance to high densities in intensive cultures and sociability are major features which facilitate domestication and influence the effectiveness of aquaculture production. Moreover, behavioural domestication predispositions...

This article belongs to the special issue European Percid Fish Culture by Żarski et al. and should be included in Volume 27, Issue 4. The link to this special issue can be found here: https://link.springer.com/journal/10499/27/4

Larval rearing is a crucial step in fish production. However, issues in larval production, such as low growth/survival rate, impede the aquaculture development of many species including Perca fluviatilis. Since allopatric populations of P. fluviatilis exhibit different growth rates for first-life stages, basing fish stocks on populations displaying...

Non-indigenous western tubenose goby Proterorhinus semilunaris and round goby Neogobius melanostomus have rapidly increased in numbers and displaced native ichthyofauna in invaded ecosystems. This displacement has been predominantly linked to competition for resources and shelters. Similarly, P. semilunaris was displaced in many localities after in...

Rapid expansion of round goby (Neogobius melanostomus) and western tubenose goby (Proterorhinus semilunaris) beyond their native ranges calls for urgent management action, particularly in localities with high introduction possibility of the species. We used a comparative functional response (FR) approach to forecast invader ecological impact. We co...

Present research suggests that phenotypic variations and consequent potential differences in suitability for commercial culture are more likely to occur among genetically diverse populations. We investigated diversity in traits important to aquaculture and assessed genetic differentiation based on four mitochondrial markers in three European popula...

The effects of an artificially prolonged photoperiod on growth, survival rate, colouration, and sexual maturation in brook trout Salvelinus fontinalis during pre‐ and post‐spawning periods from 21 June to 06 November were investigated. Fish of mean initial weight ˜150 g were reared at ambient photoperiod as well as with an artificially prolonged ph...

A population of Turkestan sculpin Cottus spinulosus Kessler, 1872 was discovered in the Talas River watershed in Kazakhstan in April 2012, and sampled in July and October 2013. The dorsal head and sides and back of all specimens were densely covered by small pricles which distinguishes this species from the Chatkal sculpin C. gobio jaxartensis Berg...