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Fisheries Management and EcologyVolume 26, Issue 2, April 2019, Pages 153-164

Boom-bust like dynamics of invasive black bullhead (Ameiurus melas) in Lake Sava (Serbia)(Article)

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  • aInstitute for Multidisciplinary Research, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
  • bInstitute for Biological Research “Siniša Stanković”, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
  • cFaculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
  • dBiology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Hydrobiology, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
  • eLeibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin, Germany

Abstract

The life-history traits and population dynamics of the black bullhead Ameiurus melas (Rafinesque) were studied monthly from August 2009 to December 2012 in Lake Sava in Belgrade (Serbia). This period included a mass mortality event in May 2011 and subsequent population recovery during 2012. Available evidence suggests the mass mortality was caused by European catfish virus that only affected the black bullhead. Changes in key life-history traits and the recovery potential (increase in catch-per-unit-effort, doubling of young-of-the-year to adult ratio, earlier maturation and increased fecundity) following the mass mortality event suggest population resilience typical of a recurring boom-bust pattern and demonstrate the species’ capacity to recover rapidly and re-establish following disturbance. Repeated systematic mass removals of both juveniles and adults (using fyke nets) will be required if future fishery management measures aimed at limiting the population size are to be effective. © 2019 John Wiley & Sons Ltd

Author keywords

managementmass mortality eventnon-native fishpopulation dynamicspopulation recoveryviral infection

Indexed keywords

GEOBASE Subject Index:fishfishery managementinvasive speciesjuvenilelife history traitmass mortalitypopulation dynamicspopulation size
Regional Index:Serbia
Species Index:Ameiurus melasEuropean catfish virus

Funding details

Funding sponsor Funding number Acronym
Akademie Věd České RepublikyAV ČR
Ministry of Education, Science and TechnologyMEST
Bundesministerium für Bildung und ForschungBMBF
European Regional Development FundERDF
Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung
See opportunities by AvH		AvH
TR37009,OI173045,173045,37009
European Social FundCZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16_02 5/0007417,16_025/0 007417ESF

  • 1

    Ministry of Education, Science, and Technological ?evelopment of the Republic of Serbia, Grant/Award Number: TR37009 and OI173045; J.E. Purkyn\u011B Fellowship of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic; Alexander von Humboldt Foundation; German Federal Ministry of Education and Research; ER?F; ESF, Grant/ Award Number: CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16_02 5/0007417

  • 2

    This study was supported by the Ministry of Education, Science, and Technological ?evelopment of the Republic of Serbia, Project No. TR37009 and Project No. OI173045. Ivan Jari\u0107 also acknowledges the support by the J.E. Purkyn\u011B Fellowship of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), and ER?F/ESF project No. ?Z.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16_025/0 007417. The authors would like to thank the Associate Editor, G.H. Copp, and three anonymous reviewers for helpful comments and suggestions that substantially improved the quality of the manuscript. The authors also give their thanks to the public company \u2018Ada Ciganlija\u2019 for providing logistic support during field work.

  • 3

    This study was supported by the Ministry of Education, Science, and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia, Project No. TR37009 and Project No. OI173045. Ivan Jari\u0107 also acknowledges the support by the J.E. Purkyn\u011B Fellowship of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), and ERDF/ESF project No. CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16_025/0007417. The authors would like to thank the Associate Editor, G.H. Copp, and three anonymous reviewers for helpful comments and suggestions that substantially improved the quality of the manuscript. The authors also give their thanks to the public company \u2018Ada Ciganlija\u2019 for providing logistic support during field work.

  • ISSN: 0969997X
  • Source Type: Journal
  • Original language: English
  • DOI: 10.1111/fme.12335
  • Document Type: Article
  • Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Ltd

  Jaćimović, M.; Institute for Multidisciplinary Research, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia;
© Copyright 2019 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

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