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Littoral age 0+ fish distribution in relation to multi-scale spatial heterogeneity of a deep-valley reservoir

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Littoral age 0+ fish were studied with respect to spatio-temporal heterogeneity in the deep-valley Římov Reservoir (Czech Republic) from June to October 2007 using point abundance sampling by electrofishing. The abundance and diversity of age 0+ fish in different types of littoral habitats were examined along the longitudinal gradient of the reservoir during daytime. The impact of some physical attributes of the studied littoral habitats, e.g. slope steepness and substrate size, along with the season was the main factors affecting the distribution of age 0+ fish. The level of structural complexity was not a strong determinant, because the overall diversity and structural complexity of the available littoral habitats were relatively too low to have greater impact on the age 0+ fish distribution. The physical factors markedly influenced the spatial segregation between the two most important taxa in the reservoir—percids and cyprinids. Perch was the only representative of age 0+ percids in the littoral zone, which occupied steep-sloped habitats early in the season. In contrast, gently sloped habitats were mainly occupied by cyprinids later in the season. Species diversity was reflected in the occurrence of age 0+ cyprinids, achieving a maximum in gently sloped habitats in October. The effect of the longitudinal gradients on age 0+ fish distribution and diversity was generally far less significant, but was rather decisive during the period of a pronounced longitudinal trophic gradient during the summer season.

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Acknowledgments

We are much obliged to Mr. Zdeněk Prachař for doing the really tough work while he was rowing several kilometres of the reservoir shoreline each month. Andrea Caháková helped with localization of littoral habitats, Jana Zemanová provided zooplankton analyses and Dr. Hassan Hashimi kindly checked English. The authors also thank two anonymous referees and Dr. David Hoeinghaus for helpful comments to the manuscript. This study was supported by project nos. 42/2006/P-BF and 145/2010/P of the Grant Agency of the University of South Bohemia, NAZV QH8 1046 of the National Agency for Agricultural Research and AVOZ 60170517 of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.

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  1. Biology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i., Institute of Hydrobiology, Na Sádkách 7, 370 05, České Budějovice, Czech Republic

    Michal Kratochvíl, Tomáš Mrkvička, Mojmír Vašek, Jiří Peterka, Martin Čech, Vladislav Draštík, Tomáš Jůza, Josef Matěna, Milan Muška, Jaromír Sed’a, Petr Znachor & Jan Kubečka

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    Michal Kratochvíl & Petr Znachor

  3. Faculty of Economics, University of South Bohemia, Studentská 13, 370 05, České Budějovice, Czech Republic

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Kratochvíl, M., Mrkvička, T., Vašek, M. et al. Littoral age 0+ fish distribution in relation to multi-scale spatial heterogeneity of a deep-valley reservoir. Hydrobiologia 696, 185–198 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-012-1207-9

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