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Environmental quality and natural food performance at feeding sites in a carp (Cyprinus carpio) pond

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Just like other domesticated animals, common carp (Cyprinus carpio) are able to learn where food can easily be obtained. As a result, carp in semi-intensive polyculture ponds could conceivably restrict their main activity centres to supplemental feeding sites, leading to lowered exploitation of natural food resources (zooplankton and macrozoobenthos) and localised degradation of environmental conditions. At two semi-intensive ponds in southern Moravia (Czech Republic), areas around feeding sites displayed significantly reduced oxygen concentration and saturation (mainly p < 0.001). Likewise, temperature, pH and transparency also decreased significantly at feeding sites (mainly p < 0.05), while turbidity increased. While there was no significant difference in zooplankton biovolume at feeding and non-feeding sites, zoobenthos density and biomass were significantly lower at feeding sites (mainly p < 0.01). The feeding behaviour of carp, therefore, led to significant changes in both abiotic and biotic conditions at supplemental feeding sites.

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Acknowledgments

This study was financially supported by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic—projects “CENAKVA” (No. CZ.1.05/2.1.00/01.0024) and “CENAKVA II” (No. LO1205 under the NPU I program), GAČR Project ECIP P505/12/G112 and OP Fisheries Project No. CZ 1.25/3.4.00/13.00451. We thank Pohořelice Fisheries Ltd. (Rybníkářství Pohořelice s.a.) and all their staff for allowing us access to their fishponds and for help throughout the study.

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  1. Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, South Bohemian Research Centre of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses, Institute of Aquaculture and Protection of Waters, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Husova 458/102, 370 05, České Budějovice, Czech Republic

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    M. Mrkvová, J. Zukal, K. Roche, L. Mikl, L. Šlapanský, M. Janáč & P. Jurajda

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Adámek, Z., Mrkvová, M., Zukal, J. et al. Environmental quality and natural food performance at feeding sites in a carp (Cyprinus carpio) pond. Aquacult Int 24, 1591–1606 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10499-016-0048-3

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