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Efficiency of rapid field methods for detecting non-native fish in Eastern Brazilian lakes

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Where biodiversity conservation and environmental preservation are significant concerns, rapid assessment and monitoring of the colonization and spread of non-native species are essential for timely decision-making and response. We developed and evaluated the adequacy of a rapid assessment protocol (RAP) for detecting non-native fish species in 74 Eastern Brazilian lakes. The RAP consists of a single field day employing two surveyors to conduct interviews with local sport fishers, visual surveys of fish, angling with lures, and gillnetting. We compared our results with those from separate, intense, large sampling effort (LSE) field surveys. Despite requiring less than 1/100th of the field effort, the RAP was able to detect the presence of most non-native fish species that were reported in the same lakes by LSE surveys. Information from local sport fishers was invaluable, particularly for detecting species that were in low abundance, but was not available for lakes within a forest preserve area. Non-native introductions commonly lead to rapid and widespread invasion and adverse effects on native biota. Our results strongly suggest that the RAP could function as a cost-effective tool for efficiently assessing the presence of non-native fishes in lakes and monitoring their colonization and spread over large geographic areas.

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Acknowledgements

This study was supported by the Fundo Nacional do Meio Ambiente (FNMA—Grant 80/2001), Ministry of Environment, and by the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq). The Instituto Estadual de Florestas de Minas Gerais (IEF-MG) and the Companhia Agrícola Florestal Santa Bárbara (CAF—Arcelor) provided logistic support. Thanks to Adelaine La Guardia for improvement in the English quality of this final version. The authors are grateful to the two anonymous reviewers who improved the clarity and quality of the paper.

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  1. Universidade Federal de São João del-Rei – UFSJ – Departamento de Ciências Exatas e Biológicas, Cx postal 56, Sete Lagoas, MG, 35700-970, Brazil

    Anderson Oliveira Latini

  2. UNISANTA, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Sustentabilidade de Ecossistemas Costeiros e Marinhos, Rua Oswaldo Cruz, 277 (Boqueirão), Santos, SP, 11045-907, Brazil

    Miguel Petrere Júnior

  3. UFSCar - Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Campus de Sorocaba, PPGPUR, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Planejamento e Uso de Recursos Renováveis, Rodovia João Lemes dos Santos, km 110 (SP264), Sorocaba, SP, 18052-780, Brazil

    Miguel Petrere Júnior

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Latini, A.O., Petrere Júnior, M. Efficiency of rapid field methods for detecting non-native fish in Eastern Brazilian lakes. Hydrobiologia 817, 85–96 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-018-3624-x

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