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Non-native and translocated fish species in Serbia and their impact on the native ichthyofauna

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A total of 22 fish species have been introduced into the inland waters of Serbia, either intentionally or accidentally. This paper provides a summary of data concerning time and reason of introduction, mode of expansion, degree of acclimatization, impact on native fish and estimated area of recent distribution. Four of the non-native fish species currently occupy more than 51% of Serbian territory while 5 of them occupy between 21–50% of territory. This paper reviews impacts of introduced freshwater fish in Serbia based on collected data.

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This study was financially supported by the Ministry of Science and Technological Development of Serbia (Project No. 20107 and Project No. 143045).

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    Mirjana Lenhardt

  2. Faculty of Agronomy, Cara Dusana 34, 32000, Cacak, Serbia

    Goran Markovic

  3. Institute for Multidisciplinary Research, Kneza Viseslava 1, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia

    Aleksandar Hegedis

  4. Faculty of Agriculture, Trg D. Obradovica 8, 21000, Novi Sad, Serbia

    Stevan Maletin & Miroslav Cirkovic

  5. Faculty of Agriculture, Nemanjina 6, 10080, Belgrade, Serbia

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Lenhardt, M., Markovic, G., Hegedis, A. et al. Non-native and translocated fish species in Serbia and their impact on the native ichthyofauna. Rev Fish Biol Fisheries 21, 407–421 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11160-010-9180-8

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