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The fry community in a temperate lowland reservoir was monitored for seven years. The variation in reproductive success of the dominant perch and cyprinids was correlated with the variation of the water level. During summer the main food of perch was Daphnia. In the year with the highest density of perch, a decline in the density of cladocerans and in the percentage of Daphnia eaten was observed. This resulted in low stomach fullness and poor fry growth. Simultaneously, the amount of phytoplankton increased. An optimal recruitment curve was found for maintaining water quality with optimal recruitment of fish stocks, assuming that a high rate of fry growth is essential for high survival during winter. Regulation of fry densities can be achieved by the manipulation of water levels during the reproductive and early ontogeny period.
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Zalewski, M., Brewinska-Zaraś, B., Frankiewicz, P., Kalinowski, S. (1990). The potential for biomanipulation using fry communities in a lowland reservoir: concordance between water quality and optimal recruitment. In: Gulati, R.D., Lammens, E.H.R.R., Meijer, ML., van Donk, E. (eds) Biomanipulation Tool for Water Management. Developments in Hydrobiology, vol 61. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0924-8_49
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