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Biomanipulating streams : a supplementary tool in lake restoration

Skov, Christian LU ; Hansen, Joan H. ; Baktoft, Henrik ; Brodersen, Jakob LU ; Brönmark, Christer LU ; Hansson, Lars Anders LU orcid ; Hulthén, Kaj LU ; Chapman, Ben B. LU and Nilsson, P. Anders LU orcid (2019) In Hydrobiologia 829(1). p.205-216
Abstract

Removal of cyprinid fish is a widely used biomanipulation tool to transform turbid shallow eutrophic lakes in north temperate regions into a clear water state. We here evaluate the removal of cyprinids from streams as a supplement to lake fishing. Since cyprinids often aggregate in high densities in lake inlet/outlet streams during winter migration, removal of fish in this space-confined habitat may be cost-efficient as compared to fish removal in the lake habitat. In two consecutive years, we annually removed up to 35% of the dominant cyprinids from an inlet stream to a lake and argue that this could easily be increased with a more targeted fishing effort. Concurrently, we monitored species- and length-specific variation in migration... (More)

Removal of cyprinid fish is a widely used biomanipulation tool to transform turbid shallow eutrophic lakes in north temperate regions into a clear water state. We here evaluate the removal of cyprinids from streams as a supplement to lake fishing. Since cyprinids often aggregate in high densities in lake inlet/outlet streams during winter migration, removal of fish in this space-confined habitat may be cost-efficient as compared to fish removal in the lake habitat. In two consecutive years, we annually removed up to 35% of the dominant cyprinids from an inlet stream to a lake and argue that this could easily be increased with a more targeted fishing effort. Concurrently, we monitored species- and length-specific variation in migration propensity, to explore how this relates to efficient fish removal. Smaller planktivores generally had a much higher migratory propensity than larger benthivores. Hence, stream fishing specifically targets species and size groups that are less efficiently controlled with traditional lake fishing methods. As a rule of thumb, stream fishing is most efficient when water temperature is 2–6°C. Prior to implementing fish removals from streams, the potential evolutionary consequences of the targeted removal of migratory phenotypes should be considered.

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Cost-effective, Cyprinid fishes, Evolutionary consequences, Fish removal, Migration
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Hydrobiologia
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829
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12 pages
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Springer
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0018-8158
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10.1007/s10750-018-3832-4
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English
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  abstract     = {{<p>Removal of cyprinid fish is a widely used biomanipulation tool to transform turbid shallow eutrophic lakes in north temperate regions into a clear water state. We here evaluate the removal of cyprinids from streams as a supplement to lake fishing. Since cyprinids often aggregate in high densities in lake inlet/outlet streams during winter migration, removal of fish in this space-confined habitat may be cost-efficient as compared to fish removal in the lake habitat. In two consecutive years, we annually removed up to 35% of the dominant cyprinids from an inlet stream to a lake and argue that this could easily be increased with a more targeted fishing effort. Concurrently, we monitored species- and length-specific variation in migration propensity, to explore how this relates to efficient fish removal. Smaller planktivores generally had a much higher migratory propensity than larger benthivores. Hence, stream fishing specifically targets species and size groups that are less efficiently controlled with traditional lake fishing methods. As a rule of thumb, stream fishing is most efficient when water temperature is 2–6°C. Prior to implementing fish removals from streams, the potential evolutionary consequences of the targeted removal of migratory phenotypes should be considered.</p>}},
  author       = {{Skov, Christian and Hansen, Joan H. and Baktoft, Henrik and Brodersen, Jakob and Brönmark, Christer and Hansson, Lars Anders and Hulthén, Kaj and Chapman, Ben B. and Nilsson, P. Anders}},
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  keywords     = {{Cost-effective; Cyprinid fishes; Evolutionary consequences; Fish removal; Migration}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{1}},
  pages        = {{205--216}},
  publisher    = {{Springer}},
  series       = {{Hydrobiologia}},
  title        = {{Biomanipulating streams : a supplementary tool in lake restoration}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-018-3832-4}},
  doi          = {{10.1007/s10750-018-3832-4}},
  volume       = {{829}},
  year         = {{2019}},
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