I studied the effects of temperature, pH, competition and predation on Eurasian perch (Perca fluviatilis) in 30 lakes in Norway during 1981-2001. The study lakes were situated in two different areas in southern Norway; four lakes in Aust-Agder county in southernmost Norway were explored during 1981-1984 and 26 lakes in Hedmark county in south-eastern Norway were investigated during 1992-2001. The study lakes varied considerably in pH, temperature, fish species composition, and perch abundance and size composition. In addition to field surveys, behavioural studies of perch were conducted at Karlstad University in 2006-2007. The field studies revealed that temperature affected recruitment of perch as strong year-classes of perch generally occurred in summers with high temperatures. Temperature also affected perch behaviour as indicated by the low gillnet catches (CPUE) of perch atlow temperature. This effect on CPUE was also supported by results from the aquaria experiments, where swimming and feeding activity of perch was low at low temperature. In a study of four lakes, growth was positively related to temperature in the lake with an allopatric perch population, but not in three lakes where perch occurred sympatrically with roach. pH also affected recruitment. In the four lakes in Aust-Agder, one strong year-class of perch occurred in all lakes in a year with especially high pH in spring and early summer. Adult mortality was also affected by pH, as old perch were less abundant in lakes with late spring pH=5.5-5.8 than in lakes with pH<5.5 and pH>5.8. The size and growth of adult perch were negatively affected by low pH, whereas abundance of large, potentially predatory perch was positively related to pH. The field studies indicated that roach influence perch populations. When coexisting with roach, perch were mainly littoral. In lakes where roach dominated (by number), there was no growth – temperature correlation, but there was such a correlation in lakes without roach. In lakes with sympatric roach, age-specific weight of perch and the growth of 2+ perch were negatively related to the proportion of roach in the gillnet catches. In the aquaria experiments, swimming and feeding activity of perch were lower than that of roach at all temperatures tested, and the difference was most pronounced at 4 and 8 °C. The aquaria experiments indicated that perch had a lower feeding efficiency and that they generally occupied positions closer to the bottom than roach.

Diss. (sammanfattning) Uppsala : Uppsala universitet, 2006. / Härtill 5 uppsatser.

Mémoire (M.P.Aquat.) -- Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, 1992. / Document électronique également accessible en format PDF. CaQCU

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Deakin University, 2001. / Title from PDF title page (viewed on May 16, 2005). Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-224).

Thesis (M.S.)--Humboldt State University, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 77-82).

Thesis (M.S.)--Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences Dept., South Dakota State University, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 80-102). Also available via the World Wide Web.

A breeding of seven European perch (Perca fluviatilis) groups of various origin was carried out under experimental conditions at 20°C temperature since the hatching of larval fish up till the age of 278 days, with intensive feeding using BioMar Inicio plus 0,55mm fodder with 15% fat content and BioMar Inicio plus 0,1mm fodder with 18% of fat content in later initial feeding. The average final weight of fish in the individual groups ranged between 79,4g and 27,63g. Mass yield statement (mass fraction of skinless filets, on the total mass), basic chemical analysis of filets (dry matter, crude protein, lipids and ash content) and organoleptic evaluation of musculature quality were carried out in the final stage of the growth test. No influence of the fish origin on the mass yield was detected. The average values ranged between 35,41% and 32,21%, but an influence of origin on crude protein content was discovered. The lowest values were determined in the population from the north of Germany 77,5% and the highest values on the contrary were determined in the population from the Štrbské Pleso lake 80,35%. The lowest lipids content was determined again in the population from the north of Germany 7,14%, while the highest fat content was detected in the population from Slovakia 8,66%. The results of organoleptic analysis didn't show substantial differences. Overall it can be stated that the monitoring didn't prove any substantial influences of fish origin on the parameters observed, which is confirmed by results of similar observations carried out by other authors e.g. with trout and carp.

En dépit de la ré-oligotrophisation de nombreux lacs d'Europe du nord au cours des deux dernières décennies, les développements massifs de cyanobactéries toxiques, telle que Planktothrix rubescens, adaptée aux écosystèmes mésotrophes, sont encore largement observés. Parmi les cyanotoxines produites par cette espèce, les microcystines (MCs) sont les toxines les plus fréquemment rencontrées et sont reconnues comme des molécules perturbatrices de tous les compartiments trophiques des écosystèmes lacustres. Ces blooms toxiques affectent notamment les lacs péri-alpins pour lesquels des risques de contaminations des populations piscicoles exploitées ont été démontrés. Cependant, il existe encore un manque de connaissances important tant concernant les voies de transfert de ces toxines au sein des réseaux trophiques limniques, que leurs effets physiologiques sur les populations de poisson. Dans le cadre de ce travail de thèse, deux modèles de poissons, dont les répartitions spatiales verticales diffèrent (juvéniles de perche et corégones), ont été considérés. Les objectifs principaux ont été traités d'une part au travers d'une approche expérimentale (par gavage) visant à analyser les processus d'accumulation et de détoxification, ainsi que les effets génotoxiques des MCs sur ces deux espèces modèles. Les réponses physiologiques ainsi étudiées ont permis de mettre en évidence que les juvéniles de perche et les corégones sont capables de détoxifier une partie des MCs ingérées, mais cependant des effets génotoxiques sont observés suite à l'exposition des poissons aux MCs. D'autre part, des approches écosystémiques ont permis (1) d'explorer les effets potentiels de la présence du bloom sur la répartition spatiale des poissons (2) d'évaluer les niveaux de contaminations par les MCs pour les deux espèces de poisson en tenant compte de la variabilité saisonnière (3) d'identifier les principaux vecteurs zooplanctoniques de MCs jusqu'aux poissons. Les résultats acquis montrent que les filaments de P. rubescens constituent une ressource alimentaire en période de bloom pour les organismes zooplanctoniques brouteurs et qu'un transfert de MCs est possible jusqu'aux espèces zooplanctoniques prédatrices et in fine jusqu'aux poissons. Nos résultats mettent également en avant que les voies de contaminations ainsi que les intensités de contamination des poissons peuvent varier aussi bien à l'échelle saisonnière que journalière. Ces variations sont expliquées à la fois par les changements de régime alimentaire des poissons, les variations journalières de la production de MCs par P. rubescens, et les abondances et distributions verticales des différentes proies zooplanctoniques. A l'issue de ce travail, la part importante du transfert trophique des MCs jusqu'aux poissons a été vérifiée dans les cas des contaminations chroniques qui caractérisent les conditions de blooms des lacs péri-alpins (concentrations en cyanobactéries et en toxines modérées à fortes au cours de plusieurs mois). / Many deep peri-alpine lakes which are currently under re-oligotrophication are impacted by Planktothrix rubescens blooms. Among cyanotoxins produced by P. rubescens, microcystins (MCs) are the most commonly studied and are involved in many ecological disturbances. In peri-alpine lakes, these blooms might affect exploited fish species due to toxin contaminations. However, there is still a lack of knowledge regarding both transfer pathways of the toxin and their physiological effects on fish populations. In this work, two models of fish populations were considered (Young-Of-Year (YOY) perch and whitefish which exhibit distinct vertical distributions). The main objectives were on the one hand investigated through an experimental approach to analyze on the two model species, accumulation and detoxification processes as well as genotoxic effects of MCs. From these experiments, we showed that YOY perch and whitefish were able to detoxify part of the MCs but that genotoxic effects were still observed. On the other hand, ecosystemic approaches allowed (1) to explore the potential effects of the presence of bloom on the spatial distribution of fish, (2) to assess the levels of contamination by MCs for both fish species taking into account the seasonal variability, (3) to identify the main zooplanktonic vectors of MCs to fish. Our results revealed that the filaments of P. rubescens are a food resource for zooplankton grazers, and that a trophic transfer of MCs exists from herbivorous to their zooplanktonic predators and in fine to fish. Our results also highlight that the contamination pathways and their intensities could vary both at seasonal and daily scales. These variations are explained by both changes in fish diet, daily variations in the production of MCs by P. rubescens, and abundances and vertical distributions of zooplanktonic preys. Overall, we highlighted the importance of MCs trophic transfer in fish intoxication in the case of chronic contaminations observed in peri-alpine lakes (moderate to severe cyanobacteria/toxins concentrations over several months).

The Chabařovice coal mining pit is currently still under the process of continuous flooding and its area increased up to 174 ha since 2001.Adult perch (Perca fluviatilis) have been the most numerous fish of the lake until 2004. Fish were collected during the ichtyological survey sampling campaigns in June and September.Diet composition was expressed as percent weight, which was calculated for each prey taxon.

The eurasian perch (Perca fluviatilis Linnaeus, 1758) is considered as very perspective species for breeding at intensive aquaculture, where was successful domesticated. Consumption of eurasian perch is increased at present. The greatest grow of consumption is mainly in countries of alpine region and in Scandinavian countries. The aim of experiment was monitor and character spawning of domesticated eurasian perch in controlled conditions of breed. It was determinated fertility and then fertilization of eggs. The next aim was make incubation of fertilization eggs and determinate hatching. After hatch was determinated total length of larvae and its quality by the help of osmotic shock. Domesticated eurasian perch is spawned without problems in controlled conditions of breed. The resulting data of domesticated perch are worse than date of non-domesticated perch in some spawning characteristic. This problem will resolve with gaining knowledge about spawning of eurasian perch. The greatest problem is hatching of eggs, which is very low during spawning of domesticated perch.