Preliminary results on successful stocking of pikeperch (Sander lucioperca L.) in the Zlatar reservoir [Serbia]

• Main Authors: Mićković, B., Institute for Multidisciplinary Research, Belgrade (Serbia), Nikčević, M., Institute for Multidisciplinary Research, Belgrade (Serbia), Hegediš, A., Institute for Multidisciplinary Research, Belgrade (Serbia), Lenhardt, M., Institute for Biological Research Siniša Stanković, Belgrade (Serbia), Pucar, M., Institute for Multidisciplinary Research, Belgrade (Serbia), Skorić, S., Institute for Multidisciplinary Research, Belgrade (Serbia)
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Belgrade (Serbia) Faculty of Agriculture 2011
• Subjects: ACCLIMATEMENT; ACCLIMATIZATION; ACLIMATACIAN; ANIMAL INTRODUCTION; EMBALSES; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_24116; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_42629; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_49909; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_8324; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_8589; INTRODUCCIAN DE ANIMALES; INTRODUCTION D'ANIMAUX; RASERVOIR D'EAU; SERBIA; SERBIE; STIZOSTEDION LUCIOPERCA; WATER RESERVOIRS
• ISBN: 867834119X; 9788678341199

This article presents the preliminary results of the pikeperch’s successful acclimatisation into the Zlatar reservoir. Comparative review of the fish community composition in the Zlatar reservoir for the 2003-2010 period showed that the introduction of pikeperch has induced significant changes to the fish community structure. The stocking of pikeperch was conducted in 2005 (930 kg, age 1+, average weight 250 g) and the first positive results were noted in 2008. In 2010 the presence of stable and reproductively successful population was recorded. Diet analysis showed that pikeperch feed almost exclusively on bleak thus indicating that growth of pikeperch population was directly related to the state of bleak population, while there were no significant effects on the rest of the species.