In this study, quantitive characteristics and chemical composition of in roach (Rutilus rutilus caspicus) sperm were investigated. Sperm traits included sperm movement duration, percentage of motile spermatozoa, sperm density, spermatocrit and sperm volume. Some seminal plasma characteristics (sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium and chloride) were investigated. In addition, some metabolites o...

Since the 1980s, Swedish lakes have in general become less acidified. Assessment of biological recovery is, however, hampered by poor pre-acidification data, confounding effects of climate change, and few lakes with annual sampling of fish and other organisms. Only three critically acidified, but non-limed, lakes had two decades of fish monitoring. The lakes had not yet recovered to pre-industr...

According to the 'good genes' hypothesis, sexual ornaments provide an indication of the 'quality' of the bearer. In roach, Rutilus rutilus, breeding tubercles (BTs) may signal resistance against the digenean parasite, Rhipidocotyle campanula. Life history theory predicts that there should be a trade-off between parasite resistance and other life history traits. In roach, this could imply a trad...

Historically, ecological engineered solutions for fish passage across anthropogenic barriers in rivers has mainly focused on facilitating upstream long-migrating diadromous fish, such as salmonids. More recently, have shifted their focus to a more holistic perspective, allowing species with different swimming capacity, both and downstream. This experiment investigated whether the addition of co...

The secondary lamellae of the gills are the primary sites of oxygen uptake in fish. We have used epi-illumination microscopy in vivo to observe the microcirculation directly in secondary lamellae of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) and roach (Rutilus rutilus). Our observations point at previously unrecognised factors in fish respiratory physiology. Erythrocytes passing through secondary lame...