Most studies that have examined mercury (Hg) contamination of fish have focused on game species feeding near the top of the food web, while studies that examine forage fish that feed near the base of the food web are rare. We conducted a survey of Hg contamination in three species of forage fish, brook silverside (Labidesthes sicculus), threadfin shad (Dorosoma petenense) and gizzard shad (Doro...

The relationship between annual water level of Danube and annual catches of Pontic shad (Alosa immaculata, Bennett 1835) in Romania were analyzed. For analysis of long term data on the Danube water level and Pontic shad catch (1920-2013), combinations of different methods were applied using programs Statistica, SPSS 13.0 and MATLAB 6. Periodograms, containing cyclic patterns, were obtained usin...

The population biomass, fishing mortality dynamics and reference points of the rational exploitation Black-Azov sea shad during period 2004-2020 were evaluated using JABBA surplus production model in “catch-only” version. IUU estimation preliminary parametrization by CMSY was performed to improve assessment accuracy. According output, stock biomass interval 1315-1341 t, range 0,03-0,38. During ...

Diadromous species act as nutrient vectors between their marine and freshwater habitats. Few valuations of this regulating service exist none at the scale distribution ranges. This large-scale approach seems particularly relevant for moving exchanging individuals across borders territories these populations may strongly depend upon each other in terms population viability provision ecosystem se...

—The physiological responses of juvenile American shad Alosa sapidissima were evaluated during the period of downstream migration in freshwater (FW) and after seawater (SW) acclimation associated with postmigration. Fish were subjected to a standardized, acute handling and confinement stress (3 h). Changes in plasma cortisol, plasma chloride, and hematocrit were monitored for 24 h. Basal levels...

Numerous studies throughout North America allege deleterious associations among invasive Asian Carp and native fishes; however, no empirical evidence on a system-wide scale exists. We used Mississippi River Basin fish community data collected by the Long Term Resource Monitoring program and the Missouri Department of Conservation to evaluate possible interaction between Asian Carp and native fi...

Abstract The timing of entry into freshwater by mature anadromous fishes is an important component their migration phenology. In iteroparous species, identifying the cues that influence freshwater, and annual variability in these timings, assessing extent individual repeatability. Here, passive acoustic telemetry tracked 71 twaite shad Alosa fallax (‘shad’) returning to River Severn’s upper est...

Hilsa shad (Tenualosa ilisha) is an anadromous species which has reproductive migration from the Persian Gulf to the river. Morphological properties and histological changes in oocyte of Hilsa shad in two different environments (salt water and fresh water in Khuzestan province) were studied with respect to its reproductive cycle. Twenty fish samples with average weight of 830.75±3.25 ...

Over the past five decades, a reproductive failure related to thiamine deficiency, referred to as thiamine deficiency complex (TDC), has been observed in valuable salmonine fishes in the Great Lakes and Finger Lakes in North America and the Baltic Sea in Europe. The cause of TDC has been linked to the consumption of clupeid fish, which contain high levels of a thiamine-destroying enzyme called ...