The release of hatchery-reared fishes for restoring threatened and endangered populations is one of the most controversial issues in applied ecology. A central issue has been to determine whether releases cause extinction of local wild populations. This may arise either through domesticated or non-local fishes hybridizing with wild fishes, or through inappropriate behavioural interactions; for ...

Mitochondrial biogenesis is induced in response to cold temperature in many organisms. The effect is particularly pronounced in ectotherms such as fishes, where acclimation to cold temperature increases mitochondrial density. Some polar fishes also have exceptionally high densities of mitochondria. The net effect of increasing mitochondrial density is threefold. First, it increases the concentr...

The Fish Invasiveness Screening Kit (FISK) is becoming a popular tool for rapid risk identification of freshwater fishes, with published applications now spanning the globe. Upgrades (i.e., FISK v2) were completed recently to ensure the incorporation of broader climatic zones for its application to the sub-tropical climate of peninsular Florida. The goal of the present study was to evaluate the...

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the fishes of capoeta genus are living in different fauna regions of iranian freshwater fishes. the parasitological studies of these fishes are important on subjects of ecology and life cycles in different fishes. the aim of this study was to study the parasites of capoeta spp. in halil-rud river, kerman province. samples were collected from the freshwater fishes (between oct. 2007 to sep. 2008...

The extent of contamination of fish in the Mid-Atlantic Region was evaluated as part of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Monitoring and Assessment Program's regional assessment in 1993 through 1994. Fish assemblages from wadeable streams were dominated by small, short-lived fishes (e.g., minnows, darters, and sculpins) that were more widely distributed and abundant than large fishes t...

Based on life history and ecological characteristics, several authors have placed seamount fishes at the extreme end of the vulnerability spectrum. However, it was still unclear if there is justification for the generalization that seamount fishes overall possess specific life-history characteristics that render them more vulnerable to fishing than other species. In this contribution, we test t...