Broad-Scale Morphometric Diversity in the Lake Minnow <i>Eupallasella percnurus</i> (Cyprinidae : Pisces)

Kusznierz, Jan; Paśko, Łukasz; Maślak, Robert; Pietras-Lebioda, Agnieszka; Borczyk, Bartosz; Tagayev, Daniyar; Sergiel, Agnieszka; Wolnicki, Jacek

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“…However, the species mainly inhabit large areas in the north of Europe and Asia. The global population of lake minnow displays a wide range of morphological variation, which resulted in five distinguished subspecies (Kusznierz et al 2017). Across Poland, however, genetic variation in this species is quite low (Kaczmarczyk and Wolnicki 2016).…”

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Extinction risk to lake minnow (Eupallasella percnurus) due to habitat loss: Eastern Poland case study

Sowińska-Świerkosz

Kolejko

2019

Environ Monit Assess

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In Poland, lake minnow ( Eupallasella percnurus Pall.) inhabit 160 sites, including 44 in the eastern part of the country. Their habitats are mainly small and shallow peat holes vulnerable to complete destruction due to being dried or overgrown. Such processes are regularly observed, with ~ 60% of sites having vanished since the 1950s. Therefore, this species is one of the most endangered fish species from the Cyprinidae family in Polish inland waters. A GIS approach was adopted to fully analyze their habitat loss. The habitat area was marked in four time periods (from the 1960s to 2018) in reference to 26 sites composed of 111 reservoirs and representing almost 60% of all those documented in Eastern Poland. On this basis, the rate at which the habitat will vanish and the predicted time when this will happen were calculated. The results showed that the mean vanishing rate oscillates between 1 and 2% of the area per year for 50% of the analyzed sites ( N = 13). For three sites (11%), this value does not exceed 1% of each area per year and is higher than 2% for the rest of the sites (39%). The results indicate that if the process of overgrowing and shallowing is not stopped, 58% of the analyzed sites will disappear in the next 50 years (including 8 (31%) in the next 20 years). This trend may lead to a serious decline in the species population or even its extinction in the next decades. Passive protection has proven to be insufficient in preserving lake minnow habitats. Therefore, there is an urgent need to undertake decisive protection action, as proposed in this manuscript. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1007/s10661-019-7731-6) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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Extinction risk to lake minnow (Eupallasella percnurus) due to habitat loss: Eastern Poland case study

Sowińska-Świerkosz

Kolejko

2019

Environ Monit Assess

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“…Lake minnow, Eupallasella percnurus (Pallas, 1814), is a member of the family Leuciscidae (order Cypriniformes) with a very wide range of the occurrence in the Northern Hemisphere (Kusznierz et al 2017). This small (Fig.…”

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Protection of the endangered fish lake minnow, Eupallasella percnurus (Pallas, 1814), within the Natura 2000 network in Poland: Present status and perspectives

Wolnicki

Sikorska

Radtke

2022

Fisheries &Amp; Aquatic Life

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The Natura 2000 network in Poland comprises over a thousand Special Protection Areas (SPAs) for birds and Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) for habitats and plant and animal species. One of these animals is the fish species lake minnow, Eupallasella percnurus, which is highly endangered with extinction and under strict protection. Presently it occurs in 27 SACs at 73 sites, i.e., considerably fewer than in the previous decade, when it occurred in 35 SACs at about 100 sites. Since it is very likely that the decline in the number of E. percnurus sites will continue in coming years, serious doubts are raised concerning the perspectives for its conservation within the Natura 2000 network and throughout Poland. The major threat to the existence of its habitats is climate change resulting in water bodies drying up at accelerated rates. Introductions of predatory fish species also contribute to the extinction of E. percnurus populations. Obviously, preserving the occurrence of E. percnurus in Polish inland waters will require the wide-ranging use of active conservation measures with a special emphasis on the revitalization of its most valuable habitats.

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Critical thermal maxima of three small-bodied fish species (Cypriniformes) of different origin and protection status

Radtke

Wolnicki

Kapusta

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The European Zoological Journal

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Broad-Scale Morphometric Diversity in the Lake Minnow Eupallasella percnurus (Cyprinidae : Pisces)

Cited by 3 publications

References 8 publications

Extinction risk to lake minnow (Eupallasella percnurus) due to habitat loss: Eastern Poland case study

Extinction risk to lake minnow (Eupallasella percnurus) due to habitat loss: Eastern Poland case study

Protection of the endangered fish lake minnow, Eupallasella percnurus (Pallas, 1814), within the Natura 2000 network in Poland: Present status and perspectives

Critical thermal maxima of three small-bodied fish species (Cypriniformes) of different origin and protection status

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