FIRST RECORD OF THREE-SPINED STICKLEBACK (Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758) IN THE DANUBE BASIN OF CROATIA

Lisjak, Damir; Zanella, Davor; Mustafić, Perica; Ćaleta, Marko; Buj, Ivana; Mihinjač, Tanja; Mrakovčić, Milorad; Marčić, Zoran

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“…Other documents noted that the stickleback was absent from the upper Danube system until the late 19th century (von Siebold, 1863;Münzing, 1963;Ahnelt, 1986) and most authors agree that the only natural population in Switzerland north of the Alps resided near Basel (Figure 3; Schinz, 1837;Wittmack, 1875;Leuthner, 1877;Fehling et al, 1881;Schulze, 1892;Rauther, 1926;Scheffelt, 1926;Muckle, 1972;Ahnelt, 1986;Ahnelt and Amann, 1994;Ahnelt et al, 1998;Paepke, 2002;Altman et al, 2013), that also served as a popular source location of stickleback for aquarium fish traders in Switzerland (Steinmann, 1936). This historical record implies that stickleback were present in the Lake Constance basin before they established in the upper Danube (Vogt and Hofer, 1909;Gaschott, 1941;Berinkey, 1960;Balon, 1967;Ahnelt, 1986;Cakić et al, 2000;Holcik, 2003;Polačik et al, 2008;Lisjak et al, 2015), making a natural colonization from the Danube unlikely.…”

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Threespine Stickleback in Lake Constance: The Ecology and Genomic Substrate of a Recent Invasion

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Invasive species can be powerful models for studying contemporary evolution in natural environments. As invading organisms often encounter new habitats during colonization, they will experience novel selection pressures. Threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus complex) have recently colonized large parts of Switzerland and are invasive in Lake Constance. Introduced to several watersheds roughly 150 years ago, they spread across the Swiss Plateau (400–800 m a.s.l.), bringing three divergent hitherto allopatric lineages into secondary contact. As stickleback have colonized a variety of different habitat types during this recent range expansion, the Swiss system is a useful model for studying contemporary evolution with and without secondary contact. For example, in the Lake Constance region there has been rapid phenotypic and genetic divergence between a lake population and some stream populations. There is considerable phenotypic variation within the lake population, with individuals foraging in and occupying littoral, offshore pelagic, and profundal waters, the latter of which is a very unusual habitat for stickleback. Furthermore, adults from the lake population can reach up to three times the size of adults from the surrounding stream populations, and are large by comparison to populations globally. Here, we review the historical origins of the threespine stickleback in Switzerland, and the ecomorphological variation and genomic basis of its invasion in Lake Constance. We also outline the potential ecological impacts of this invasion, and highlight the interest for contemporary evolution studies.

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“…The first record of the three-spined stickleback in Serbia was in the Danube River at rkm 92 in 1995 (Cakić, Lenhardt, & Petrović, 2000), although there are unverified earlier records (Lenhardt et al, 2011). The species is present in the Mura River (Upper Danube) in Slovenia (Povž et al, 2015) and was recently recorded in the Croatian part of the Mura due to downstream spreading following a flood event (Lisjak et al, 2015).…”

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Alien freshwater fish species in the Balkans—Vectors and pathways of introduction

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Fish introductions, particularly in areas of high biological diversity and endemism, represent a major threat for biodiversity. In the Balkan Peninsula, 60 fish species have been introduced to date, of which 36 have become naturalized in inland waters. Since the Balkans are one of the world's 35 biodiversity hot spots, this large presence of alien fish species poses a serious threat for the stability of freshwater ecosystems and the survival of the native ichthyofauna and of aquatic biodiversity in general. The motivation for the introductions, and the historical timeline, varies among the Balkan states. Despite recent attempts to implement and align legislation aimed at preventing the introduction of potentially invasive species, and the implementation of rigorous controls of introductions and increased protection of open waters, the majority of current introductions remain intentional, primarily via aquaculture. This review article provides a historical overview of freshwater fish introductions, the motivation behind them and the current distribution of alien freshwater fishes in the Balkans. The ecological implications and future perspectives concerning alien fish species in the region are also discussed.

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“…);Mrakovčić et al (2000a);Mikavica et al (2001);Paepke (2002);Mrakovčić et al (2006);Kottelat and Freyhof (2007);Cano et al (2008);Mäkinen and Merilä (2008);Muhamedagić et al (2008);Sevcsik and Erös (2008);Zanella (2009);Zanella et al (2009a);Lipej and Dulčić (2010);Csipkés et al (2012);DeFaveri et al (2012);Glamuzina et al (2013);Landeka et al (2015);Lisjak et al (2015);Zanella et al (2015);Piria et al (2016b);;Piria et al (2018) Remarks: non-native in Danube River drainage; though some report the existence of two species in Croatia, G. aculetus and G. gymnurus, recent genetic analyses have indicated that this is the species G. aculeatusAnonymous (1896a): Hunting and fishing revenues. Lovačko-ribarski viestnik, 5, 59.…”

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A Review of Extant Croatian Freshwater Fish and Lampreys

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Croatian Journal of Fisheries

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A checklist of the freshwater fish fauna of Croatia is presented for the first time. It is based on 1360 publications of historical and recent data in the literature. According to the literature review, there were 137 fish species in 30 families and 75 genera recorded in Croatia. The checklist is systematically arranged and provides distributional data of the freshwater fish fauna as well as whether the species is endemic, introduced or translocated.

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FIRST RECORD OF THREE-SPINED STICKLEBACK (Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758) IN THE DANUBE BASIN OF CROATIA

Abstract: One specimen of three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) was found in a puddle near the Mura River in October 2014 near the town of Mursko Središće. This is the first record of this species in the Danube Basin of Croatia.

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Threespine Stickleback in Lake Constance: The Ecology and Genomic Substrate of a Recent Invasion

Threespine Stickleback in Lake Constance: The Ecology and Genomic Substrate of a Recent Invasion

Alien freshwater fish species in the Balkans—Vectors and pathways of introduction

A Review of Extant Croatian Freshwater Fish and Lampreys

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