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Predicted climate change effects on European perch (Perca fluviatilis L.) - A case study from the Curonian Lagoon, south-eastern Baltic
Type of publication
Straipsnis Web of Science ir Scopus duomenų bazėje / Article in Web of Science and Scopus database (S1)
Author(s)
Dainys, Justas | Gamtos tyrimų centras | LT |
Jakubavičiūtė, Eglė | Gamtos tyrimų centras | LT |
Gorfine, Harry | University of Melbourne | AT |
Pūtys, Žilvinas | Gamtos tyrimų centras | LT |
Virbickas, Tomas | Gamtos tyrimų centras | LT |
Jakimavičius, Darius | Lietuvos energetikos institutas | LT |
Šarauskienė, Diana | Lietuvos energetikos institutas | LT |
Meilutytė-Lukauskienė, Diana | Lietuvos energetikos institutas | LT |
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Bukantis, Arūnas | Vilniaus universitetas | LT |
Kažys, Justas | Vilniaus universitetas | LT |
Ložys, Linas | Gamtos tyrimų centras | LT |
Title
Predicted climate change effects on European perch (Perca fluviatilis L.) - A case study from the Curonian Lagoon, south-eastern Baltic
Is part of
Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. London : Academic Press-Elsevier Science, 2019, vol. 221
Date Issued
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2019 |
Publisher
London : Academic Press-Elsevier Science
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Extent
p. 83-89
Field of Science
Abstract
Climate change is likely to increasingly impact estuarine fish populations. Changes in water temperature or salinity can have deleterious effects on fish growth and behaviour. A decrease in the abundance of freshwater fish in the northern areas of the Curonian Lagoon has been attributed to increased salinity of inflowing water from the Baltic Sea. Thus, this study investigated the effects of possible changes in environmental salinity and temperature on the growth and behaviour of perch (Perca fluviatilis L.). Laboratory experiments revealed that brackish water (salinity 3 and 6) has neither a negative nor a positive effect on growth rates among perch youngof- the-year, when compared to freshwater (salinity 0). In contrast, results from behavioural experiments demonstrated that perch prefer to remain in brackish water (salinity 6) when given a choice between brackish and freshwater, and in warm water (18 °C) when given a choice between warm and cold water (12 °C). For this reason, the temperature rather than the salinity of inflowing colder brackish water from the Baltic Sea will be the most likely driver of short-term changes in fish distribution in the Curonian Lagoon.
Type of document
type::text::journal::journal article::research article
Language
Anglų / English (en)
Coverage Spatial
Jungtinė Karalystė / United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (GB)