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... Feeding regime, which involve selection of appropriate diet and application of feed itself is a decisive factor in intensive, RAS-based production system – more so, for carnivorous fish culture. It is critical for the economics, resource (feed/nutrients) use efficiency and final profit yield. The present study examined different feeding strategies in juvenile pikeperch reared in RAS for growth per ...
... Artificial reproduction of pikeperch (Sander lucioperca) is characterized by the unpredictability of latency time (LT) as well as the variability of egg quality depending on the time of hormonal stimulation. To predict latency time and thus enhance fertilization outcomes, the present study evaluated whether in vitro maturation techniques could be utilized to assess the status of oocyte maturation ...
Rutilus; Sander lucioperca; Squalius cephalus; atomic absorption spectrometry; cacti and succulents; carcinogenicity; fish; liver; muscles; pollution; research; risk factors; Serbia
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... Accumulation of Al, As, B, Ba, Ca, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Hg, K, Li, Mg, Mn, Mo, Na, Ni, P, Pb, S, Se, Si, Sr, and Zn was analyzed in gills, liver, gonads, and muscle of European chub (Squalius cephalus), Cactus roach (Rutilus virgo), and pikeperch (Sander lucioperca) from Zlatar reservoir (Serbia) using inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES). The highest concentrations of ...
... Aquaculture is expected to be one of the most prominent source of animal proteins for humans in the next decades. Its importance for human food security has triggered many academic debates to improve its sustainability. Among potential solutions, polyculture of fish has previously been pointed out as a relevant alternative to monoculture in recirculated aquaculture system (RAS). However, previous ...
Sander lucioperca; animal welfare; case studies; cortisol; feed conversion; fish; infrastructure; lysozyme; recirculating aquaculture systems; Europe
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... Pikeperch Sander lucioperca is a species of increasing presence in recirculation aquaculture system and the vast majority of thus far research was dedicated to its indoor farming. Concerning the present pond infrastructure in Central and East Europe, it is of interest to evaluate the intensive pond-connected system for pikeperch rearing. Therefore, the present study evaluated the grow-out performa ...
Sander lucioperca; antioxidants; aquaculture; biomarkers; blood; data collection; eggs; epithelium; females; fish; homeostasis; inflammation; liquid chromatography; mass spectrometry; meiosis; oocytes; oxidative stress; protective effect; protein composition; proteomics; sperm motility; spermatozoa
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... The composition of the ovarian fluid (OF) is predestined for egg storage and for prolonging the fertilization period during natural spawning as well as during artificial fertilization. A thorough characterization of the specific components within the OF and eggs may provide deeper knowledge about their functions, a better understanding of egg-OF signaling, and the origin of the OF proteins, as wel ...
... The use of insect meal in aquafeed formulations has recently gained attention. Detailed knowledge about the inclusion levels for pikeperch (Sander lucioperca), a promising candidate for intensive aquaculture in Europe remains, however, fragmented. In the present study, 4 isoproteic (45% dry matter) and isoenergetic (21 MJ/kg) diets were formulated, including a control diet (H0) containing 30% fish ...
Carolina Trochine; Casper Risholt; Majbritt O. Schou; Torben L. Lauridsen; Lene Jacobsen; Christian Skov; Martin Søndergaard; Søren Berg; Kirsten S. Christoffersen; Erik Jeppesen
... Fish larvae play an important structuring role for their prey and show ontogenetic shifts in diet. Changes in diet differ between species and habitats and may also be affected by turbidity (eutrophication). We investigated the diet (stomach content) and the food selection (ratio of ingested prey and prey availability) of roach and perch larvae in a clear lake and of roach, perch and pikeperch larv ...
... Native communities can resist the establishment and invasion of alien species through consumptive and/or competitive interactions. The extent of consumptive resistance from freshwater fish to the invasion of zebra mussels Dreissena polymorpha, a globally invasive Ponto-Caspian species, was assessed in two areas in Britain using stable isotope analysis, where mixing models predicted the contributio ...
... Pikeperch (Sander lucioperca) is a sub-cold water fish species with high aquaculture potential. Its culture is seriously affected by increasing summer temperatures in recent years. Aim to investigate the effects of heat stress on apoptosis, oxidative stress, and the immune response in pikeperch. the fish were heat stressed at 30 °C, 32 °C and 34 °C for 2h respectively, followed by a 48h recovery p ...
... The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of hCG injections on reproductive efficiency by hCG treatment in both male or female brooders of domesticated pikeperch (Sander lucioperca) in the first generation. The study consisted of four treatments based on hormone injection to male or female brooders including T1: both sexes were injected, T2: only females were injected, T3: only male ...
Ardea; Gadus morhua; Phalacrocorax carbo; Russia; Rutilus rutilus; Sander lucioperca; Sprattus sprattus; Zoarces viviparus; climate change; eutrophication; fish production; food webs; forage fish; predatory fish; Estonia; Finland; Gulf of Finland
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... Great Cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo in the eastern Baltic are expanding in numbers. Eight colonies in Estonia, Finland and the Russian Federation were investigated in 2007. Brood size and condition of large nestlings were determined and indicate that food provisioning was not a limiting factor. Food items consisted of both pelagic and benthic prey, with marked differences among the colonies. Eelp ...
... The diversity of predatory species plays a key role in ecosystem functioning but our understanding of the mechanisms underlying their coexistence is limited, particularly in freshwater ecosystems. Northern pike Esox lucius, European perch Perca fluviatilis and pikeperch Sander lucioperca are three widespread predatory species in European lakes, where they often coexist. As potential competitors, w ...
Sander lucioperca; air temperature; eutrophication; food webs; hydroacoustics; lakes; pelagic fish; planktivores; research; summer; Finland
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... The density and mean size of 0 + pikeperch (Sander lucioperca) were studied in late summer in 2004–2017 in clay-turbid and eutrophic Lake Tuusulanjärvi in southern Finland. Hydroacoustics and simultaneous experimental trawling were used to estimate the density of 0 + pikeperch. In some autumns, 0 + pikeperch was the most abundant species in the pelagic fish assemblage. However, the annual amplitud ...
Sander lucioperca; aqueous solutions; blood plasma; body length; body weight; copper sulfate; drug therapy; fish; glucose; hemoglobin; lactic acid; physiological state; sodium chloride
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... Research focusing on the effects of chemotherapeutics on the physiological state of fish determines their application in aquaculture. The aim of the study was to determine the impact of sodium chloride (NaCl) and/or copper sulphate (CuSO₄) on the hematological and biochemical parameters of the blood plasma of pikeperch, Sander lucioperca (body weight – 346.42 ± 44.82 g; body length – 29.8 ± 1.3 cm ...
... The ovaries of Sander lucioperca (Actinopterygii, Perciformes) are made up of the germinal epithelium and ovarian follicles, in which primary oocytes grow. Each follicle is composed of an oocyte surrounded by flattened follicular cells, the basal lamina, and thecal cells. The early stages of oocyte development (primary growth = previtellogenesis) are not fully explained in this species. The result ...
... The pike-perch (Sander lucioperca) is a native fish species in European and Asian river basins. Owing to its fast growth rate, strong adaptability, and high nutritional value, it has become a promising candidate species for aquaculture. However, information on the genetic background of these wild populations is still limited, hindering the protection and sustainable utilisation of genetic resource ...
Milan Říha; Ruben Rabaneda-Bueno; Ivan Jarić; Allan T. Souza; Lukáš Vejřík; Vladislav Draštík; Petr Blabolil; Michaela Holubová; Tomas Jůza; Karl Ø. Gjelland; Pavel Rychtecký; Zuzana Sajdlová; Luboš Kočvara; Michal Tušer; Marie Prchalová; Jaromír Seďa; Jiří Peterka
... To understand the spatiotemporal overlap in the habitat use of sympatric predators, we studied longitudinal activity and reservoir section and depth use of pike (Esox lucius), pikeperch (Sander lucioperca) and catfish (Silurus glanis) in the Římov Reservoir, using an autonomous telemetry system for 11 months. We found significant differences among these species in studied parameters that varied co ...
... Pikeperch (Sander lucioperca) intensive aquaculture development has been slowed down by high mortality rates (>70%) during larval rearing. The use of taurine during larval development in other species has been reported to improve survival as well as growth. This trial aims to find out whether supplementation of taurine during the larval stage will benefit pikeperch larval performance and if digest ...
... Total mercury (T-Hg) content of muscle of four mostly-consumed fish, including Sander lucioperca, Esox lucius linnaeus (carnivorous) Cyprinus carpio and Carassius auratus gibelio (omnivorous) was investigated in Anzali Wetland (Southern Caspian Sea) in September 2020. A total of 600 fish samples (10 sampling points × 4 species × 15 replicates) were collected from the Anzali Wetland, and T-Hg of mu ...
Gammarus; Sander lucioperca; atomic absorption spectrometry; bioaccumulation; carcinogenicity; environmental monitoring; fish; food chain; health effects assessments; heavy metals; human health; humans; models; muscles; pollution; research; risk; rivers; Iran
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... Heavy metals (As, Pb, Cd, and Cu) were traced in a model of the aqueous food chain in the Aras River, located in northwest of Iran. The selected model included the zander (Sander lucioperca L.) and crustacean species known as amphipods (Gammarus sp.) which belong to the food chain of this ray-finned fish. A total of 172 samples (70 fish and 102 amphipods) were collected randomly and analyzed for h ...
... The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effectiveness of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) in stimulation of second spermiation in already reproduced pikeperch males during the same spawning season. Fish (mean weight 919.9 ± 236.9 g) were divided into the control saline-injected group, and two groups injected with 200 and 400 IU hCG/kg body weight. Forty-eight hours following injection ( ...
... Pikeperch (Sander lucioperca) has become a species of interest in aquaculture. It is a popular and economically valuable food fish and can produce high numbers of offspring. However, during early development, there are transition phases when high mortality rates concur with growth changes, vital organ transformations and a limited energy budget. Up to now, no study focused on the developmental ada ...
Sander lucioperca; cold; ecology; eutrophication; females; freshwater fish; lakes; potential energy; starvation; water temperature; yolk sac; Finland
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... We studied the influences of female pikeperch (Sander lucioperca) length and growth (i.e., maternal effects) on the length of hatched and starved larvae as well as on larval starvation resistance in two different temperature conditions (mean temperatures 13.2 and 17.9°C). The data included fertilised eggs and reared larvae from 21 individuals caught during the spawning season from eutrophic Lake P ...
Cyprinus carpio; Micropterus salmoides; Perca fluviatilis; Sander lucioperca; consequence assessment; fish culture; fish production; multivariate analysis; perch
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... Polyculture offers an alternative to monoculture in recirculated aquaculture systems (RAS). Nevertheless, RAS polyculture can potentially result in beneficial as well as detrimental consequences. This places a premium on assessing consequences of a particular polyculture prior to its implementation in farming production. In fish aquaculture, most of previous assessments of polyculture consequences ...
... In this study, a novel parvovirus (zander/M5/2015/HUN, OK236393) was detected in faecal specimens from a fish – zander or pikeperch (Sander lucioperca) – and genetically characterized using viral metagenomics and PCR methods. The NS1 and VP1 proteins of zander/M5/2015/HUN share <30% aa sequence identity, respectively, with the corresponding proteins of known members of the family Parvoviridae. Out ...
Alburnus alburnus; Blicca bjoerkna; Carassius gibelio; Cyprinus carpio; European Union; Pelecus cultratus; Perccottus glenii; Rutilus rutilus; Sander lucioperca; biomass; conservation areas; euryhaline species; fauna; fish; freshwater; lakes; limnophilic species; migratory behavior; river deltas; shorelines; species diversity; water salinity; Romania
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... AbstractThe aim of this study was to determine the ecological status of fish fauna of Razim Lake under the conditions of the water salinity changing from brackish, almost 70 years ago, into freshwater nowadays. The natural processes of siltation and organic deposits, characteristic of Danube Delta lake complexes, intensified in the last decades and included also Razim Lake. The presently reported ...
... Pikeperch, Sander lucioperca (L.) is a valuable species that is in high demand among consumers due to its nutritional features such as delicious meat, white and soft texture and lack of intermascualr bones. The main barriers in the development of pikeperch aquaculture are the challenges of its larviculture. A major problem in the larval period is that pikeperch must feed on live food, which impose ...
Sander lucioperca; acidification; aquaponics; fish; hydroponics; long term experiments; mineralization; pH; sludge; solubility
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... Aquaponics (AP) is an integrated multi-trophic system that combines elements of recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) and hydroponics (HP). In AP systems, waste streams from the RAS, rich in nutrients, are reused to grow plants hydroponically. Fish sludge (the solid fraction of the waste stream) contains a major part of these nutrients (i.e. the macro and microelements and especially P) and thes ...
... Fisheries in the Curonian Lagoon (1584 km² coastal lagoon in South-East Baltic) can be classified as artisanal, small-scale, multi-species, and multi-gear. Such types of fisheries are characterised as data-poor and require appropriate investigation methods. We used CMSY (version CMSY_2019_9f. R) to assess maximum sustainable yield (MSY) and related indicators for freshwater bream, roach, pike-perc ...
... The aim of this research is to compare the average individual weight of the four most important fish species in fisheries (Cyprinus carpio, Silurus glanis, Esox lucius and Sander lucioperca), caught by angling in different parts of the Sava River catchment in Croatia. Significant differences were expressed between the counties along the Sava River catchment, with the smallest specimens (p˂0.05) ca ...
Sander lucioperca; aquaculture; egg quality; human chorionic gonadotropin; males; physiological state; reproduction; salmon; sperm quality; temperature
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... The present study aimed at evaluating the effects of different thermal regimes and synthetic hormones on sperm quality as well two (low vs. high) salmon gonadoliberin (sGnRHa) dosages on egg quality in indoor-reared pikeperch. Two groups of females were formed receiving either 5 µg kg⁻¹ or 50 µg kg⁻¹ of sGnRHa. Likewise, four groups of males were formed that were hormonally treated at either 5 °C ...
Esox lucius; Sander lucioperca; basins; fisheries; introduced species; pike; piscivorous fish; research; river flow; rivers; England
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... Recreational angling is a major introduction pathway for large-bodied alien fishes into freshwaters, where the fish are released to enhance angling success and increase angler satisfaction, despite this often resulting in invasive populations. There is a thus a need to understand the role of these alien species in angler catches to enable more informed risk-based decisions to be made on future rel ...
... Several causative factors have been proposed for the occurrence of skeletal anomalies in fish larvae, among which we quote nutritional factors, such as LC-PUFAs. This study aimed to investigate the effect of different dietary DHA and ARA level and ratio on pikeperch (Sander lucioperca) larval development and performance, digestive capacity, fatty acids composition, skeleton anomalies and molecular ...
Sander lucioperca; analysis of variance; aquatic organisms; body weight; growth performance; juveniles
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... Three 28-day experiments were performed to assess the impact of two sinking feed pellet sizes (0.5–1.0 and 0.9–1.6 mm for experiment I, 0.9–1.6 and 1.3–2.0 mm for experiment II, and 1.3–2.0 and 1.6–2.4 mm for experiment III) and two tank water levels (0.50 and 0.65 m) on the growth performance of juvenile pikeperch of different mean initial body weights in experiment I, II, III respectively (1.1 ± ...
... Pikeperch Sander lucioperca is a cool-water fish considered to be a potential aquaculture species. At present, extreme temperature conditions in summer affect the growth and survival of pikeperch cultured in ponds, indicating that the effects of heat stress on pikeperch merits research attention. In this study, pikeperch were heat stressed at 29 °C for up to 48 h. Fish were sampled at different ti ...
Sander lucioperca; animal reproduction; egg quality; gonadotropins; hatcheries; oocytes; salmon; water temperature
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... Inducing reproduction during periods of the year when spawning typically does not occur is an important goal for the feasibility of commercial fish farming. Pre-seasonal propagation of pikeperch generally occurs about 3 months before the natural spawning season. The objective of this study was to assess effects of imposing a thermal schedule for control of water temperature and differing salmon go ...
... The aim of this study was to examine the effects of ozonation on the water quality, and growth, blood biochemistry, antioxidant capacity and survival of pikeperch (Sander lucioperca) reared in a recirculation aquaculture system for 30 weeks. A group without ozone treatment was used as a control. The ozone application led to a significant reduction of the water chemical oxygen demand, biological ox ...
... Agriculture, fisheries, and the food industry play a key role in ensuring the country's food security. The modern fishing industry in Ukraine is a highly industrial, capital-intensive, integrated production with high production costs, which is designed to ensure the socio-economic development of many coastal regions and provide the population with valuable protein products necessary for healthy ea ...
... The melatonin hormone, which is a multifunctional molecule in vertebrates, has been shown to exert complex actions on the immune system of mammals. In teleosts, the immunomodulatory capacity of this hormone has seldom been investigated. In the present experiment, we exposed ex vivo spleen and head kidney tissues of pike-perch to melatonin (Mel) and cortisol (Cort). We applied three concentrations ...
... The paper presents the results of a study of the species diversity and individual developmental stability of common fish species from the Vychegda River in the discharge area of treated wastewater from one of the largest forestry industries in the European, northeastern area of Russia. In 2018–2020, the European perch, roach, and bleak prevailed in the catches of a standard set of nets with a mesh ...
Sander lucioperca; abnormal development; animal reproduction; case studies; egg quality; fish; larvae; oils; oocytes; sexual maturity
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... Seasonal reproduction of domesticated pikeperch has been the most critical spawning batch in several European countries. The present study aimed to monitor oocyte growth between mid-November and seasonal spawning to evaluate if oocyte growth trends may predict egg quality. Nineteen sexually mature females were monitored for oocyte sizes every two months. In mid-March, fish were transported to the ...
... Three feeds; fish faeces recovered from a recirculating aquaculture system (RAS), fish faeces combined with watercress roots (Nasturtium officinale), and a commercial pelleted feed formulated for pike-perch, were fed to European Noble crayfish (Astacus astacus) (average initial body weight ± SD was10.7 g ± 3.5; average initial body length ± SD was 3.1 cm ± 0.4) for 84 days at excess daily rations. ...
... Little is known about whether brackish coastal ecosystems attract specific angler types that are characterized by site‐specific preferences and behaviors while targeting freshwater fishes living in a low‐salinity environment. Using the lagoon (“Bodden”) fisheries in northeastern Germany, we compared the human dimensions among anglers fishing in Bodden sites, anglers fishing primarily in freshwater ...
... Pikeperch (Sander lucioperca) is a freshwater fish that has become increasingly popular as a food fish. Within this study, the influence of the spawning process on meat quality was investigated. For this purpose, adult pikeperch was examined directly before and after spawning, and compared regarding physical meat parameters and lipid composition. The results indicate that after spawning, the value ...
Sander lucioperca; females; freshwater aquaculture; oocytes; survival rate; wild fish
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... Pikeperch is one of the major new fish species in freshwater aquaculture. Artificial reproduction is difficult in this species, and many aspects require further study. These include synchronization of female maturation, latency time, gamete quality and spawner survival rate. For these reasons, many fish farmers must constantly replenish their spawning pikeperch stock, often with wild fish. Data on ...
Nadine Schäfer; Yagmur Kaya; Henrike Rebl; Marcus Stüeken; Alexander Rebl; Julien A. Nguinkal; George P. Franz; Ronald M. Brunner; Tom Goldammer; Bianka Grunow; Marieke Verleih
... There are still numerous difficulties in the successful farming of pikeperch in the anthropogenic environment of various aquaculture systems, especially during early developmental steps in the hatchery. To investigate the physiological processes involved on the molecular level, we determined the basal expression patterns of 21 genes involved in stress and immune responses and early ontogenesis of ...
... Few studies have focused on the trophic functioning of the reservoirs in Algeria. The study of the gut contents of fish species, as well as the analysis of the stable isotopes of ¹³C and ¹⁵N in the environment, were carried out on samples collected during spring 2010 in two reservoirs: Ghrib and Harreza of the upper Cheliff plain (Algeria) within a semi-arid climate zone. In each of the reservoirs ...
Sander lucioperca; auctions; case studies; fish; markets; people; prices; research; Sweden
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... The promotion of locally produced food has been a growing marketing trend in recent years. Locally produced food is associated with positive values such as environmental benefits, fresher and safer products as well as contributing to building closer ties between people in local communities. We use a case study were a local fish auction was established in the Stockholm area in Sweden with the aim t ...
Sander lucioperca; aquaculture; autumn; gonadotropin-releasing hormone; histology; human chorionic gonadotropin; salmon; seminal plasma; sodium chloride; spermatogenesis; spermatozoa; spermiation; water temperature
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... This study aimed to find the optimal strategy for the application of salmon gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogue (sGnRHa) in outdoor-cultured pikeperch males in an exceptionally early term in early November. According to the histological examination, on the day of hormonal treatment, pikeperch testes were in the late stadium of spermatogenesis, with 78.7% of germ cells attributed to sperm cells ...