Fish and Diadromy in Europe (ecology, management, conservation): Proceedings of the symposium held 29 March – 1 April 2005, Bordeaux, France

185 Pages·2008·3.17 MB·English

by  R. M. McDowall (auth.)

Fish and Diadromy in Europe
(ecology, management, conservation)
Developments in Hydrobiology 200
Series editor
K. Martens
Fish and Diadromy in Europe
(ecology, management, conservation)
Proceedings of the symposium held 29 March – 1 April
2005, Bordeaux, France
Edited by
Sylvie Dufour1, Etienne Pre´vost2, Eric Rochard3 &
3
Patrick Williot
1CNRS-NationalMuseumofNaturalHistory,Paris,France
2INRA,UMREcobiop,SaintPe´esurNivelle,France
3Cemagref,EstuarineecosystemsandDiadromousfishresearchunit,Cestas,France
Reprinted from Hydrobiologia, Volume 602 (2008)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface
E. Rochard 1–3
Diadromy, history and ecology: a question of scale
R.M. McDowall 5–14
Life history correlates and extinction risk of capital-breeding fishes
H.I. Jager, K.A. Rose, A. Vila-Gispert 15–25
Dopaminergic systems in the European eel: characterization, brain distribution, and
potential role in migration and reproduction
M.-E. Se´bert, F.-A. Weltzien, C. Moisan, C. Pasqualini, S. Dufour 27–46
Morphological analysis of geographic variation of sea lamprey ammocoetes in
Portuguese river basins
P.R. Almeida, G. Tomaz, N.O. Andrade, B.R. Quintella 47–59
Life history changes in Atlantic salmon from the River Dee, Wales
M.W. Aprahamian, I.C. Davidson, R.J. Cove 61–78
Glasseelrecruitment,Anguillaanguilla(L.),inaMediterraneanlagoonassessedbya
glass eel trap: factors explaining the catches
A.J. Crivelli, N. Auphan, P. Chauvelon, A. Sandoz, J.-Y. Menella, G. Poizat 79–86
Impact of glass eel fishery on by-catch fish species: a quantitative assessment
E. Gisbert, M.A. Lo´pez 87–98
Mercury contamination and life history traits of Allis shad Alosa alosa (Linnaeus,
1758) and Twaite shad Alosa fallax (Lace´pe`de, 1803) in the Gironde estuary (South
West France)
A. Lochet, R. Maury-Brachet, C. Poirier, J. Toma´s, M. Lahaye, M. Aprahamian,
E. Rochard 99–109
Upstream passage problems for wild Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) in a regulated
river and its effect on the population
H. Lundqvist, P. Rivinoja, K. Leonardsson, S. McKinnell 111–127
Poor water quality constrains the distribution and movements of twaite shad Alosa
fallax fallax (Lace´pe`de, 1803) in the watershed of river Scheldt
J. Maes, M. Stevens, J. Breine 129–143
Aspects of anadromous Allis shad (Alosa alosa Linnaeus) and Twaite shad (Alosa
fallax Lace´pe`de) biology in four Irish Special Areas of Conservation (SACs): status,
spawning indications and implications for conservation designation
J.J. King, W.K. Roche 145–154
Potential re-establishment of diadromous fish species in the River Scheldt (Belgium)
D. Buysse, J. Coeck, J. Maes 155–159
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ReturnoftwaiteshadAlosafallax(Lace´pe`de,1803)totheSouthernBalticSeaandthe
transitional area between the Baltic and North Seas
R. Thiel, P. Riel, R. Neumann, H.M. Winkler, U. Bo¨ttcher, T. Gro¨hsler 161–177
Does global warming impact on migration patterns and recruitment of Allis shad
(Alosa alosa L.) young of the year in the Loire River, France?
C. Boisneau, F. Moatar, M. Bodin, Ph. Boisneau 179–186
Hydrobiologia(2008)602:1–3
DOI10.1007/s10750-008-9289-0
FISH AND DIADROMY IN EUROPE
Preface
Eric Rochard
(cid:2)SpringerScience+BusinessMediaB.V.2008
This symposium was organized by Cemagref1 and importance in the scientific communities in Europe.
INRA2 on behalf of the Diadfish network www. Both are used partly as models of anadromous and
diadfish.org and was sponsored by the Re´gion catadromous life histories, respectively. Salmonids
Aquitaine and the French Secre´tariat d’e´tat a` la arestillthemoststudiedgroup:therecentincreasing
francophonie. It wasthe first oneinEurope togather concern about the biological consequences of global
scientists working on different diadromous species change has renewed the high interest in these cold-
and addressed both theoretical and applied issues, water species. The drastic decrease in the European
whatever be the disciplines. eel and the imminence of European regulations
Sixtytalksandfifty-eightposterswerepresented3. provoked numerous studies on several aspects of
However,almostalltheproposalswereinthefieldof the ecology, physiology, and population dynamics
the life sciences; in spite of our efforts to promote of this species. Assessment of the effective impacts
social and human sciences, they were too rarely of different human activities on this species is also
addressedinthecommunications.HoweverIamsure a very urgent question. Talks were thematically
thatinthenextsymposiumorganizedbytheDiadfish very diverse: biogeography, diadromous fish in the
network there will be much more interdisciplinarity. ecosystems, life history strategies, tactics and adap-
Selected talks and posters covered a large number of tations, and human pressures on diadromous fish.
species; salmonids and eel were the most frequently It has been a very enthusiastic experience; we
mentioned and that probably represents their current expectitwillbefruitfulandwillhelpourcommunity
to initiate new researches at larger scales and to
improve our expertise.
This special issue does not reflect all the diversity
Guesteditors:S.Dufour,E.Pre´vost,E.Rochard&P.Williot
FishanddiadromyinEurope(ecology,management, of what was presented during the symposium, but it
conservation) does represent a nice sample of what this scientific
community produces. The selection process was
Electronicsupplementarymaterial Theonlineversion
ofthisarticle(doi:10.1007/s10750-008-9289-0)contains
supplementarymaterial,whichisavailabletoauthorizedusers.
1 French research institute for agriculture and environment
engineeringwww.cemagref.fr
E.Rochard(&)
EstuarineEcosystemsandDiadromousFishResearch 2 Nationalinstituteforresearchinagronomywww.inra.fr
Unit,Cemagref,50AvenuedeVerdun,33612Cestas, 3 The complete program of the symposium is available as
France Electronic Supplementary Material at http://dx.doi.org/
e-mail:[email protected] 10.1007/s10750-008-9289-0
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difficult and the organizers express their sincere revision of the papers. I especially want to thank the
gratitude to all the scientists who helped them in the guest editors of this volume for their very valuable
preparation of the meeting and in the selection and efforts.
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The Diadfish network Polish Inland Fisheries Institute (Poland).
Research Center in Biodiversity and Genetic
The aim of this network, Resources, ICETA - University of Porto (Portugal).
composed of 21 member Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences SLU
institutes and 13 associated (Sweden).
institutes, is to strengthen Universita di Roma ‘‘Tor Vergata’’ (Italy).
exchanges and to facilitate Veterinary Medical Research Institute, Hungarian
cooperation between European research institutes Academy of Sciences (Hungary).
dealing with diadromous fish.
Associated institutes
Member institutes
Centre for Ecology and Hydrology CEH (United
Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquacul- Kingdom).
ture Science CEFAS (United Kingdom). Netherlands Institute for Fisheries Research (The
Centre national du machinisme agricole, du ge´nie Netherlands).
rural, des eaux et des foreˆts Cemagref (France). Veszprem University, Department of Animal
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cient´ıficas Physiology and Nutrition, Veszprem (Hungary).
CSIC (Spain). Research Institute of Fisheries, South branch
Danube Delta National Institute for Research and Federal Centre for Genetics and Selection in Fish
Development (Romania). Culture, Krasnodar (Russia).
Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute SocietytoSavetheSturgeon,Rostock(Germany).
(Finland). Universite´ de Lie`ge, laboratoire de de´mographie
Fisheries Research Services, Freshwater Labora- des poissons, Lie`ge (Belgium).
tory (United Kingdom). Electricite´ de France EDF, Laboratoire National
German Oceanographic Museum (Germany). d’Hydraulique et Environnement LNHE, Chatou
Institute of Biology, Leiden University (The (France).
Netherlands). Institutefor InlandWater ManagementandWaste
Institute of Ecology of Vilnius University Water Treatment, Lelystad (The Netherlands).
(Lithuania). National Polytechnic Institute INP, Toulouse
Institute of Oceanography, Lisbon (Portugal). (France).
Institute of Nature Conservation (Belgium). University of La Rochelle, La Rochelle (France).
Leibniz Institute for Freshwater Ecology and National University of Ireland NUI, Galway
Inland Fisheries (Germany). (Ireland).
National board of fisheries (Sweden). Institut National des Sciences et Techniques de la
NationalInstituteofAgronomicalResearchINRA Mer INSTM, Salammbo (Tunisia).
(France). Environment Agency, National Salmon and Trout
National Museum of Natural History MNHN Fisheries Centre NSTFC (Great Britain).
(France). To know more: www.diadfish.org
Norvegian Institute for nature Research NINA
(Norway).
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