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Journal Article 
EVALUATION OF THE TEMPORAL DEVELOPMENT OF THREE INTRODUCED POPULATIONS OF BROOK TROUT, SALVELINUS FONTINALIS, IN JIZERSKE MOUNTAINS, CZECH REPUBLIC 
Sanda, R; Svatora, M; Vukic, J; Horicka, Z; Sychrova, O; Maric, S 
2015 
0 
Archives of Biological Sciences
ISSN: 0354-4664 
67 
3 
775-784 
WOS:000366794800002 
Three populations of brook trout, Salvelinus fontinalis, established in streams and reservoirs in the Jizerske Mountains, Czech Republic, were studied between 1995 and 2006. The maximum age was usually 3+ to 4+, but the age 7+ was also recorded. The inflows of all reservoirs are populated mostly by 0+ to 2+ brook trout, while older specimens live in a lentic environment, migrating to lotic habitats only to spawn. The density of brook trout in streams ranged from 8 to 95 individuals per 100 m(2) during spring and summer, while that for reservoirs ranged between 31 and 290 individuals per ha. A strong negative correlation between the size of adult fish and population density in reservoirs was observed. The type of management influenced both density and growth of brook trout. Further introduction of this species in the central European area should be restricted to habitats where native salmonids cannot survive, such as acidified waters. 
growth; population density; age structure; non-native species