Abstract:The ichthyofauna o f the O dra River, its m ajor tributaries (Oława, Widawa, Bystrzyca, Ślęza) and selected reservoirs (sand and clay pits, city park ponds, recreational reservoirs, city m oat) within the city o f W rocław is described on the basis o f data obtained in our ow n studies (electrofishing and net-catching), quality control catches o f the Polish Angling Association, analysis o f stocking registers, control and analysis o f angling inquiries and interviewing anglers in 1980-2010. Forty six fish and lamprey species were recorded: 42 in the Odra River, and 41 in its tributaries. Twenty eight species were recorded from the city reservoirs; they represented euryoecious and stagnophilous ecological groups. The study area holds nine species w hich are legally protected in Poland (Lampetra planeri, Acipenser oxirynchus, Gobi о albipinnatus, Rhodeus sericeus, Eupallasella percnurus, Cobitis taenia, Sabanejewia baltica (=aurata), Misgurnus fossilis, Barbatula barbatula) and five species regarded as endangered in the country {Barbus barbus, Vimba vimba, Chondrostoma nasus, Hucho hucho, Salmo salar). Eleven species occurring in the w ater courses and reservoirs o f W roclaw are protected within the EU Habitats Directive (92/43/EW G). Ten species introduced accidentally or on purpose occur in the city. Despite the high anthropopressure, including intensive angling, the W roclaw waters still hold diverse, and the O dra River itself -even rich -fish communities.
Summary The aim of the study was to determine gonadal maturity in male and female vimba after induced spawning in the years 2001 throughout 2004, based on spawners derived from an anadromous population obtained from the Barycz River. For these 4 years, fry derived from each successive spawning were raised in carp ponds at the Experimental Hatchery Centre of the Polish Angling Association in Szczodre, Poland. In February 2005, gonads were collected from males and females and their maturity determined after histological preparations. Additionally, in females the diameters of oocytes undergoing trophoplasmic growth were determined and compared. Histological analysis showed that all females had gonads at maturity stage IV, except the youngest fish, in which maturity stage I was determined. It was also shown that the size of oocytes undergoing trophoplasmic growth was related to age: the older the females, the greater the proportion of large‐diameter oocytes. In addition, some 2‐year‐old females had a considerable proportion of oocytes undergoing trophoplasmic growth despite being at stage IV of ovarian maturity. Among males, 2‐ to 4‐year‐olds had gonads at maturity stage III, in which the spermatogenesis process was active. One‐year‐old males had testes at maturity stage II, with visible spermatogonia entering meiotic divisions. When keeping vimba under pond conditions, only 2 years are needed to obtain a mature spawner from a spawning school. The older the school, the higher the probability that a greater number of spawners will enter spawning.
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