An alarming picture of larval fish assemblages entrained into the cooling system of the Kozienice Power Plant (Poland) revealed by DNA metabarcoding
Michał Nowak,
Tomasz Mikołajczyk,
Łukasz Mikołajczyk
et al.
Abstract:The annual entrainment of early life history stages of fishes (ELH) into the cooling system of the largest power plant in the Vistula River basin was assessed using passive capture techniques and DNA metabarcoding. Hydrological and thermal conditions during the 2022 breeding season were also analyzed. A total of 5,011 ELH individuals identified to four families and 23 species were recorded. ELH densities upstream of the power plant were an order of magnitude higher than they were downstream. Along with the phe… Show more
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