Risk assessment of non-native fishes in the Balkans Region using FISK, the invasiveness screening tool for non-native freshwater fishes
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Jun 21, 2013
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Non-native fish Balkans inland waters identification of invasiveness Fish Invasiveness Screening Kit.
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A high level of freshwater fish endemism in the Balkans Region emphasizes the need for non-native species risk assessments to inform management and control measures, with pre-screening tools, such as the Fish Invasiveness Screening Kit (FISK) providing a useful first step. Applied to 43 non-native and translocated freshwater fishes in four Balkan countries, FISK reliably discriminated between invasive and non-invasive species, with a calibration threshold value of 9.5 distinguishing between species of medium and high risk sensu lato of becoming invasive. Twelve of the 43 species were assessed by scientists from two or more Balkan countries, and the remaining 31 species by a single assessor. Using the 9.5 threshold, three species were classed as low risk, 10 as medium risk, and 30 as high risk, with the latter category comprised of 26 moderately high risk, three high risk, and one very high risk species. Confidence levels in the assessments were relatively constant for all species, indicating concordance amongst assessors.
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SIMONOVIC, P., TOŠIĆ, A., VASSILEV, M., APOSTOLOU, A., MRDAK, D., RISTOVSKA, M., KOSTOV, V., NIKOLIĆ, V., ŠKRABA, D., VILIZZI, L., & COPP, G. (2013). Risk assessment of non-native fishes in the Balkans Region using FISK, the invasiveness screening tool for non-native freshwater fishes. Mediterranean Marine Science, 14(2), 369–376. https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.337
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Kostov, V., Ristovska, M., Slavevska-Stamenković, V., Miljanović, B., Paunović, M., 2011a. Setting up a system for ecological status assessment based on Fish Fauna – the Pcinja River - case study. Macedonian Journal of Animal Science, 1 (2):369-376.
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Ristovska, M., Kostov, V., Prelic, D., Slavevska-Stamenković, V., Arsovska, J., 2011. Fish community structure and water quality assessment of Babuna River: Journal of International Environmental Application & Science, 6 (4):508-517
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Simonović, P., Nikolić, V., Stefanović, K., Tomović, J., 2010a. Influence of invasive alien fish species to the ecological status of the Danube River and its main tributaries in Serbia after terms of the EU Water Framework Directive. P. 281-302. In: The Danube in Serbia - The Results of National Program of the Second Joint Danube Survey. . P. Simonović, V. Simić, S. Simić & Paunović M, (Eds). Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management, University of Belgrade, Institute for Biological Research “Siniša Stanković” and University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Science, Belgrade and Kragujevac.
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Simonović, P., Paunović, M., Popović, S., 2001. Morphology, feeding and reproduction of the round goby, Neogobius melanostomus (Pallas), in the Danube River basin, Yugoslavia. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 27 (3): 281-289.
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Simonović, P., 2001. Ribe Srbije [Fishes of Serbia]. NNK International, Zavod za zaštitu prirode Srbije & Biološki fakultet, Belgrade, 247 pp. (in Serbian)
Skora, K. E., Stolarski, J., 1993. New fish species in the Gulf of Gdansk Neogobius sp. [cf. Neogobius melanostomus (Pallas, 1911)]. Bulletin of the Sea Fisheries Institute, 1:83.
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