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AUTHOR
Rosanna Sjövik
Genetic-based evaluation of management units for sustainable vendace (Coregonus albula) fisheries in a large lake system
Abstract The goal of the processing industry, trade and consumers is to get eco-labelled freshwater fish products from sustainable fisheries into the market as soon as possible. The fourth largest natural lake system in Europe, the Saimaa lake system supports a fishery for vendace (Coregonus albula). Certification of the fishery requires an understanding of population structure to help determine the number and spatial extent of management units. In this study, we analysed the genetic diversity of local vendace populations in the Saimaa lake system and aimed to identify the conservation and management units of vendace. Within the Saimaa, the genetic divergence between local populations of ve…
Introduced alien signal crayfish (Pacifastacus leniusculus) in Finland : uncontrollable expansion despite numerous crayfisheries strategies
In Finland, massive signal crayfish introductions started towards the end of 1980s, with an estimated total of 2.2 million signal crayfish been stocked before year 2016. During that period, Finnish fisheries authorities have implemented three national management strategies setting guidelines for the crayfish introductions. The main aims of the strategies have been conservation of native noble crayfish stocks and a controlled spreading of the alien signal crayfish within a designated region. In this study, we report the current distribution of signal crayfish in Finland in comparison to the guidelines set in these three national strategies. The present distribution area of the signal crayfis…
Dispersion of vendace eggs and larvae around potential nursery areas reveals their reproductive strategy
Depending on their reproductive strategy, different fish species aim to aggregate or disperse eggs and larvae in their reproductive habitat. Many pelagic species disperse their eggs widely around the potential nursery areas. Larval dispersion or aggregation affects population sub‐structuring, which has important implications in fisheries management and conservation of the natural spatial diversity in populations. The dispersion of larval vendace (Coregonus albula) was quantified in two oligotrophic Finnish lakes, and effects of density and environmental variables on the inter‐annual variation in the larval distribution were examined by analysing spatial abundance data from the lakes from 19…
Lämpötilan vaikutus täpläravun (Pacifastacus leniusculus Dana) kasvuun sekä ravintotiheyden vaikutus täpläravun ja jokiravun (Astacus astacus L.) ravinnonhankintaan
Alun perin pohjoisamerikkalaisen täpläravun (Pacifastacus leniusculus Dana) levinneisyys on 1960-luvulta lähtien laajentunut kattamaan Etelä- ja Keski-Suomessa laajoja vesialueita, jotka ovat aiemmin olleet jokiravun (Astacus astacus L.) elinaluetta. Täpläravun mahdollisesti jokiravusta eroavaa ravinnonkulutusta ja saalislajeihin kohdistamaa saalistusta on pyritty arvioimaan täpläravulle kehitetyllä bioenergeettisellä mallilla, jonka jatkokehitystä ja toimivuuden arviointia tämä tutkimus tukee. Täpläravun kasvua selvitettiin 30 vrk:n ajan kolmessa Suomen luonnonoloja vastaavassa lämpötilassa, 10, 16 ja 22 °C:ssa. Ravintotiheyden vaikutusta täpläravun ja jokiravun mahdollisesti aktiiviseen k…
Jokirapujen ja täplärapujen esiintymisen selvittäminen eDNA-menetelmällä
Vaarantuneiden jokirapukantojen uhkana on vesistöihimme hyvin sopeutunut vieraslaji, täplärapu, ja sen kantama, erityisesti jokiravuille kohtalokas rapuruton muoto. Rapupopulaatioiden paikantaminen ja seuranta on perinteisesti perustunut paikallistietoon ja koeravustuksiin. Viime vuosien aikana ympäristö-DNA:n (eDNA) käyttöön perustuvat menetelmät ovat kehittyneet varteenotettavaksi vaihtoehdoksi perinteisten menetelmien rinnalle. eDNA-menetelmän avulla voidaan vesinäytteestä tunnistaa kohde-eliöt molekyylibiologisin menetelmin. Tämän tutkimuksen tarkoituksena oli selvittää, soveltuuko eDNA-menetelmä käytettäväksi rapupopulaatioiden havainnoinnissa suomalaisissa vesistöissä ja verrata saatu…
Genetic-based evaluation of management units for sustainable vendace (Coregonus albula) fisheries in a large lake system
The goal of the processing industry, trade and consumers is to get eco-labelled freshwater fish products from sustainable fisheries into the market as soon as possible. The fourth largest natural lake system in Europe, the Saimaa lake system supports a fishery for vendace (Coregonus albula). Certification of the fishery requires an understanding of population structure to help determine the number and spatial extent of management units. In this study, we analysed the genetic diversity of local vendace populations in the Saimaa lake system and aimed to identify the conservation and management units of vendace. Within the Saimaa, the genetic divergence between local populations of vendace was…