Seasonal movements and behaviour of adult barbel Barbus barbus, a riverine cyprinid fish: Implications for river management

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1345-1358

  Lucas, Martyn C ^a   Batley, Emma ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

diel and seasonal activity; migration behaviour; radio tracking; weirs

Indexed keywords

BARBUS BARBUS;

BARBEL; MOVEMENT; SPAWNING HABITAT; WEIR;

UK, ENGLAND, YORKSHIRE, NIDD RIVER; UK, ENGLAND, YORKSHIRE, OUSE RIVER;

EID: 0030302612     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2404775     Document Type: Article

References (59)

1. Anon. (1993) Whittaker's Almanack 1993. Whittaker & Sons, London.
2. Aaon. (1994) Whittaker's Almanack 1994. Whittaker & Sons, London.
3. Armstrong, J.D. & Rawlings, C.E. (1993) The effect of intragastric transmitters on feeding behaviour of Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, parr during autumn. Journal of Fish Biology, 43, 646-648.
4. Axford, S.N. (1978) Studies of the fish populations in a section of the River Nidd in relation to fisheries management. PhD thesis, University of Leeds.
5. Axford, S.N. (1991) Some factors affecting catches in Yorkshire rivers. Rehabilitation of Freshwater Fisheries (ed. I.G. Cowx), pp. 143-153. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford.
6. Baras, E. (1993) A biotelemetry study of activity centres exploitation by Barbus barbus in the River Ourthe. Actes de la Table Ronde Internationale Barbus II (eds P. Poncin, P. Berrebi, J. C. Philippart & J. C. Ruwet). Cahters d'Ethologie Apliquée, 13, 173-174.
7. Baras, E. (1994) Constraints imposed by high densities on behavioural spawning strategies in the barbel, Barbus barbus. Folia Zoologica, 43, 255-266.
8. Baras, E. & Cherry, B. (1990) Seasonal activities of female barbel Barbus barbus (L.) in the River Ourthe (Southern Belgium), as revealed by radio tracking. Aquatic Living Resources, 3, 283-294.
9. Baras, E., Lambert, H. & Philippart, J.C. (1994) A comprehensive assessment of the failure of Barbus barbus spawning migrations through a fish pass in the canalized River Meuse (Belgium). Aquatic Living Resources, 7, 181-189
10. Beach, M.H. (1984) Fish pass design criteria for the design and approval of fish passes and other structures to facilitate the passage of migratory fishes in rivers. MAFF Fisheries Technical Report, 78, 46 pp
11. Beamish, F.W.H. (1978) Swimming capacity. Fish Physiology, Vol. VII (eds W.S. Hoar & D.J. Randall), pp. 101-187 Academic Press. New York.
12. Cadwaller, P.L. & Gooley, G J. (1984) Past and present distributions and translocations of Murray cod Macullochella peeli and trout cod M. macquarensis (Pisces: Percichthydiae) in Victoria. Proceedings of the Royal Victoria Society, 96, 33-43.
13. Clapp, D F., Clark, R.D. & Diana, J.S (1990) Range. activity and habitat of large, free-swimming brown trout in a Michigan stream. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 119, 1022-1034.
14. Dodge, D.P (ed.) (1989) Proceedings of the International Large River Symposium (LARS). Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 106.
15. Hancock, R.S., Jones, J.W. & Shaw, R. (1976) A preliminary report on the spawning behaviour and nature of sexual selection in the barbel, Barbus barbus (L.). Journal of Fish Biology, 9, 21-28.
16. Harris, J.H. & Mallen-Cooper, M. (1994) Fish passage development in the rehabilitation of fisheries in mainland southeastern Australia. Rehabilitation of Freshwater Fisheries (ed. I.G. Cowx), pp. 185-193. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford.
17. Howes, G.J (1991) Systematics and biogeography an overview. Cyprinid Fishes: Systematics, Biology and Exploitation (eds I J. Winfield & J.S. Nelson), pp. 1-33. Chapman & Hall, London.
18. Huet, M. (1949) Aperçu de la relation entre la pente et les populations piscicoles des eaux courantes. Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Hydrologie, 11, 332-351.
19. Hunt, P.C. & Jones, J.W. (1974) A population study of Barbus barbus L. in the River Severn, England. II. Movement Journal of Fish Biology, 6, 269-278.
20. Jackson, P.A. & Howie, D I.D (1967) The movement of salmon (Salmo salar) through an estuary and fish pass. Irish Fisheries Investigations, 2 (A), 1-28.
21. Johnson, J.H. (1960) Sonic tracking of adult salmon at Bonneville Dam, 1957 United Stales Fish and Wildlife Service Fisheries Bulletin, 60, 471-485.
22. Kalpers, J., Palata, K., Clotuche, E., Baras, E., Libois, R.M., Philippart, J.C. & Ruwet, J.C. (1989) Application of radiotracking to the survey of wild populations of vertebrate species (mammals, birds, fishes) in Belgium. Biotelemetry X (ed. C.J Amlaner Jr), pp. 23-35. Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Biotelemetry, Fayetteville, USA (July 31-August 5 1988).
23. Kenward, R. (1987) Wildlife Radio Tagging. Academic Press, London.
24. Kowarsky, J. & Ross, A.H. (1981) Fish movement upstream through a central Queensland (Fitzroy River) coastal fishway Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 32, 93-109.
25. L'Abée-Lund, J.H. & Vøllestad, L.A. (1985) Homing precision of the roach Rutilus rutilus in Lake Årungen, Norway. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 13, 235-239.
26. L'Abée-Lund, J.H. & Vøllestad, L.A. (1987) Feeding migration of roach Rutilus rutilus (L.) in Lake Årungen, Norway. Journal of Fish Biology, 30, 349-355
27. Langford, T.E. (1981) The movement and distribution of sonic-tagged coarse fish in two British rivers in relation to power station cooling-water outfalls. Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Wildlife Biotelemetry, pp. 197-232 University of Wyoming, Laramie, USA, July 1981.
28. Larinier, M. (1992) Généralités sur les dispositifs de franchissement. Bulletin Français de la Pèche et de la Pisciculture 326-327, pp. 15-19. Conseil Supérieur de la Pêche.
29. Lindsey, C.C. & Northcote, T.G. (1963) Life history of redside shiners, Richardsonius balteatus, with particular reference to movements in and out of Sixteen Mile Lake streams. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada, 20, 1001-1030.
30. Lucas, M.C. (1989) Effects of intraperitoneal transmitters on growth, mortality and tissue reaction in rainbow trout, Salmo gairdneri Richardson Journal of Fish Biology, 35, 577-587.
31. Lucas, M.C. (1992) Spawning activity of male and female pike, Esox lucius, L., determined by acoustic tracking. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 70, 191-196.
32. Lucas, M.C. & Johnstone, A.D.F. (1990) Observations on the retention of intragastric transmitters, and their effects on food consumption in cod. Gadus morhua L. Journal of Fish Biology, 37, 647-649.
33. Maitland, P.S. & Campbell, R.N. (1992) Freshwater Fishes of the British Isles. Harper Collins, London.
34. Marty, G.D. & Summerfelt, R.C. (1986) Pathways and mechanisms for expulsion of surgically implanted dummy transmitters from channel catfish. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 115, 577-589.
35. McKeown, B.A. (1984) Fish Migration. Croom Helm, London.
36. Mee, D. & Clarke, D. (1992) Tag failure controls: their importance in interpretation of tracking statistics. Wildlife Telemetry: Remote Monitoring and Tracking of Animals (eds I.G. Priede & S.M. Swift), pp. 441-443. Ellis Horwood, New York.
37. Mellas, E.J. & Haynes, J.M. (1985) Swimming performance and behavior of rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri) and white perch (Morone americana): effects of attaching telemetry transmitters. Candian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 42, 488-493.
38. Mills, C.A. (1991) Reproduction and life history. Cyprinid Fishes: Systematics, Biology and Exploitation (eds I.J. Winfield & J.S. Nelson), pp. 483-508. Chapman & Hall, London.
39. Mills, D. (1989) Ecology and Management of Atlantic Salmon. Chapman & Hall, London.
40. Moore, A., Russell, I.C. & Potter, E.C.E. (1990) The effects of intraperitoneally implanted dummy acoustic transmitters on the behaviour and physiology of juvenile Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L. Journal of Fish Biology, 37, 713-721.
41. Montgomery, W.L., McCormick, S.D., Naiman, R.J., Whoriskey, F.G. Jr & Black, G.A. (1983) Spring migratory synchrony of salmonid, catostomid and cyprinid fishes in Rivière à la Truite, Québec. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 61, 2495-2502.
42. Northcote, T.G. (1984) Mechanisms of fish migration in rivers. Mechanisms of Migration in Fishes (eds J.D. McCleave, G P. Arnold, J.J. Dodson & W.H. Neill), pp. 317-355. Plenum, New York.
43. Philippart, J.C., Gillet, A & Micha, J.C. (1988) Fish and their environment in large European river ecosystems The River Meuse. Sciences de l'Eau, 7, 115-154.
44. Poddubnyi, A.G. (1971) Movement of salmon to spawning grounds. Ekoologicheskaya Topografiya Populyatsii Ryb v Vodokhranilishchakh (ed. A.G. Poddubnyi), pp. 208-217. (Fisheries Research Board of Canada Translation Service no. 2066, 21 pp.)
45. Poddubnyi, A.G. (1971) Movement of salmon to spawning grounds. Ekoologicheskaya Topografiya Populyatsii Ryb v Vodokhranilishchakh (ed. A.G. Poddubnyi), pp. 208-217. (Fisheries Research Board of Canada Translation Service no. 2066, 21 pp.)
46. Power, J.H. & McCleave, J.D. (1980) Riverine movements of hatchery-reared Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) upon return as adults Environmental Biology of Fishes, 5, 3-13.
47. Smith, R.J.F. (1991) Social behaviour, homing and migration. Cyprinid Fishes. Systematics, Biology and Exploitation (eds I.J Winfield & J.S. Nelson), pp. 509-529. Chapman & Hall, London.
48. Travade, F. & Larinier, M. (1992) Les techniques de contrôle des passes a poissons. Bulletin Français de la Pêche et de la Pisciculture 326-327, pp. 151-164. Conseil Supérieur de la Pêche.
49. Tyus, H.M. (1985) Homing behaviour noted for Colarado squawfish. Copeia, 1985, 213-215.
50. Varley, M.E. (1967) British Freshwater Fishes: Factors Affecting Their Distribution. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford.
51. Webb, J. (1990) The behaviour of adult Atlantic salmon ascending the Rivers Tay and Tummel to Pitlochry Dam Scottish Fisheries Research Report, 48, 27 pp.
52. Webb, J. & Hawkins, A.D.F. (1989) The movements and spawning behaviour of adult salmon in the Girnock Burn, a tributary of the Aberdeenshire Dee, 1986. Scottish Fisheries Research Report, 40, 42 pp.
53. Welcomme, R.L. (1994) The status of large river habitats. Rehabilitation of Freshwater Fisheries (ed. LG. Cowx), pp. 11-20. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford
54. Wheeler, A. (1978) Key to the Fishes of Northern Europe. Frederick Warne & Co., London.
55. Whelan, K.F. (1983) Migratory patterns of bream Abramis brama L. shoals in the River Suck system. Irish Fisheries Investigations, Series A, 23, 11-15.
56. White, G.C. & Garrot, R.A. (1990) Analysis of Wildlife Radio-Tracking Data. Academic Press, San Diego.
57. Winfield, I.J. & Townsend, C.R. (1991) The role of cyprinids in ecosystems. Cyprinid Fishes. Systematics, Biology and Exploitation (eds I. J. Winfield & J. S. Nelson), pp. 552-571. Chapman & Hall, London.
58. Winter, J.D. (1983) Underwater biotelemetry. Fisheries Techniques (eds L. A. Nielsen & D. L. Johnson), pp. 371-395. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda.
59. Zar, J.H. (1984) Biostatistical Analysis. Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.