Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: In the present study, the species diversity of the fish fauna of the Stryama River, a left tributary of the Maritsa River, was examined.Three biotopes were visited along the Stryama River, located in the vicinity of the villages of Pesnopoy, Razhevo Konare and Stryama.A total of 9 fish species were caught -pumpkinseed, Lepomis gibbosus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Centrarchidae); Bulgarian spined loach, Cobitis strumicae Karaman, 1955 (Cobitidae); bleak, Alburnus alburnus (Linnaeus, 1758); round-scaled barbell, Barbus cyclolepis Heckel, 1837; Chondrostoma vardarense Karaman, 1928; European bitterling, Rhodeus amarus (Bloch, 1782); Orpheus dace, Squalius orpheus Kottelat & Economidis, 2006; Macedonian vimba, Vimba melanops (Heckel, 1837) (Cyprinidae), European perch, Perca fluviatilis Linnaeus, 1758 (Percidae).The conservation status of the caught fish species was examined.For the study, the Margalef total species diversity index (Dmg), Brillouin diversity index (HB), Pielou evenness index (E), Simpson dominance index (C), and Fulton condition factor (K) were calculated.
Source: Problems of Geography
Language: English
Subfield: Nature and Landscape Conservation
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4402526969