Spatial and temporal (1963-2012) variability of ichthyofauna in the large lowland Warta River, Poland

• Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science
• Main Author: Andrzej Kruk
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015
• Subjects: Regeneration; Water Quality; Recolonization; Impoundment; Migratory fish; Kohonen artificial neural network; Rheophilic fish; Point-source pollution; Science; Q; General. Including nature conservation; geographical distribution; QH1-199.5; Fish Point; Burbot; European eel
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/conf.FMARS.2015.03.00131; https://doaj.org/article/eb668998d527445d843bbee9a4e79e0b

The Warta River is a tributary of the Odra (Oder) River. It is 795.2 km long. In 1986 the large Jeziorsko dam reservoir was constructed in the 306th km of its course. In the late 1980s, the river pollution assumed its highest level and stopped increasing as the former political system collapsed and...