Velkova - Jordanovska, Lidija and Stojanovski, Stojmir and Blazhekovikj - Dimovska, Dijana and Veljanovski, Kristijan (2022) FISH POPULATIONS ON BELCISTA WETLAND - RISK ASSESSMENT, PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT. ESENIAS and DIAS Scientific Conference 2022: “Invasive alien species under conditions of global crisis”. Demre, Antalya, Turkey. p. 106.
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Abstract
Belcista wetland, 20 km distance from Ohrid Lake, is a relict remnant of the ancient Desaret Lake, which existed in this area since the Pliocene. The present investigation is a part of a detailed study entitled - "Ecological status of fish population in Belcista wetland". Belcista wetland (Blue swamps) is the largest wetland habitat in R. North Macedonia
and it is the habitat to many species of flora and fauna. This region hosts an endemic freshwater species of the Balkan Penninsula, Ohrid minnows (Pelasgus minutus), which is threatened by habitat loss.
There are intention of artificial introduction of salmonid fishes in Belcista wetland to develop the recreative fishery and turism in this area. Introduction and spread of salmonids is a great risk factor to survilence the ohrid minnows (Pelasgus minutus). One of the biggest pressures and threats to habitats and species is the modification (the
drainage) of the wetland. In the last decades of 20-th century more melioratuve works have been carried out, so that the surface of the wetland has to been significantly reduced. Recently, many efforts are being made to prevent the hydrological modification of the wetland.
Perspective on Belcista wetland is his promotion as protected area – Park of nature in the future.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | Scientific Fields (Frascati) > Agricultural Sciences > Agriculture, forestry and fisheries Scientific Fields (Frascati) > Natural sciences > Biological sciences Scientific Fields (Frascati) > Agricultural Sciences > Veterinary science |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Biotechnical Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Prof. d-r Dijana Blazhekovikj - Dimovska |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Dec 2022 19:29 |
| Last Modified: | 26 Dec 2022 19:29 |
| URI: | https://eprints.uklo.edu.mk/id/eprint/7562 |
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