A review and meta-analysis of the environmental biology of bleak Alburnus alburnus in its native and introduced ranges, with reflections on its invasiveness

D Latorre, G Masó, C Cano-Barbacil… - Reviews in Fish Biology …, 2023 - Springer
The bleak Alburnus alburnus is a medium body-size leuciscid fish that is naturally distributed
across central European and western Asian fresh waters. However, during the last two …

A review of estimates of daily energy expenditure and food intake in cormorants (Phalacrocorax spp.)

MS Ridgway - Journal of Great Lakes Research, 2010 - Elsevier
Daily energy expenditure (DEE) and daily food intake (DFI) are key parameters in estimating
population level consumption by cormorants. A number of different methods are still …

Risk assessment for Birds and Mammals

European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)… - EFSA …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The European Commission asked EFSA to revise the Guidance on the risk
assessment for birds and mammals. That guidance described how to perform risk …

Prey switching and consumption by seabirds in the central California Current upwelling ecosystem: Implications for forage fish management

P Warzybok, JA Santora, DG Ainley, RW Bradley… - Journal of Marine …, 2018 - Elsevier
Effective ecosystem-based fishery management involves assessment of foraging
interactions among consumers, including upper level predators such as marine birds and …

Molecular prey identification in Central European piscivores

B Thalinger, J Oehm, H Mayr… - Molecular Ecology …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Diet analysis is an important aspect when investigating the ecology of fish‐eating animals
and essential for assessing their functional role in food webs across aquatic and terrestrial …

Winter diet of great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) on the River Vltava: estimate of size and species composition and potential for fish stock losses

M Čech, L Vejřík - Folia Zoologica, 2011 - BioOne
The winter diet of the great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) was studied by means of
examining regurgitated pellets, individual fish bones and fish remains collected from below …

Fishing Long-Fingered Bats (Myotis capaccinii) Prey Regularly upon Exotic Fish

O Aizpurua, I Garin, A Alberdi, E Salsamendi… - PLoS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
The long-fingered bat Myotis capaccinii is a European trawling bat reported to feed on fish in
several Mediterranean locations, but the ecological circumstances of this behavior have not …

Age-dependent bioaccumulation of organochlorine compounds in fish and their selective biotransformation in top predators from Lake Maggiore (Italy)

P Volta, P Tremolada, MC Neri, G Giussani… - Water, air, and soil …, 2009 - Springer
Fish and piscivorous bird eggs collected in 2003 from Lake Maggiore (Italy), were analysed
for PCB and DDT contamination. Lake Maggiore has been severely polluted by DDT …

Non-fish prey in the diet of an exclusive fish-eater: the Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis

M Čech, P Čech - Bird Study, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Capsule Non-fish prey constitutes an important component of the diet of many fish-eating
birds. Aims In the present study, the role of non-fish prey in the diet of the Common …

Selective predators or choosy fishermen? Relation between fish harvest, prey availability and great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis) diet

A Gagliardi, DG Preatoni, LA Wauters… - Italian Journal of …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
The increase in numbers and range of the continental subspecies of great cormorant
Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis in Europe has led to a growing number of conflicts with …