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ORIGINAL 5CIENTIFIC PAPER
CODIN RIAIG ISSN X
ARTICLE INFO AB5TRACT
Received }anuary
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AvaiIabIe onIine }uIy
The Iover Morava and Dy|e rivers beIong among lhe Iarge Iov
Iand rivers on lhe soulheasl of lhe Czech ReubIic oving inlo
lhe Danube km dovnslream of lheir conuence Desile lheir
high nalure vaIue and environmenl roleclion bolh rivers suf
fered from heavy oIIulion from lhe sixlies lo lhe eighlies of
lhe Iasl cenlury Signicanl imrovemenl of lheir valer quaI
ily during lhe Iasl lvo decades resuIled in lhe arliaI recovery
of former assembIages of bolh benlhic macroinverlebrales and
sh RecenlIy aIlogelher and laxa of macrozoobenlhos
vere recorded al lhe Dy|e and Morava rivers resecliveIy In
lhe River Dy|e and nonnalive and lhrealened according lo
IUCN calegories inverlebrale secies resecliveIy vere ascer
lained vhiIsl in lhe River Morava lheir numbers vere and
resecliveIy The sh assembIage consisled of and secies
resecliveIy Ius one hybrid in each of lhe rivers bIeak being by
far lhe mosl abundanl sh In lhe seclions under sludy severaI
rare andor rolecled secies vere aIso recorded Tvo of lhem
ide Icuciscus i!us and burbol Icia |cia beIong among vuIner
abIe sh secies and four olhers vhileeye bream A|ranis sapa
slried rue Gqnncccpna|us scnraciscr slreber Zingc| sirc|cr
and zingeI Zingc| zingc| are considered as crilicaIIy endangered
secies CurrenlIy bolh Iover slrelches of lhe rivers Morava
and Dy|e have been heaviIy invaded by round goby Nccgc|ius
nc|ancsicnus
Keuords
Macrozoobenlhos
Iish
Diversily
River oIIulion
River reguIalion
}oinl Danube Survey
THE RESPONSE OF BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATE AND FISH
ASSEMBLAGES TO HUMAN IMPACT ALONG THE LOWER STRETCH
OF THE RIVERS MORAVA AND DYJE DANUBE BASIN, CZECH
REPUBLIC
Zdenk Admek
1*
, Svtlana Zahrdkov
2
, Pavel Jurajda
1
, Ilja Bernardov
2
, Zdenka
Jurajdov
1
, Michal Jan
1
, Denisa Nmejcov
2
1
Department of Fish Ecology, Institute of Vertebrate Biology AS CR, p.r.i., Kvtn 8, 603 65 Brno, Czech Republic, phone +420
543422523
2
T. G. Masaryk Water Research Institute, p.r.i., Mojmrovo nm. 16, 612 00 Brno, Czech Republic
*

Corresponding Author, E-mail: [email protected]
INTRODUCTION
Large IovIand rivers and lheir aIIuviaI oodIains
comrise a vide range of bioloes inhabiled by
many animaI and Ianl secies Adamek and Suko
Schiemer Schomaker and WoIler
Rivers reresenl dynamic conlinuousIy changing
syslems suorled by an exlensive abiIily lo re
cover former and lo creale nev bioloes NaluraI
nonimacled IovIand slreams disIay a rich and
diverse IaleraI and IongiludinaI zonalion of a river
and aIIuviaI bioloes vilh good hydroIogicaI and
ecoIogicaI inlerconneclion of ooIs ries side
arms and oxbov Iakes riarian velIands ooded
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meadovs and vooded aIIuviaI Iand
Under lhe framevork of lhe }oinl Danube Survey
}DS an evaIualion of ecosyslem funclioning
aIong lhe River Morava and ils main lribulary lhe
River Dy|e look Iace in Augusl }DS rere
senled a unique coordinaled research aclivily aIong
lhe mosl inlernalionaI river basin in lhe vorId in
vhich scienlisls from fourleen Danubian counlries
acliveIy arlicialed One of lhe basic ob|eclives
of }DS vas lo gel a beer viev of secic valer
quaIily aramelers and indelh characlerisalion
of river bioIogy lhrough lhe eslabIishmenl of com
Iemenlary moniloring aclivily aIong lhe Danube
and ils imorlanl lribularies This is lhe rsl lime
lhal invesligalion of sh and river hydromorhoI
ogy has been erformed lo such an exlenl vilhin
lhe Danube basin Though lhe key aim of }DS vas
lo roduce a homogenous dala sel of secic va
ler quaIily eIemenls for lhe Danube lhe resuIls ob
lained by nalionaI leams aIong lribularies are aIso
of greal imorlance for overaII documenlalion The
sludy has aIso rovided a forum for riarian coun
lries lo deveIo and lesl evaIualion melhods for riv
er heaIlh In addilion lo ils scienlic resuIls a ma|or
conlribulion of }DS has been in lhe disseminalion
of informalion lo lhe ubIic and geing inhabilanls
more invoIved in valer roleclion issues Liska el
aI The }DS concel has nov been formaIIy
incIuded inlo lhe IUs Waler Iramevork Direclive
WID moniloring slralegy as a looI for invesliga
live moniloring
This manuscril resenls resuIls from a delaiIed
assessmenl of biola in lhe rivers Morava and Dy|e
beIonging among lhe richesl of Iuroean rivers as
far as benlhic macroinverlebrale and sh commu
nilies are concerned Dala from lvo TransNalionaI
Moniloring Nelvork TNMN siles uslream of lhe
Morava and Dy|e conuence are aIso incIuded as
veII as a Iileralure reviev evaIualing changes lhal
have occurred over recenl decades
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE
MORAVA RIVER BASIN
The calchmenl areas of lhree main Iuroean rivers
occur vilhin lhe Czech ReubIic lhose of lhe River
IIbe vhich emlies inlo lhe Norlh Sea of Iand
surface lhe River Odra draining inlo lhe aIlic
Sea and lhe River Morava vhich ovs inlo
lhe Danube and on lo lhe Iack Sea olh lhe
Morava and ils main lribulary lhe Dy|e originaIIy
meandered lhrough Iarge oodIains hovever
bolh lhese rivers have been reguIaled and chan
neIised lo varying exlenl over lhe Iasl cenlury
The valershed of lhe River Morava on lhe ler
rilory of lhe Czech ReubIic Iig has an area of
km

Hovever km

of lhis area
beIongs lo lhe River Dy|e The Morava River basin
may be characlerised as being denseIy ouIaled
inhabilanls er km

and highIy exIoiled by

bolh induslry machinery food and chemicaI and
agricuIlure AgricuIluraI Iand reresenls around
of lhe basin surface foresls and urbanised
areas around HydroIogicaIIy lhe Morava river
basin is oor in valer sources Average annuaI re
ciilalion is mm and mean annuaI calchmenl
runo reaches miIIion m

The average annuaI

discharge of onIy m

for each of ils miIIion

inhabilanls is onIy one lhird of lhe Iuroean aver
age and one sixlh of lhe gIobaI average The basin
has imorlanl slorage reservoirs vilh a lolaI ca
acily amounling lo aroximaleIy miIIion m

Fig 1. The Morava River basin on the territory of the

Czech Republic with the indication of JDS2 sites
location
The quaIilalive slale of running valers in lhe
Morava river basin reecls a Ionglerm deveIo
menl of Iandscae municiaIilies agricuIlure
induslry foreslry valer managemenl and olher
infraslruclures AIlhough valer quaIily has im
roved signicanlIy over lhe asl years eg aII
lovns vilh more lhan inhabilanls have
been equied vilh bioIogicaI vaslevaler lreal
menl Ianls issues reIaled lo high nulrienl andor
organic Ioading of surface valers sliII remain
HisloricaIIy lhis river syslem vas naluraIIy
inundaled u lo ve limes a year Kux and
lhe oodIains around lhe conuence rovided ex
lremeIy favorabIe condilions for reroduclion and
nursing of lhe ma|orily of riverine sh }ura|da and
Ienaz }ura|da }ura|da el aI
elveen and hovever lhe Morava
vas IargeIy channeIised and ils meanders discon
necled from lhe main channeI by Ievees nov exisl
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and mainlenance of Ianl and animaI diversily is
imIemenled lhrough a nelvork of rolecled ar
eas and siles arlicuIarIy in lhe uer mounlain
ous and Iover IovIand arls of lhe river basin The
lerrilory around lhe conuence has been designed
as a Irolecled Landscae Area lhe Soulok ILA
km

and moslIy comrises oodIain foresl

vilh a rich syslem of canaIs oxbov Iakes river
sidearms and ooIs sub|ecl lo conlroIIed ooding
over sring
CURRENT SITUATION AS REGARDS
HABITAT AND WATER QUALITY
DEGRADATION ALONG THE LOWER
MORAVA AND DYJE
Physical habitat degradation
Human aclivilies had a signicanl imacl on lhe
hydromorhoIogicaI slalus of bolh lhe Morava
and Dy|e river basin dislricls RDs vilh naluraI
slream rocesses being rare and aqualic biocenoses
degraded al resenl Around of aII valer bod
ies have been modied vilh slream channeIisa
lion bank slrenglhening channeI hardening and
cross barrier conslruclion being lhe dominanl fac
lors There are subslanliaI dierences belveen lhe
hydroIogicaI characlerislics of lhe lvo RDs sum
marised in TabIe Desile having aImosl lhe same
average annuaI reciilalion and mm for
lhe Morava and Dy|e rivers resecliveIy annuaI
surface runo for lhe Dy|e is onIy haIf of lhal of lhe
Morava and mm resecliveIy As such
lhe number of reservoirs in lhe Morava River basin
uslream of lhe conuence is one lhird of lhal in
lhe Dy|e basin and resecliveIy vhiIe lolaI
slorage caacily in lhe Morava River basin is onIy
one lveIflh lhal of lhe Dy|e River basin ChanneI
slraighlening has been imIemenled lo a greal
er exlenl in lhe Morava RD ca of slream
Ienglh vilh barrier conslruclion of grealer imor
lance in lhe Dy|e basin of slreams OveraII
Iack of sh asses has lhe grealesl imacl in lhe
uer slrelches of lhe rivers vilh slraighlening
and Ievee conslruclion of grealer imorlance in lhe
Iover slrelches Moreover lhere is a cIear dier
ence in agricuIluraI managemenl for lhe lvo RDs
vilh bolh area of arabIe Iand and number of ani
maIs bred igs ouIlry cIearIy higher in lhe Dy|e
RD TabIe
Water quality development
The resenl degraded environmenlaI slalus of lhe
Iover Morava and Dy|e reecls a vhoIe range of
hisloric anlhroogenic ressures incIuding inad
equaleIy lrealed discharges from urban seIemenls
and induslry lhe inuence of diuse oIIulion and
hydromorhoIogicaI aIleralions
Iuenl from sugar miIIs had a very deslruclive
imacl on benlhic communilies during lhe aulumn
monlhs of each year eriod of sugar beel rocess
ing from lhe s lo lhe s In lhe Iale s lhe
resuIls of sarobioIogicaI moniloring erformed
by lhe TGMasaryk Waler research Inslilule TGM
WRI rno unubIished indicaled very oor riv
erine communily slalus aIong lhese rivers lhese
resuIls have since rovided a baseIine for fulure
valer quaIily slalus assessmenls of imorlanl riv
ers in lhe basin ecause of lhe high IeveIs of oI
Iulion addilionaI samIes vere coIIecled aIong
lhese rivers in addilion lo reguIar sarobioIogicaI
moniloring and lvo Czech TNMN siles Morava
Lanhol and Dy|e Iohansko have aIso been sur
veyed every years The exlremeIy high organic
oIIulion IeveIs discharged inlo lhe river syslem
each aulumn from lhe sugar miIIs resuIled in an
aIhamesooIysarobic slalus of Ianl and ani
maI communilies aIong lhe Morava River Slarling
in lhe Iale s vaslevaler lrealmenl Ianls vere
conslrucled for aII Iarger cilies in lhe RD resuIl
ing in a graduaI imrovemenl in valer quaIily nol
onIy in aulumn bul lhroughoul lhe year In
sarobic indices lhal had formerIy reached vaIues
of had decreased lo in lhe Morava and an
even grealer imrovemenl vas aained in lhe Dy|e
vhere an index of vas decreased lo belveen
and Desile lhe greal eorls focused on
decreasing oinl source oIIulion discharges in lhe
basins negalive inuences of diuse oIIulion and
hydromorhoIogicaI aIleralion on benlhic macroin
verlebrale and sh communilies remain a robIem
Table 1. General characteristics of the Morava & Dyje
river basin districts upstream of the TNMN sites
TNMN sitc
Mnrava
Lanzhnt
Dy|c
Pnhanskn
Uslream river basin area km
AIlilude TNMN sile m asI
Average discharge ms
Reservoirs No
slream slraighlened
No inhabilanls lhs
Cilies inhabilanls No
ArabIe Iand
Number of igs bred lhs
Number of ouIlry bred lhs
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HISTORY OF LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH
WhiIe some dala on oodIain inverlebrales of lhe
Iover reaches of lhe Dy|e and Morava had been
ubIished even before lhey vere mainIy fo
cused on lemorary andor ermanenl slagnanl
valers and vere ubIished in grey Iileralure
A simiIar riorily vas given lo sliII valers unliI
WorId War II vilh for examIe syslemalic sludies
of chironomids underlaken by ZavfeI
and of oIigochaeles by Hrab The rsl vaIu
abIe informalion on macroinverlebrales aIong lhe
Iover reach of lhe Morava ilseIf reIales lo lhe occur
rence of lhe olamaI mayy Pa|ingcnia |cngicau!a
ZavfeI and ils Ialer disaearance in lhe s
ZavfeI elveen and lhe running
and sliII valers of soulhern Moravia vere sludied
as arl of an exlensive research ro|ecl suervised
by lhe Czech Academy of Sciences and Masaryk
Universily in rno Landa el aI In
lhe Iover Morava vas monilored by ZeIinka and
SkaInikova and has since been lhe sub|ecl of
reealed sludies lhroughoul lhe s eg SoIdan
el aI and s Many of lhese ro|ecls aIso
surveyed lhe River Dy|e lhough lhe sludy siles
vere silualed furlher uslream of lhe }DS sile
Adamek and Suko idenlied laxa
mainIy secies aIong lhe Iover Dy|e vhiIe
Zahradkova el aI idenlied secies or
higher laxa al siles on lhe Iover Morava More
recenlIy aqualic inverlebrales vere samIed and
idenlied aIong lhe Iover reach of lhe Dy|e by
Horsak vho reorled laxa nol reslricled
lo benlhic fauna olh }DS siles resenled in lhis
aer vere incIuded in a comIex sludy of aqualic
inverlebrales of lhe IaIava ioshere Reserve ub
Iished by OraviIova el aI vho idenlied
laxa Vlfiek and Geris reorled lhe may
y Bacicpus icnnc|us AIbarda as a nev se
cies for lhe Czech ReubIic from lhe River Morava
near ils conuence vilh lhe Dy|e Syslemalic re
search inlo benlhic macroinverlebrales of lhe lvo
river reaches near lheir conuence vas inilialed in
lhe s due lhe coordinalion of aclivilies vilhin
i eriodic samIing vilhin lhe framevork of lhe
Slale Waler Managemenl Waler QuaIily aIance
ii moniloring underlaken by lhe Morava River
asin Aulhorily iii ro|ecl Morava of lhe TGM
WRI rno and iv reguIar surveiIIance
moniloring
Iish assembIages in bolh running and sliII va
lers of lhe Morava and Dy|e conuence area have
been surveyed since lhe beginning of lhe lh cen
lury Mahen ased on hisloricaI records
recenl surveys and angIers reorls cycIoslomes
and sh secies have been reorled from lhe
main channeI of lhe Morava being indigenous
and exolic Ienaz and }ura|da Such secies
richness is excelionaI comared vilh mosl olher
Iuroean rivers of simiIar size
MATERIAL AND METHODS
Study sites
The }DS sludy of benlhic macroinverlebrales vas
erformed near lhe lovns of Lanhol N I
and Iohansko N I on lhe
rivers Morava and Dy|e resecliveIy Iig vhiIe
lhe sh survey vas erformed aIong lhe shore
Iine belveen river km on lhe River Morava
N I and rkm on lhe Dy|e
N I ChanneI vidlh and delh on
lhe Morava vere m and m resecliveIy
and m and m on lhe Dy|e WhiIe lhe
banks of lhe Morava consisl rimariIy of rira lhe
banks of lhe Dy|e are moslIy naluraI Iurlhermore
lhe main channeI of lhe Morava is comIeleIy iso
Ialed from ils oodIain vhereas eIemenls of
oodIain and severaI backvalers remain connecl
ed aIong lhe Dy|e
Benthic macroinvertebrates
Wilh resecl lo lhe imorlance of olamaI river
slrelches and lo lhe IeveI of lheir anlhroogenic
aIleralions aII avaiIabIe dala on benlhic macroin
verlebrales reIaled lo lhe sludied river slrelches in
cIuding hisloricaI ones vere exIoiled nameIy
sarobioIogicaI moniloring of lhe TGM WRI rno
resuIls from lhe River Morava Iro|ecl under
laken by TGM WRI rno Zahradkova el aI
moniloring of lransboundary rivers TGM WRI
rno unubIished moniloring of lhe Morava
River Calchmenl Area Morava River Aulhorily
unubIished coIIeclion of lhe Dearlmenl of
olany and ZooIogy Masaryk Universily rno
resuIls of Horsak resuIls of }DS TGM
WRI rno unubIished resuIls of OraviIova
el aI
Longlerm dala from river km and
on lhe Morava and Dy|e resecliveIy vere sum
marised and lhe dala divided inlo severaI lime eri
ods lhe resence andor absence of individuaI se
cies aIIoving a generaI evaIualion of biodiversily
aIleralion of each slrelch over lhe sludy eriod The
foIIoving eriods vere dislinguished
dala sources and dala sources
and dala sources and dala
source for lhe River Dy|e onIy WhiIe il vas nol
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ossibIe lo assign dala from source lo a secic
lime eriod lhe informalion vas incIuded due lo
ils faunislic vaIue
SeveraI dierenl melhods vere used for sam
Iing benlhic macroinverlebrales The ma|orily of
dala vere oblained before lhe samIes be
ing coIIecled according lo Czech slandard CSN
for lhe Czech sarobioIogicaI monilor
ing rogramme dala source and The goaI of
sarobioIogicaI biomoniloring is nol lhe evaIualion
of ecoIogicaI condilion of a sile bul onIy an assess
menl of running valer quaIily and oxygen condi
lion Iore|lnikova el aI A muIlihabilal sam
Iing melhodoIogy lherefore vas nol aIied and
segmenls vilh raidIy oving valer vere samIed
by hand svee nel referenliaIIy lhe segmenls
vilh sIovIy oving or slanding valer nol being
incIuded
Dala oblained from sources and vere
samIed and rocessed according lo lhe Czech
nalionaI muIlihabilal samIing melhod IIRLA
CSN using semiquanlilalive minule
kick samIes coIIecled vilh a hand nel x cm
aerlure and m mesh size AII mesohabilals
rie ooI macrohyle voody debris elc vere
samIed for a eriod corresonding lo lheir lolaI
roorlionaI area in lhe samIing seclion Kokes el
aI
The melrics used vere caIcuIaled according
lo formuIas given in lhe AQIM ManuaI AQIM
consorlium hvvvaqemde The au
lecoIogicaI characlerislics used for caIcuIalion of
lhe melrics vere adoled from lhe onIine ARROW
dalabase
According lo lhe WID assessmenl of ecoIogicaI
slalus requires comarison vilh a reference slalus
Due lo a Iack of recenl olamaI reference IocaIilies
reIevanl hisloricaI dala and dicuIlies associaled
vilh samIing melhods suilabIe for nonvadeabIe
rivers in lhe Czech ReubIic assessmenl of resec
live slream lyes has nol yel been nished To a
cerlain degree lhis issue can be soIved lhrough lhe
comiIalion of a Iisl of laxa lyicaI for olamaI riv
er slrelches Such a Iisl has aIready been comiIed
for German slreams SchII el aI This Iisl is
hovever regionaIIy Iimiled and cannol be aIied
lo any olher region riversea calchmenl area Ior
lhe uroses of lhis ubIicalion an a! ncc Iisl vas
comiIed of laxa execled al lhe evaIualed siles and
lhe macroinverlebrales found vere comared vilh
lhis The Iisl of lyicaI olamaI secies comiIed
by exerls Zahradkova el aI vas adoled
afler arliaI modicalion Secies vere seIecled ac
cording lo lheir knovn aulecoIogicaI characleris
lics eg slream zonalion reference aIlilude and
habilal reference elc or according lo lheir doc
umenled occurrence al lhe sludied river slrelches
in lhe asl or in simiIar undislurbed river lyes in
CenlraI Iuroe onIy secies vilh an aroriale
area of dislribulion vere laken inlo accounl In ad
dilion lhe lolaI numbers of aII execled IIT laxa in
Moravian Iarge IovIand rivers Zahradkova el aI
vere comared vilh lhe numbers found in
lhe sring samIes of
Nonindigenous secies vere cIassied accord
ing lo MIikovsk and SlbIo and Ianov el aI
vho resenled a grey Iisl of secies vilh
unknovn IeveI of invasiveness a vhile Iisl of
secies vilh Iov IeveI of invasiveness and a bIack
Iisl of secies of high invasiveness
Fish
Iish vere coIIecled quanlilaliveIy al len m
slrelches aIong lhe righl bank of lhe Morava and lhe
Iefl bank of lhe Dy|e by eIeclroshing one hand
heId anode IIKO IIG Honda kW
V A Hz from a drifling boal one lo ve
melres from lhe bank Slunned sh vere coIIecled
by hand nel mm mesh size Aside from bIeak
A||urnus a||urnus vhich vere signicanlIy domi
nanl aII sh coIIecled vere measured and veighed
individuaIIy Ior bIeak secimens vere meas
ured and veighed individuaIIy al each slrelch and
lhe resl buIkveighed and counled Afler survey
ing aII sh vere reIeased back inlo lhe river aIong
side lhe oosile bank The IC ralio HoIik and
HenseI indicaling lhe reIalionshi belveen
nonredalory and redalory sh vas caIcuIaled
as a ralio belveen lheir biomass reorled in survey
calches
Dala on angIing inlensily and eciency sh
secies and size comosilion al lhe Dy|e and
Morava angIing grounds vhich corresond vilh
lhe }SID survey seclions vere oblained from reg
uIarIy summarised angIing records avaiIabIe each
year al lhe cIose of lhe angIing season Iigures on
slocking and angIing calches for individuaI years
vere rovided by lhe headquarlers of lhe Moravian
AngIers Union As sh for slocking uroses are
usuaIIy avaiIabIe in size and age calegories lhal
dier belveen years and even belveen individuaI
slocking evenls during one year lhe aroriale
minisleriaI inslruclion ImIemenlalion Irovision
No of lhe Czech Iishery Lav No
rovides ruIes on hov lo converl individuaI size
and age calegories inlo one aroriale calegory
ie for car and for olher sh in lhis case
sludy Conversion rales vere aIso suIied for mor
laIily and survivaI rales for dierenl seciescalego
ries comared lo lhe sh calegory suggesled by lhe
slocking Ian Conversion lo one age calegory ena
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bIes comarabiIily and an aroriale evaIualion of
slocking inlensily and eciency belveen years and
individuaI valer bodies The ralio belveen number
of sh slocked and caughl is resenled as a rale of
relurn for individuaI secies
RESULTS
Benthic macroinvertebrates
Tuxonomlc composltlon
A Iisl of laxa found since is rovided in
Aendix River Morava and River Dy|e
AIlogelher laxa vere found al lhe Dy|e River
above lhe conuence vilh lhe Morava River
secies laxa vere idenlied al genera or high
er laxonomic IeveIs Three nonindigenous se
cies vere ascerlained Pciancpqrgus aniipc!arun
Iiincg|qpnus naiicci!cs and Orcisscna pc|qncrpna
Tvenly one secies are calegorised as lhrealened
according lo IUCN calegories see Aendix
Caddis y Scic!cs punciaius considered regionaIIy
exlincl vas found in and Occciis iripunciaia
crilicaIIy endangered secies vas found in
AddilionaI secies beIonging lo lhe calegories en
dangered secies vuInerabIe secies or
nearIy lhrealened secies vere found vilhin
dierenl eriods mainIy afler
The lolaI number of laxa recorded al lhe Morava
River slrelch uslream lhe conuence vilh lhe Dy|e
River vas secies or secies grous laxa
idenlied al genera or higher laxonomic IeveIs
The nonindigenous secies Ougcsia iigrina and
Orcisscna pc|qncrpna vere resenl Ten secies are
calegorised as lhrealened according lo IUCN cal
egories see Aendix One secies of lhe calego
ry crilicaIIy endangered mayy Bacicpus icnc||us
vas found in AddilionaI secies beIonging lo
lhe calegories endangered secies vuIner
abIe secies or nearIy lhrealened secies
vere found afler mainIy in
AnuIses of semlquuntltutlte sumpIlng cumpulgn
ln sprlng
The sring semiquanlilalive samIes laken in
vere anaIysed in delaiI Sixly lvo laxa incIud
ing mayy secies and caddis y secies vere
found al lhe Dy|e River AriI and laxa in
cIuding mayy secies sloney and caddis
y secies vere found al lhe Morava River May
for secies Iisl of Ihemerolera IIecolera and
Tricholera see TabIe The IovIand secies sIighl
Iy dominaled in bolh samIes ca of laxa The
dierence in zonalion references vas evidenl
since lhe ercenlage of rhilraI secies vas
and al lhe Dy|e and Morava rivers resec
liveIy lhe reseclive ercenlage of olamaI se
cies vas and Anolher dierence vas
found in roorlion of aclive and assive Ilralors
bolh in lhe Dy|e River and resecliveIy
and lhe Morava River and resecliveIy
Concerning lhe microhabilal references lhe se
cies in lhe Dy|e River evinced higher references lo
more coursegrained subslrale Iike akaI and IilhaI
and resecliveIy in comarison vilh
lhe Morava River and resecliveIy
vhere mainIy lhe secies referring eIaI
and hylaI occurred
The indices of sarobily indicaled middIe bela
mesosarobily al bolh siles lhe Dy|e River lhe
Morava River A higher roorlion of secies
occurring aIso in oIigosarobily vas resenl in lhe
Dy|e River lhan in lhe Morava River
A comarison of secies idenlied in lhe sring
samIes of vilh roosed Iisl of lyicaI
olamaI secies vas done see TabIe Of ex
ecled mayy secies and secies vere found
in lhe Dy|e River and Morava River resecliveIy
Ten sloney secies shouId be resenl al lhe resec
live slream lye hovever onIy unidenlied seci
men of lhe genus Icucira occurred in lhe Morava
River The occurrence of olamaI caddis y se
cies is assumed onIy and unidenlied secies of
genus Hq!rcpii|a and secies vere found in lhe
Dy|e River and Morava River resecliveIy
In addilion lo lhe lyicaI olamaI secies lhe
secies vilh Iess secic requiremenls or even
ubiquilous ones usuaIIy occur in lhe reseclive
slream lye A lolaI number of al Ieasl IIT se
cies regardIess of lhe lyicaI olamaI secies is
execled in lhis slream lye under lhe good river
heaIlh condilion in sring season This number vas
nol achieved al lhe Dy|e River secies bul over
came al lhe Morava River secies
Fish
Specles composltlon
AIlogelher and sh individuaIs
and kg resecliveIy vere coIIecled in lhe
surveyed slrelches of lhe Morava and Dy|e rivers
TabIe The reseclive numbers of secies vere
hybrid and hybrid beIonging lo idenlicaI
famiIies Cyrinidae Isocidae SiIuridae Gadidae
Iercidae and Gobiidae in each river Wilh resecl
lo lhe densily bIeak vas markedIy lhe dominanl
sh secies in bolh river slrelches Ils roorlions
in lhe lolaI sh numbers and biomass amounled
lo and and and in lhe
Morava and Dy|e rivers resecliveIy
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99
Table 2. Typical potamal species expected along the river stretches studied. Note: + = species observed after
1975, * species found in spring 2007
Ordcr 5pccics
Rivcr Dy|c
Pnhanskn
Rivcr Mnrava
Lanhnt
E
P
H
E
M
E
R
O
P
T
E
R
A
Baciis |uccraius Ialon
Baciis juscaius Linne
Baciis ncxus Navas
rachycercus harriseIIa
Cacnis |uciucsa urmeisler
Cacnis nacrura Slehens
Cacnis pscu!critu|crun KeermueIIer
|c!qcnurus auraniiacus urmeisler
|c!qcnurus insignis Thomas Sova
|pncncra tu|gaia Linne
|pncncrc||a ncsc|cuca rauer
|pncrcn tirgc OIivier
Hcpiagcnia cccru|ans Roslock
Hcpiagcnia ata Roslock
Cncrcicrpcs picicii Ialon
|scnqcnia igncia WaIker
Pa|ingcnia |cngicau!a OIivier
Pciananinus |uicus Linne
P
L
E
C
O
P
T
E
R
A
Agnciina c|cganiu|a KIaaIek
|scpcr|a grannaiica Ioda
|scpcr|a c|scura Zeersledl
|scpicna scrriccrnis Iiclel
Icucira jusca Linne Leuclra s
Marinanca tiiripcnnis urmeisler
Pcr|c!cs !ispar Rambur
Sipncncpcr|a iaurica Iiclel
Tacnicpicrqx nc|u|csa Linne
Xanincpcr|a apica|is Nevman
T
R
I
C
H
O
P
T
E
R
A
Bracnqccnirus su|nu|i|us Curlis
Ccrac|ca a||inacu|a Rambur
Ccrac|ca a||cguaia Hagen
Ccrac|ca annu|iccrnis Slehen
Ccrac|ca !issini|is Slehens
Ccrac|ca nigrcncrtcsa Reius
Hq!rcpsqcnc |u|garcnancrun MaIicky
Hq!rcpsqcnc ccniu|crna|is McLachIan
Hq!rcpsqcnc cxccc||aia Dufour
Hq!rcpsqcnc guaia Iiclel
Hq!rcpii|a angu|aia MoseIy HydroliIa s
Hq!rcpii|a sparsa Curlis
Cncunaicpsqcnc |cpi!a Iiclel
Ncurcc|ipsis |inacu|aia Linne
Psqcncnqia pusi||a Iabricius
Scic!cs punciaius Iabricius
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100
The roorlion of olher sh secies in lhe lolaI
sh densily in surveyed slrelches of lhe Morava
river did nol exceed mosl numerous among
lhem being chub Squa|ius ccpna|us barb Bar|us
|ar|us bierIing |nc!cus anarus and vhilenned
gudgeon |cnancgc|ic t|a!qkcti vilh
and resecliveIy Olher imorlanl com
merciaI and game sh secies exceeded lhe IeveI
of numericaI roorlion of onIy rareIy nase
Cncn!rcsicna nasus and as Aspius aspius vilh
and resecliveIy hovever some of lhem
roved a signicanl roorlion regarding lhe bio
mass The highesl gures vere recorded for com
mon car Cqprinus carpic of vhich roorlion in
lhe lolaI biomass vas vhiIsl onIy in
sh densily mean individuaI veighl g foI
Ioved by barb and Irussian car Carassius gi|c|ic
vilh and resecliveIy Among re
corded sh secies in lhe Morava River of lhem
Irussian car lomoulh gudgeon Pscu!cras|cra
parta and lubenose goby Prcicrcrninus scni|unaris
vere nonindigenous The IC ralio of lhe vhoIe
sh communily corresonded lo in lhe sur
veyed slrelch of lhe Morava River
esides dominanl bIeak of lolaI sh den
sily see above lhe roorlion of olher secies
occurrence vas much Iover in lhe Dy|e River and
onIy rareIy exceeded lhe lhreshoId Iike il ha
ened in case of vhile bream A|ranis |jccrkna and
barb vilh and resecliveIy The roor
lion of olher imorlanl game sh vas quile Iov
vilh maximum vaIues in common bream A|ranis
|rana chub ide Icuciscus i!us as and roach
|uii|us ruii|us vilh and
resecliveIy Wilh resecl lo biomass lhe highesl
roorlion beIonged lo barb foIIoved by
bIeak common bream and ide vilh and
Tvo nonindigenous sh secies vere re
Table 3. Fish assemblage composition upstream of the confuence between the rivers Morava and Dyje, as
recorded during the JDS2 survey. Note: n = total individuals, W = fsh biomass in g
Rivcr Mnrava Rivcr Dy|c
5pccics n W n W
B |ar|us
A a||urnus
C nasus
C gi|c|ic
A aspius
S ccpna|us
I i!us
I |cuciscus
| anarus
A |rana
A |jccrkna
A sapa
S crqinrcpnina|nus
| ruii|us
| ruii|us x A |jccrkna
| t|a!qkcti
G gc|ic
P parta
C carpic
V tin|a
| |ucius
S g|anis
I |cia
P utiaii|is
G scnraciscr
S |ucicpcrca
Z zingc|
Z sirc|cr
P scni|unaris
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corded Irussian car and lubenose goby The IC
ralio of lhe vhoIe sh communily corresonded lo
in lhe surveyed slrelch of lhe Dy|e River
AngIlng leId
olh slrelches beIonging lo angIing grounds of lhe
Moravian AngIing Union are reguIarIy slocked
vilh commerciaI and game sh secies Common
car calegory dominale vilh resecl lo slock
ing biomass Car average rales of relurn amounl lo
and in lhe Dy|e and Morava angIing
grounds resecliveIy Iredalory sh ike zander
San!cr |ucicpcrca Iuroean calsh Si|urus g|anis
as are usuaIIy reIeased as age calegory hovev
er lheir rales of relurn do nol exceed TabIe
Game sh chub barb nase burbol Icia |cia and
olhers are aIso slocked for lhe angIing uroses
bul lheir rales of relurn range |usl beIov
On average aIlogelher sh kg are
caughl each year by angIers in lhe Dy|e angIing
ground vhiIsl in lhe Morava angIing ground
lhese gures are lvice as high sh kg
TabIe Car dominale in biomass comrising
and of lhe lolaI angIing yieId in lhe Dy|e
and Morava resecliveIy Desile Iov numbers
of Iuroean calsh caughl by angIers and
individuaIs in Dy|e and Morava resecliveIy
lheir reseclive angIing yieId biomass is lhe second
highesl vilh and kg vhich corresonds lo
lhe mean individuaI veighl of and kg
DISCUSSION
Benthic macroinvertebrates
enlhic macroinverlebrales have various funclions
in aqualic ecosyslems AnaIyses of some of lhem
eg an assessmenl of roduclion or suilabiIily as
sh food are dicuIl lo evaIuale vilhoul exlensive
quanlilalive dala This lye of dala is hovever nol
avaiIabIe On lhe olher hand semiquanlilalive or
somelimes even quaIilalive dala generaIIy can be ex
Ioiled for bioindicalion andor ecoIogicaI slalus as
sessmenl AIso Ionglerm changes of bioloes can be
delecled via comarison of laxonomic or funclionaI
slruclure of benlhic assembIages NeverlheIess
samIing dicuIlies and incomIele ecoIogicaI sla
lus assessmenl syslem of lhe Czech olamaI rivers
ralher Iimiled lhe exIoralion of accessibIe dala
The lolaI number of laxa of cerlain IocaIilies is
one of very simIe biodiversily measures assuming
lhe comarabIe dala sources In lhe comarison of
evaIualed river slrelches lhe number of laxa of lhe
Dy|e River is nearIy lvice as lhal of lhe Morava River
and laxa resecliveIy Hovever lhe high
number of laxa found al lhe Dy|e River originaled
from a very recise invesligalion Horsak No
such exlensive and delaiIed sludy vas erformed
al lhe Morava River Afler excIuding resuIls of lhal
sludy lhe lolaI number of laxa of lhe Dy|e River
Table 4. Stocking level, angling yield and rate of return (ind.) for the Dyje 2 (D2) and Morava 2 (M2) fshing
grounds between 2006 and 2010. Note: *Herbivorous fsh = grass carp, Ctenopharyngodon idella; silver carp,
Hypophthalmichthys molitrix; bighead carp, Aristichthys nobilis. **Others = (R. rutilus, S. erythrophthalmus, G.
cernuus, C. auratus gibelio, C. carassius, A. alburnus, L. idus and rarely others)
5tncking ratc Ang!ing yic!d
individua!s kg individua!s kg ratc nI rcturn
Secies D M D M D M D M D M
| |ucius
C carpic
T iinca
A |rana
I ccpna|us
B |ar|us
C nasus
V tin|a
Herbivorous sh
A aspius
P utiaii|is
S |ucicpcrca
S g|anis
A angui||a
I |cia
Olhers
TOTAL
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vas evidenlIy Iover The lolaI numbers of
laxa found al bolh slrelches in moniloring of
lhe Morava River Aulhorily and }DS resuIls vere
nearIy lhe same and laxa The comarison
of numbers of laxa belveen eriods is ossibIe lak
ing inlo accounl lhal eseciaIIy in lhe sl eriod onIy
lhe rie arls of bolh rivers vere samIed so Iover
numbers of laxa vilhin lhe eriod of are
caused by a secic samIing melhod as veII as
a higher IeveI of anlhroogenic dislurbances ese
ciaIIy organic oIIulion The decrease of lhis lye of
oIIulion eseciaIIy disaearing of aulumn eaks
caused by sugar miII camaigns Ieads lo arliaI
benlhic macroinverlebrale assembIage reconslruc
lion during lhe subsequenl eriod afler The
occurrence of secies vilh higher roorlion of
references lo oIigosarobily vas found in delaiIed
anaIyses of sring samIes in lhe Dy|e River
Il is robabIy caused by rhilhraIisalion monlanisa
lion of river slrelches beIov Iarge imoundmenls
reservoirs on lhe Dy|e River and lheir lribularies
vhich arliaIIy changed characler of rivers mainIy
lheir lemeralure regime The resuIls corresond
vilh a higher roorlion of rhilhraI secies in lhe
Dy|e River lhan in lhe Morava River
The recovery of lhe river slrelches vas Iim
iled lo lhe organic oIIulion decrease No radicaI
imrovemenl of hydromorhoIogicaI slalus has
been erformed and habilal diversily is sliII Iosl
The environmenl is unfavourabIe for secies vilh
seciaI habilal requiremenls Iike burroving Iarvae
eg mayy |pncrcn tirgc Very sensilive rare and
slriclIy olamaI secies such as |scnqcnia igncia and
Cncrcicrpcs picicii are robabIy exlincl in lhe area
sludied hence lhe reoccurrence of such secies al
lhe IocaIiles sludied is very unIikeIy The ralio of
execled lyicaI olamaI secies and secies ob
served in lhe sring season of cf TabIe vas
very simiIar al bolh samIes
The resence of nonindigenous secies is reIa
liveIy Iov bolh quaIilaliveIy and quanlilaliveIy
bul lhe occurrence of invasive amhiods is ex
ecled in lhe near fulure because lhey are resenl
in lhe near dovnslream slrelch of lhe Morava and
Dy|e Rivers MisikovaIIexova el aI Il is a
aradox lhal lhe snaiI Iiincg|qpnus naiicci!cs vhich
is considered as an invasive secies according lo lhe
resuIls of lhe ro|ecl ALARM Ianov el aI is
menlioned as endangered secies in lhe Czech Red
Lisl Iarka el aI
Summarised lhe Morava and Dy|e river slrelch
es under sludy evinced simiIar characler and his
lory of dislurbances The Dy|e River macroinver
lebrale assembIages are more inuenced by a high
number of reservoirs vilhin lhe basin lhe Morava
River assembIages vere eriodicaIIy deslroyed by
organic oIIulion in lhe asl olh rivers are inu
enced by changed river morhoIogy The secies
comosilion regardIess of lhe occurrence of some
Iess sensilive olamaI or IUCN calegory secies
corresonds lo lhe Iisl of reseclive river lye ex
ecled secies onIy arliaIIy
Fish
In IovIand rivers and lheir oodIains il is aIvays
robIemalic lo nd melhods lhal rovide accurale
eslimales of sh communilies Ior examIe rere
senlalive samIing of aduIl sh in Iarger IovIand
rivers is aImosl imossibIe Since aII Czech slreams
are managed as angIing grounds lhey have been
reguIarIy slocked vilh sh from aquacuIlure since
lhe middIe of lhe lh cenlury Hovever ichlhyo
IogicaI surveys roved lhal lhe key driver lo for
malion and suslainabiIily of originaI aroriale
comosilion of riverine sh communilies arlicu
IarIy in IovIand rivers is lheir naluraI recruilmenl
}ura|da el aI In lhe Iovesl slrelches of lhe
Morava and Dy|e rivers sh originaling from lhe
naluraI recruilmenl made lhe vasl ma|orily of lhe
densily and biomass }ura|da }ura|da
and Ienaz }ura|da el aI
AIlogelher sh secies and hybrid | ruii|us
x B |jccrkna vere recorded in lhe Morava river sec
lion in lhe }DS survey camaign in Desile
onelime survey lhe number of secies recorded is
aImosl idenlicaI vilh lhe moniloring erformed by
}ura|da el aI vho idenlied secies from
famiIies in a fouryear survey beIov
and vilhin a rocky chule on lhe Morava River lhe
uer boarderIine sile of lhe seclion surveyed in
In oinion of }ura|da el aI sh secies
richness in lhe Morava River increased conlinuous
Iy over lhe years as a resuIl of subslanliaI
imrovemenl of valer quaIily and aImosl reached
lhe silualion lhal exisled years ago The ulo
dale assessmenl of lhe sh assembIage comosilion
in lhe Morava River seclion under sludy resenled
sh secies in of vhich vere idenlicaI
and one secies lubenose goby vas nev Iish as
sembIage comosilion comrising secies vilh
lhe same secies chub and gudgeon Gc|ic gc|ic
dominaling before and afler lhe ood vas recorded
by }ura|da el aI According lo lheir survey
excelionaIIy exlensive ood in }uIy vilh va
ler discharge eaking al of Ionglerm aver
age and discharge msec Iasling for days
had a minor eecl on lhe assembIage slruclure
Ieak vas by far lhe mosl abundanl sh in bolh
surveyed river seclions Desile ils high abundance
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amounling lo and in lhe Morava and
Dy|e rivers resecliveIy ils reseclive conlribulion
lo lhe lolaI sh biomass vas quile Iov and cor
resonded lo and According lo lhe
survey erformed by SindiIariu el aI in lhe
Danube DeIla bIeak and monkey goby Nccgc|ius
utiaii|is vere mosl abundanl and frequenl con
lribuling logelher lo lhe lolaI calch Desile lhe
facl lhal lhe rira banks rovide mesohabilal fa
vored by gobids lheir occurrence in lhis lye of lhe
Morava River bank armoring shoreIine againsl va
ler erosion vas very rare in lhe survey moniloring
in and acluaIIy il vas Iimiled |usl lo soradi
caI record of lubenose goby individuaIs ObviousIy
lhe eciency of eIeclroshing in samIing gobids
is quile Iov IoIacik el aI bul lheir occur
rence in inlersliliaI rira saces vas nol very fre
quenl anyhov CurrenlIy bolh lubenose goby and
round goby Nccgc|ius nc|ancsicnus are a reguIar
arl of sh assembIages bolh in lhe Iover Morava
and Dy|e rivers desile aearring lhere for lhe
rsl lime onIy in lubenose goby Irasek and
}ura|da and round goby Lusk el aI
resecliveIy
}ura|da and Ienaz described sh com
munily slruclure in lhe Iover slrelch of lhe Morava
River in len years afler lhe comIelion of
reguIalion Secies richness and diversily deend
ed mainIy on lhe conneclivily of lhe reguIaled sec
lion vilh a more naluraI seclion beIov lhe sludied
slrelch ierIing bIeak gudgeon chub roach and
vhilenned gudgeon vere lhe mosl abundanl se
cies in aII seclions of lhe reguIaled main channeI
vilh hylohiIous secies occurring in very Iov
densilies They reorled sh secies recorded
in lhe seclion idenlicaI vilh our survey SimiIarIy
VaIova el aI comared lhe sh commu
nilies in lhe reguIaledchanneIized Morava River
slrelch vilhoul conneclion lo lhe oodIain vilh
noninlerruled slrelches of lhe Morava and Dy|e
rivers connecled vilh oodIains SurrisingIy lhe
lolaI number of sh secies in aII of lhe lhree
slrelches recorded over lhree years vas simiIar
and secies resecliveIy Iovesl diversily
and highesl densily being documenled in lhe regu
IaledchanneIized slrelch
In lhe Morava and Dy|e river seclions under
sludy aIso severaI rare andor rolecled secies
vere recorded Tvo of lhem ide and burbol be
Iong among vuInerabIe sh secies and four olh
ers vhileeye bream A|ranis sapa slried rue
Gqnncccpna|us scnraciscr slreber Zingc| sirc|cr
and zingeI Zingc| zingc| are considered as crilicaIIy
endangered secies Due lo reguIar slocking inlo
lhese lvo and associaled angIing grounds ide and
burbol occur quile reguIarIy in lhe sh assembIages
of lhe Iover Morava and Dy|e rivers and recenlIy
lhey have even been incIuded inlo lhe Iisl of shes
aIIoved for laking inlo ossession in angIing The
occurrence of slreber on lhe MoravaDy|e conu
ence vas recorded for lhe rsl lime again afler aI
mosl a cenlury in Lusk el aI
The roorlion of nonredalory lo redalory
sh biomass IC ralio is a simIe exression of lhe
baIance in a arlicuIar sh communily HoIik and
HenseI VaIues for lhe IC ralio belveen
and indicale olimaI vaIues vhiIsl vaIues
demonslrale undesirabIe condilion of sh commu
nily vilh slrong revaIence of nonredalory sh
The IC ralio of lhe vhoIe sh communily in lhe
surveyed slrelch of lhe Morava River corresonded
lo vhich is considered as a vaIue vilhin lhe
olimaI range Hovever vhen excIuding ralher
omnivorous chub from redalory secies ils vaIue
increases lo vhich is aIready above lhe uer
Iimil vaIue of lhe olimaI range HoIik
and HenseI In lhe Dy|e River lhe IC vaIues
amounled lo in lhe lolaI communily evaIualion
bul vhen nol considering omnivorous chub and ide
as redalors il raised lo vhich is aIso above
lhe uer Iimil vaIue of lhe olimaI range
Il is obvious lhal lhe Iaer vaIues reecl lhe acluaI
silualion in equiIibrium of lhe Morava and Dy|e sh
assembIages more arorialeIy
AngIers slalislics aIso documenl a subslanliaI
increase in sh calches as a resuIl of considerabIe
valer quaIily imrovemenl in lhe s of lhe Iasl
cenlury }ura|da el aI The dala resenled by
arus el aI rove lhal lhe angIers calches in
lhe Iover Morava River shing ground Morava
ha rose from lo lonnes in and
resecliveIy NeverlheIess lhe rales of relurn
in sh slocked are quile Iov being highesl in car
as common henomenon in lhe ma|orily of sh
ing grounds in lhe Czech ReubIic Hovever lheir
gures are very Iov comared vilh olher shing
grounds robabIy due lo lhe Iolic environmenl and
nol easy accessibiIily Irolecled Landscae Area
CzechAuslrian and CzechSIovak border Iine riv
ers Car as by far lhe mosl ouIar sh for Czech
angIers are usuaIIy sub|ecl lo focused angIing
ressure resuIling in considerabIy higher rales of
relurn eg in lhe rno reservoir Adamek
and }ura|da or even in lhe Svilava an
gIing ground Iocaled IargeIy on lhe lerrilory of lhe
rno Cily hbrnomomrsczrehIedyuIov
ku The rales of relurn are quile Iov aIso in reda
lory and game sh Regarding redalory shes
lhe reason for Iov rales of relurn is smaII sh size
al slocking and oor accessibiIily of angIing Ioca
Croalian }ournaI of Iisheries
Z Adamek el aI Zoobenlhos and sh of Iover Morava and Dy|e
104
lions IxlremeIy Iov rales of game sh relurn are
moreover caused by quile rare focus of angIers and
videIy aIied calchandreIease aroach regard
ing lhese secies
The area of lhe Morava Dy|e conuence re
resenls a unique naluraI environmenl of ood
Iain foresl and velIand meadovs The noliceabIe
imrovemenl of valer environmenlaI condilions
arlicuIarIy in lhe Iasl lvo decades hovever con
cerned aImosl excIusiveIy |usl lhe valer quaIily is
sues lhe hysicaI habilal degradalion river chan
neIizalion Iimiled conneclivily vilh side arms and
oxbov Iakes being !c jacic unchanged As a con
sequence of imroved valer quaIily lhe diversily
of benlhic macroinverlebrale and sh assembIages
has been considerabIy increased Thus conlinuous
moniloring of lhis area of inleresl is highIy desired
and vorlhvhiIe aIso in lhe fulure
Acknowledgement
The sludy vas suorled by ro|ecls
MZI Research and Iroleclion of
Hydroshere research of reIalionshis and roc
esses in valer comonenl of lhe environmenl fo
cused on lhe imacls of human ressures suslain
abIe use and roleclion of lhe hydroshere and
reIaled IegisIalive looIs from lhe Czech Minislry
of Invironmenl and IG from lhe Granl
Agency of lhe Czech ReubIic
Saetak
UTJECAJ OVJEKA NA
MAKROZOOBENTOS I IHTIOFAUNU NA
DONJIM TOKOVIMA RIJEKA MORAVE I
DYJE SLIV RIJEKE DUNAVA U EKOJ
Don|a Morava i ri|eka Dy|e riada|u veIikim nizin
skim ri|ekama na |ugoisloku Ceske ReubIike le
se km nizvodno od svog usca uIi|eva|u u ri|eku
Dunav Unalo n|ihovo| znaa|no| rirodno| vri|ed
nosli i zaslili okoIisa ob|e ri|eke relr|eIe su lesko
zagaden|e od ih do ih godina rosIog sloI|eca
Znaa|an naredak kvaIilele n|ihove vode u osI|ed
n|a dva deselI|eca rezuIlirao |e d|eIominim oo
ravkom makrozoobenlosa i ihliofaune Nedavno
|e zabiI|eeno ukuno laksona makrozooben
losa u ri|eci Dy|e le laksona u ri|eci Moravi U
ri|eci Dy|e ronadene su nove i ugroena vr
sla beskraI|en|aka rema IUCN kalegori|ama a
u ri|eci Moravi ronadene su nove i ugroenih
vrsla Ri|eka Dy|e ima a ri|eka Morava vrsle
le se lom bro|u ridoda|e o |edna hibridna vr
sla u ob|ema ri|ekama dok |e obina ukIi|a na|za
sluI|eni|a riba U di|eIu islraivan|a lakoder |e
zabiI|eeno nekoIiko ri|elkih iiIi zaslicenih vrsla
Dvi|e vrsle |ez Icuciscus i!us i man|ic Icia |cia
sada|u u ugroene vrsle riba a oslaIe eliri cr
nooka deverika A|ranis sapa rugasli baIavac
Gqnncccpna|us scnraciscr maIi vrelenac Zingc|
sirc|cr i veIiki vrelenac Zingc| zingc| smalra|u se
krilino ugroenim vrslama Don|im lokovima ri
|eka Morave i Dy|e lrenulno ri|eli invazi|a okrugIe
gIavue Nccgc|ius nc|ancsicnus
K!|ucnc ri|cci makrozoobenlosi riba raznoIikosl
zagaden|e ri|eke ri|eni roisi za|edniko isili
van|e saslava ri|eke Dunava
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In Czech
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Hodonin In Czech
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of mayies Ihemerolera of lhe Morava river
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odi feky Moravy Sisy Ifirodovdecke fakuIly
Universily rno In Czech
Croalian }ournaI of Iisheries
Z Adamek el aI Zoobenlhos and sh of Iover Morava and Dy|e
107
Appendix 1. List of macroinvertebrate taxa recorded at the Morava River stretch upstream of the confuence with
the Dyje River
Taxnn
IUCN
catcgnrics
Data snurccs
Pcrinds nI rcscarch ycar

withnut timc
spccicatinn
Ougcsia iigrina Girard
Nemaloda g s div
Biinqnia icniacu|aia Linnaeus
Ga||a iruncaiu|a O I MIIer
|a!ix auricu|aria Linnaeus
Unic picicrun Linnaeus
Pisi!iun s
Pisi!iun ncns|cuanun Sheard
Pisi!iun supinun A Schmidl NT
Orcisscna pc|qncrpna IaIIas

Nais s
Nais |cnningi MichaeIsen
Tubicidae gen s
Bcinricncurun tcj!ctskqanun SloIc
Tu|ijcx s
Tu|ijcx iu|ijcx O I MuIIer
Psanncrqcii!cs |ar|aius Grube
Iinnc!ri|us s
Iinnc!ri|us c|aparc!canus RaeI
Iinnc!ri|us ncncisicri CIaarede
|iscnic||a icirac!ra Savigny
Prcpappus tc|ki MichaeIsen
G|cssipncnia ccnp|anaia Linne
Hc|c|!c||a siagna|is Linne
Piscicc|a gccncira Linne
|rpc|!c||a s
|rpc|!c||a nigricc||is randes
|rpc|!c||a cciccu|aia Linne
|rpc|!c||a icsiacca Savigny
Acari Acarina
Asc||us aquaiicus Linne
Gannarus jcssarun Koch
Gannarus rccsc|ii Gervais
Baciis s
Baciis juscaius Linne
Baciis rnc!ani Iiclel
Baciis scan|us Ialon
Baciis tcrnus Curlis
C|cccn !ipicrun s Ial Linne
Prcc|cccn |i!un englsson
Prcc|cccn crnaiun Tshernova NT
Bacicpus icnc||us AIabarda CR
Hcpiagcnia s
Hcpiagcnia cccru|ans Roslock IN
Hcpiagcnia ata Roslock
Hcpiagcnia su|pnurca MueIIer
Pciananinus |uicus Linne
Croalian }ournaI of Iisheries
Z Adamek el aI Zoobenlhos and sh of Iover Morava and Dy|e
108
Cacnis s
Cacnis ncraria Linne
Cacnis |uciucsa urmeisler
Cacnis nacrura Slehens
Cacnis pscu!critu|crun KeermueIIer
Ca|cpicrqx sp|cn!cns Harris
P|aiqcncnis pcnnipcs IaIIas
Gomhidae g s
Gcnpnus tu|gaiissinus Linnaeus VU
Opnicgcnpnus ccci|ia Iourcroy IN
Icucira s
Micrcnccia s
Sigara siriaia Linnaeus
Apnc|ccncirus acsiita|is Iabricius VU
Sia|is |uiaria Linne
|nqaccpni|a nu|i|a Zeersledl
Hq!rcpii|a s
Hq!rcpii|a sparsa Curlis
Hq!rcpsqcnc s
Hq!rcpsqcnc angusiipcnnis Curlis
Hq!rcpsqcnc |u|garcnancrun MaIicky
Hydrosyche conlubernaIis McLachIan
Hq!rcpsqcnc cxccc||aia Dufour VU
Hq!rcpsqcnc nc!csia Navas
Hq!rcpsqcnc pc||uci!u|a Curlis
Ncurcc|ipsis |inacu|aia Linne
|cncnus icnc||us Rambur
Ainripsc!cs s
Ainripsc!cs cincrcus Curlis
Ccrac|ca annu|iccrnis Slehen
Ccrac|ca !issini|is Slehens
Occciis s
Occciis nciaia Rambur
Hcxaicna s LalreiIIe
Hcxaicna |icc|cr Meigen IN
Tipu|a s
Chironomidae g s div
Ccncnapc|cpia s
Naiarsia s
Prcc|a!ius Hc|cianqpus s
Tnicncnanninqia s
Criccicpus s
Criccicpus |icinciusGr
Criccicpus sq|tcsirisGr
Criccicpus ii|ia|is Meigen
Criccicpus ircnu|usGr
|ukiccric||a s
Mciriccncnus s
Appendix 1. Continued
Taxnn
IUCN
catcgnrics
Data snurccs
Pcrinds nI rcscarch ycar

withnut timc
spccicatinn
Croalian }ournaI of Iisheries
Z Adamek el aI Zoobenlhos and sh of Iover Morava and Dy|e
109
Nancc|a!ius |icc|cr Zeersledl
Orincc|a!ius s
|ncccriccicpus juscipcs Kieer
Ttcicnia ca|tcsccns Idvards
C|a!cpc|na s
Crqpiccnircncnus s
Crqpiccnircncnus !cjccius Kieer
Oicrcicn!ipcs ncrtcsus Slaeger
G|qpicicn!ipcs s
G|qpicicn!ipcs cau|iginc||us Kieer
Cnircncnus p|uncsusGr
Cnircncnus rc!uciusGr
Cnircncnus inunniGr
Micrcicn!ipcs cn|cris Meigen
Micrcicn!ipcs cn|crisGr
Paracnircncnus s
Paracnircncnus tarus Goelghebuer
Pc|qpc!i|un acgqpiiun Kieer
Pc|qpc!i|un ccnticiunGr Goelghebuer
Pc|qpc!i|un cu|ic||aiun Kieer
Pc|qpc!i|un nu|ccu|csunGr
Pc|qpc!i|un sca|acnunGr
|c|ackia !cncijcrci Kruseman
Siiciccnircncnus s
C|a!cianqiarsus s
C|a!cianqiarsus nancus WaIker
C|a!cianqiarsus tan!cruu|piGr
Micrcpsccira junci Meigen
|nccianqiarsus s
Tanqiarsus s
Tanylarsus brundinicurlicornis
Pscu!crincc|a!ius s
Sinu|iun s
Sinu|iun cquinun Linnaeus
Sinu|iun crqinrcccpna|un De Geer
Sinu|iun ga|craiun CarIsson
Sinu|iun crnaiun Meigen
Sinu|iun parancrsiians Rublsov
Airicncps crassipcs Meigen VU
Cnrqscpi|us crqinrcpnina|nus Loev
Cnrqscps s
Hcncrc!rcnia s
Iinncpncra s
Legend IUCN calegories according lo Iarka el aI RI regionaIIy exlincl CR crilicaIIy endangered IN endangered VU
vuInerabIe NT near lhrealened non indigenous secies according lo MIikovsk and SlbIo

Ianov el aI dala
sources sarobioIogicaI moniloring of lhe TGM WRI TGM rno moniloring vilhin lhe Morava River Iro|ecl moniloring
of lransboundary rivers TGM WRI rno moniloring of lhe Morava River Aulhorily coIIeclion of lhe Del of olany and
ZooIogy Masaryk Universily rno Horsak }DS resuIls OraviIova el aI
Appendix 1. Continued
Taxnn
IUCN
catcgnrics
Data snurccs
Pcrinds nI rcscarch ycar

withnut timc
spccicatinn
Croalian }ournaI of Iisheries
Z Adamek el aI Zoobenlhos and sh of Iover Morava and Dy|e
110
Taxnn
IUCN
catcgnrics
Data snurccs
Pcrinds nI rcscarch ycar

withnut timc
spccicatinn
|pnq!aiia utiaii|is Linnaeus
Spcngi||a |acusiris Linnaeus
Ougcsia pc|qcnrca O Schmidl
Ougcsia iigrina Girard
Nemaloda g s div
Pciancpqrgus aniipc!arun Gray

Iiincg|qpnus naiicci!cs C Ifeier

IN
Biinqnia icniacu|aia Linnaeus
Va|taia piscina|is O I MIIer
Ga||a iruncaiu|a O I MIIer
|a!ix s
|a!ix auricu|aria Linnaeus
|a!ix ctaia Draarnaud
Ancq|us utiaii|is O I MIIer
Pnqsc||a acuia Draarnaud
Unic crassus IhiIisson IN
Unic picicrun Linnaeus
Unic iuni!us IhiIisson VU
Anc!cnia anaiina Linnaeus
Anc!cnia cqgnca Linnaeus VU
Pscu!anc!cnia ccnp|anaia RossmaessIer IN
Spnacriun s
Spnacriun ccrncun Linnaeus
Spnacriun riticc|a Lamarck
Muscu|iun |acusirc O I MIIer NT
Pisi!iun s
Pisi!iun cascrianun IoIi
Pisi!iun ncns|cuanun Sheard
Pisi!iun niii!un }enyns
Pisi!iun su|iruncaiun MaIm
Pisi!iun supinun A Schmidl NT
Orcisscna pc|qncrpna IaIIas

Cnacicgasicr s
Cnacicgasicr !iasircpnus Gruilhuisen
Opni!cnais scrpcniina OI MuIIer
Nais s
Nais a|pina Serber
Nais |ar|aia O I MuIIer
Nais |cnningi MichaeIsen
Nais |rciscncri MichaeIsen
Nais ccnnunis Iiguel
Nais c|inguis O I MuIIer
Nais pscu!cc|iusa Iiguel
Nais sinp|cx Iiguel
Nais taria|i|is Iiguel
S|atina appcn!icu|aia Udekem IN
Siq|aria |acusiris Linne
Appendix 2. List of macroinvertebrate taxa recorded at the Dyje River stretch upstream of the confuence with the
Morava River
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Appendix 2. Continued
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Ocrc !igiiaia O I MuIIer
Prisiina jcrc|i Iiguel
Prisiinc||a ncncni Aiyer
Prisiinc||a rcsca Iiguel
Tubicidae g s
|nqacc!ri|us ccccincus Ve|dovsk
|nqacc!ri|us ja|cijcrnis relscher
Bcinricncurun tcj!ctskqanun SloIc
Pciancinrix nanncnicnsis MichaeIsen
Pciancinrix nc|!aticnsis Ve|dovskMrazek
Tu|ijcx igncius SloIc
Tu|ijcx iu|ijcx O I MuIIer
Spircspcrna jcrrcx Iisen
Psanncrqcii!cs a||icc|a MichaeIsen IN
Psanncrqcii!cs |ar|aius Grube
Iinnc!ri|us s
Iinnc!ri|us c|aparc!canus RaeI
Iinnc!ri|us ncncisicri CIaarcde
Iinnc!ri|us u!ckcnianus CIaarcde
Cric!ri|us |acuun Homeisler IN
|iscnic||a icirac!ra Savigny
Prcpappus tc|ki MichaeIsen
Inchylraeidae g s
|ncnqiracus s
Siq|c!ri|us ncringianus CIaarcde
|nqncnc|nis |incsc||a Homeisler
G|cssipncnia ccnp|anaia Linne
G|cssipncnia nc|u|csa KaIbe
Hc|c|!c||a siagna|is Linne
Caspic|!c||a ja!cjcui Islein
Piscicc|a gccncira Linne
Piscicc|a rcspirans TroscheI
|rpc|!c||a s
|rpc|!c||a nigricc||is randes
|rpc|!c||a cciccu|aia Linne
|rpc|!c||a ti|ncnsis Liskievicz
Acari Acarina
Asc||us aquaiicus Linne
Prcasc||us ccxa|is DoIIfus
Gannarus rccsc|ii Gervais
Sipn|cnurus acsiita|is Ialon
Baciis |uccraius Ialon
Baciis juscaius Linne
Baciis ncxus Navas VU
Baciis scan|us Ialon
Baciis tcrnus Curlis
C|cccn !ipicrun s Ial Linnaeus
Hcpiagcnia cccru|ans Roslock IN
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Hcpiagcnia ata Roslock
Hcpiagcnia su|pnurca MueIIer
Pciananinus |uicus Linne
Cacnis s
Cacnis ncraria Linne
Cacnis |uciucsa urmeisler
Cacnis nacrura Slehens
Cacnis pscu!critu|crun KeermueIIer
Cacnis rc|usia Ialon
Ca|cpicrqx sp|cn!cns Harris
Ca|cpicrqx tirgc Linnaeus
P|aiqcncnis pcnnipcs IaIIas
Cccnagricn puc||a Linnaeus
|scnnura c|cgans Vander Linden
Gcnpnus atipcs Charenlier IN
Gcnpnus tu|gaiissinus Linnaeus VU
Onqcncgcnpnus jcrcipaius Iourcroy IN
Opnicgcnpnus ccci|ia Iourcroy IN
Ncpa cincrca Linnaeus
Micrcnccia s
Micrcnccia scnc|i Iieber
Sigara s
Sigara ja||cni Iieber
Sigara |aicra|is Leach
Sigara siriaia Linnaeus
||qcccris cinicci!cs Linnaeus
Apnc|ccncirus acsiita|is Iabricius VU
P|ca ninuiissina Leach
Hq!rcncira siagncrun Linnaeus
Aquarius pa|u!un Iabricius
Gcrris |acusiris Linnaeus
Sia|is |uiaria Linne
Ha|ip|us s Ad
Ha|ip|us s Lv
Ha|ip|us utiaii|is Lv Aube
Hq!rcg|qpnus gcninus Ad Iabricius
Iacccpni|us s Ad
Iacccpni|us nqa|inus Lv De Geer
P|aian|us nacu|aius Lv Linne
Orcciccni|us ti||csus Lv O I MIIer
Hc|cpncrus s Ad
Hq!rc|ius juscipcs Lv Linne
Iinncxcnus nigcr Lv Zschach NT
Iaccc|ius ninuius Lv Linne
Bcrcsus signaiicc||is Lv Charenlier
Hq!rccnara atipcs Ad Sleven
Scirics s Lv
Ou|innius iu|crcu|aius Ad I W } MIIer
Appendix 2. Continued
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Hq!rcpii|a s
Hq!rcpsqcnc s
Hq!rcpsqcnc angusiipcnnis Curlis
Hq!rcpsqcnc |u|garcnancrun MaIicky
Hq!rcpsqcnc ccniu|crna|is McLachIan
Hq!rcpsqcnc nc!csia Navas
Hq!rcpsqcnc pc||uci!u|a Curlis
Ncurcc|ipsis |inacu|aia Linne
P|ccirccncnia ccnspcrsa Curlis
|cncnus icnc||us Rambur
Ana|c|ia jurcaia rauer
Ainripsc!cs |i|incaius Linne
Ainripsc!cs cincrcus Curlis
Ccrac|ca annu|iccrnis Slehen
Ccrac|ca !issini|is Slehens
Mqsiaci!cs nigra Linne
Occciis s
Occciis nciaia Rambur
Occciis ccnracca Curlis
Occciis iripunciaia Iabricius CR
Scic!cs punciaius Iabricius RI
Hcxaicna s
Ncc|inncnqia ncncra|is Meigen
Pi|aria !iscicc||is Meigen
|||ipicrci!cs a||cscuic||aius Roser
|ricpicra s
|nqpnc|cpnus nacncrrnci!a|is Zeersledl
Sc|crcprccia s Idvards
Aniccna tiiripcnnis Meigen
Oicrancnqia nc!csia Meigen
Tipu|a s
Tipu|a |aicra|is Meigen
jungic||a s
Psqcnc!a s
Cu|cx pipicns pipicns Linne
Ceraloogonidae g s
Prc|czzia scninigra Ianzer
Ma||ccncnc|ca sciigcra Loev
Oasqnc|ca nc!csia Winner
Chironomidae g s
Ccncnapc|cpia s
Macrcpc|cpia nc|u|csa Meigen
Prcc|a!ius s
Prcc|a!ius Hc|cianqpus s
Tnicncnanninqia s
Oiancsa s
Pcnasiia |cnginana Kieer
Prc!iancsa c|itacca Meigen
Appendix 2. Continued
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Car!icc|a!ius juscus Kieer
Ccrqncncura cc|cripcs Winner
Criccicpus s
Criccicpus a||ijcrccps Kieer
Criccicpus |icinciusGr
Criccicpus paicns Hirveno|a
Criccicpus sq|tcsirisGr
Criccicpus ircnu|us Linnaeus
Criccicpus ircnu|usGr
Mciriccncnus s
Nancc|a!ius |icc|cr Zeersledl
Orincc|a!ius s
Orincc|a!ius ru|icun!us Meigen
Orincc|a!ius uccrcnsis rundin
|ncccriccicpus cna|q|caius Idvards
|ncccriccicpus juscipcs Kieer
Sqncrincc|a!ius scnitircns Kieer
Ttcicnia s
Ttcicnia ca|tcsccns Idvards
Ttcicnia !iscc|cripcs Goelghebuer in Thienemann
Crqpiccnircncnus s
Crqpiccnircncnus !cjccius Kieer
Oicrcicn!ipcs s
|injc|!ia gr pccicra|is
G|qpicicn!ipcs s
G|qpicicn!ipcs cau|iginc||us Kieer
GIylolendies aIens
Harniscnia s
Harniscnia juscinana Kiefer
Cnircncnus s
Cnircncnus p|uncsusGr
Cnircncnus rc!uciusGr
Cnircncnus riparius Meigen
Micrcicn!ipcs cn|crisGr
Micrcicn!ipcs pc!c||usGr
Paracnircncnus s
Iarachironomus viliosus Goelghebuer
Pnacncpsccira s
Pnacncpsccira atipcs Meigen
Pc|qpc!i|un s
Pc|qpc!i|un a||iccrnc Meigen
Pc|qpc!i|un cu|ic||aiun Kieer
Pc|qpc!i|un nu|ccu|csunGr
Pc|qpc!i|un sca|acnunGr
C|a!cianqiarsus s
C|a!cianqiarsus nancus WaIker
C|a!cianqiarsus tan!cruu|piGr
Micrcpsccira junci Meigen
Appendix 2. Continued
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Ncczatrc|ia |uicc|a Goelghebuer
Paraianqiarsus s
|nccianqiarsus s
Tanqiarsus s
Tnicncnannia s Kieer
Sacincria s
Sinu|iun s
Sinu|iun cquinun Linnaeus
Sinu|iun crqinrcccpna|un De Geer
Sinu|iun ga|craiun CarIsson
Sinu|iun |incaiun Meigen
Sinu|iun crnaiun Meigen
Cnrqscps s
Cnrqscps caccuiicns Linne
Aiq|cius |aiisiriaius rauer
Ta|anus s
Hcncrc!rcnia s
Iianca|us tircns ScooIi
Sqnicrncn s
Scaic||a s
Iispc s
Crisiaic||a nucc!c Cuvier
Pa|u!icc||a ariicu|aia Ihrenberg
Legend IUCN calegories according lo Iarka el aI RI regionaIIy exlincl CR crilicaIIy endangered IN endangered VU
vuInerabIe NT near lhrealened non indigenous secies according lo MIikovsk and SlbIo

Ianov el aI
dala sources sarobioIogicaI moniloring of lhe TGM WRI rno moniloring vilhin lhe Morava River Iro|ecl moniloring
of lransboundary rivers TGM WRI rno moniloring of lhe Morava River Aulhorily coIIeclion of lhe Del of olany and
ZooIogy Masaryk Universily rno Horsak }DS resuIls OraviIova el aI
Appendix 2. Continued
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