Valerie Braun – Martin Coy – Günter Köck – Brigitte Scott (Eds.)
eco.mont
Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research and Management
Ilie C. Telcean,
Roland E. Mihut,
Diana Cupşa
S. 15 - 21
doi:
10.1553/eco.mont-9-1s15
Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
doi:
10.1553/eco.mont-9-1s15
Abstract:
The Jiu River within its gorge was for a long time a river without fish due to pollution from the coal mines in the Petroşani basin, situated upstream. Currently, the river is threatened by the development of hydroenergetic installations, which are projected to reduce the river flow drastically. As a result of the project, less than 10% of the river flow will remain in the gorge. In the summer of 2015, we studied the composition of the fish fauna in Jiu River Gorge. We found 11 fish species, of which 10 are native to Romania and characteristic for the region and of the habitats studied. Only Lepomis gibbosus is invasive; it was identified in one tributary, with fast flow and rocky substrate, where it was probably introduced. The fish fauna from the Jiu River is uniform due to the region’s and river’s uniformity. Typically, mountain species are rare and present only in the upstream tributaries. The high anthropogenic influence in the southern part of the gorge, the presence of a less-affected area in its centre, and the mountain species found exclusively in the upstream zones are observed in relation both to fish and to other groups. Despite decades of coal mining pollution, the Jiu River now has a fish fauna that corresponds to the region and its habitats.
mountain river, human impact, colonization, uniformity, mountain species, invasive species
Published Online:
2017/01/16 12:48:22
Document Date:
2017/01/13 12:36:00
Object Identifier:
0xc1aa5576 0x0034c881
Rights:https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
The journal “eco.mont” – Journal of protected mountain areas research and management – was published for the first time in June 2009.
The journal was founded as a joint initiative of the Alpine Network of Protected Areas (ALPARC), the International Scientific Committee on Research in the Alps (ISCAR), the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) and the University of Innsbruck.
The journal aims to highlight research on and management issues in protected areas in the Alps without excluding other protected mountain areas in Europe or overseas. Its target audiences are scientists from all related disciplines, managers of protected areas and interested individuals including practitioners, visitors, teachers, etc.
The journal presents peer-reviewed articles in English by authors who research protected mountain areas and management issues within these areas. It's published twice a year as a collaboration of the Austrian Academy of Sciences Press – responsible for the e-version – and Innsbruck University Press – responsible for the print version.
Die Zeitschrift „eco.mont“ – Zeitschrift zur Forschung in Gebirgsschutzgebieten – erschien im Juni 2009 zum ersten Mal. Die Zeitschrift wurde auf Initiative des Netzwerks Alpiner Schutzgebiete (ALPARC), der Schweizer Akademie der Naturwissenschaften (ISCAR), der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften (ÖAW) und der Universität Innsbruck gegründet. Sie hat das Ziel, Themen zu behandeln, die gleichzeitig Forschung und Verwaltung in und über die Schutzgebiete der Alpen betreffen, ohne dabei andere Gebirgsschutzgebiete Europas oder anderswo auszuschließen. Diese neue Zeitschrift richtet sich an ein Publikum von Wissenschaftlern der verschiedensten Fachbereiche, an die Verwalter von Schutzgebieten und an alle sonstigen Interessierten, Praktiker, Besucher, Lehrpersonal etc. einbegriffen. Die Zeitschrift veröffentlicht begutachtete Beiträge auf Englisch von Autoren, die Fragen der Gebirgsschutzgebiete und deren Verwaltung betreffen. Sie erscheint zweimal pro Jahr, auf der Basis der gemeinsamen Anstrengungen des Verlags der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, der für die digitale Fassung verantwortlich ist, und der Presse der Universität Innsbruck, verantwortlich für die gedruckte Fassung.
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