Sustainability Assessment of Brown Trout Populations in Serbia (Central Balkans) Using the Modified ESHIPPO Model
In the inland waters of the Balkans, many brown trout populations have been severely depleted. Therefore, identifying potential threats to their continued survival and ranking populations based on their biological and evolutionary importance enables setting conservation priorities. To assess the sus...
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| author | Tijana Veličković Saša Marić David Stanković Aleksandra Milošković Milena Radenković Radek Šanda Jasna Vukić Simona Đuretanović Nataša Kojadinović Marija Jakovljević Vladica Simić |
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| description | In the inland waters of the Balkans, many brown trout populations have been severely depleted. Therefore, identifying potential threats to their continued survival and ranking populations based on their biological and evolutionary importance enables setting conservation priorities. To assess the sustainability of the brown trout populations in the territory of Serbia (central Balkans), a modification of the ESHIPPO model was performed. The main modification involves incorporating the investigated populations’ genetic structure into the model. Therefore, the new ESHIPPOsalmo model includes an analysis of biological parameters and the impact of multiple factors, including habitat alterations, invasive species, pollution, human population growth, and over-exploitation. In order to investigate individual levels of influence of the model’s analyzed parameters, a combination of supervised and unsupervised machine learning methods was used. The structure of the model is based on general and easily measurable indicators, which enables its application in any salmonid river in the world. By evaluating the parameters of the ESHIPPOsalmo model, we were able to establish that, of the analyzed populations from 46 localities, 37% have a moderate level of sustainability, 43% low, and 20% critically low. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a6481e9807b640cf8644224b61ad2ccb2024-11-26T18:03:53ZengMDPI AGFishes2410-38882024-10-0191142310.3390/fishes9110423Sustainability Assessment of Brown Trout Populations in Serbia (Central Balkans) Using the Modified ESHIPPO ModelTijana Veličković0Saša Marić1David Stanković2Aleksandra Milošković3Milena Radenković4Radek Šanda5Jasna Vukić6Simona Đuretanović7Nataša Kojadinović8Marija Jakovljević9Vladica Simić10Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Science, University of Kragujevac, Radoja Domanovića 12, 34000 Kragujevac, SerbiaInstitute of Zoology, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Studentski trg 16, 11001 Belgrade, SerbiaDepartment of Organisms and Ecosystems Research, National Institute of Biology, Večna pot 121, 1000 Ljubljana, SloveniaDepartment of Science, Institute for Information Technologies Kragujevac, University of Kragujevac, Jovana Cvijića bb, 34000 Kragujevac, SerbiaDepartment of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Science, University of Kragujevac, Radoja Domanovića 12, 34000 Kragujevac, SerbiaDepartment of Zoology, National Museum of the Czech Republic, Václavské Náměstí 68, 11579 Prague, Czech RepublicDepartment of Ecology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Viničná 7, 12844 Prague, Czech RepublicDepartment of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Science, University of Kragujevac, Radoja Domanovića 12, 34000 Kragujevac, SerbiaDepartment of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Science, University of Kragujevac, Radoja Domanovića 12, 34000 Kragujevac, SerbiaDepartment of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Science, University of Kragujevac, Radoja Domanovića 12, 34000 Kragujevac, SerbiaDepartment of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Science, University of Kragujevac, Radoja Domanovića 12, 34000 Kragujevac, SerbiaIn the inland waters of the Balkans, many brown trout populations have been severely depleted. Therefore, identifying potential threats to their continued survival and ranking populations based on their biological and evolutionary importance enables setting conservation priorities. To assess the sustainability of the brown trout populations in the territory of Serbia (central Balkans), a modification of the ESHIPPO model was performed. The main modification involves incorporating the investigated populations’ genetic structure into the model. Therefore, the new ESHIPPOsalmo model includes an analysis of biological parameters and the impact of multiple factors, including habitat alterations, invasive species, pollution, human population growth, and over-exploitation. In order to investigate individual levels of influence of the model’s analyzed parameters, a combination of supervised and unsupervised machine learning methods was used. The structure of the model is based on general and easily measurable indicators, which enables its application in any salmonid river in the world. By evaluating the parameters of the ESHIPPOsalmo model, we were able to establish that, of the analyzed populations from 46 localities, 37% have a moderate level of sustainability, 43% low, and 20% critically low.https://www.mdpi.com/2410-3888/9/11/423conservation model<i>Salmo</i> spp.manifold and machine learningsustainable use |
| spellingShingle | Tijana Veličković Saša Marić David Stanković Aleksandra Milošković Milena Radenković Radek Šanda Jasna Vukić Simona Đuretanović Nataša Kojadinović Marija Jakovljević Vladica Simić Sustainability Assessment of Brown Trout Populations in Serbia (Central Balkans) Using the Modified ESHIPPO Model Fishes conservation model <i>Salmo</i> spp. manifold and machine learning sustainable use |
| title | Sustainability Assessment of Brown Trout Populations in Serbia (Central Balkans) Using the Modified ESHIPPO Model |
| title_full | Sustainability Assessment of Brown Trout Populations in Serbia (Central Balkans) Using the Modified ESHIPPO Model |
| title_fullStr | Sustainability Assessment of Brown Trout Populations in Serbia (Central Balkans) Using the Modified ESHIPPO Model |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sustainability Assessment of Brown Trout Populations in Serbia (Central Balkans) Using the Modified ESHIPPO Model |
| title_short | Sustainability Assessment of Brown Trout Populations in Serbia (Central Balkans) Using the Modified ESHIPPO Model |
| title_sort | sustainability assessment of brown trout populations in serbia central balkans using the modified eshippo model |
| topic | conservation model <i>Salmo</i> spp. manifold and machine learning sustainable use |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2410-3888/9/11/423 |
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