First observed: 1400 ** (Jansson 1994)
Taxon: Pisces
Origin: Ponto-Caspian
Vector of introduction: stocking
Distribution in the Baltic Sea: Curonian Lagoon, Gulf of Finland, Gulf of Riga, Vistula Lagoon
Species status: established
Salinity in native habitats: Limnetic (Alikunhi 1966)
Salinity in the Baltic Sea: Limnetic (Blanc et al. 1971)
Ecofunctional group: fish bentophagous
Ecological impact: bioacummulation (De Smet et al. 2001; Alam et al. 2002; Flik et al. 2002), community dominance (White 1997; Arlinghaus, Mehner 2002), competition (Samuel, Underhill 1995), habitat change (Lachner et al. 1970; Zdanowski et al. 1999; Cohen, Carlton 1995; Claudi, Leach 2000; Zambrano et al. 1999), herbivory (Sidorkewicj et al. 1996), hybridization (Taylor, Mahon 1977), predation (Zambrano, Hinojosa 1999; Chumchal 2004; Cohen, Carlton 1995)
Impact on uses/resources: -References:
Alam M. G. M., Tanaka A., Allinson G., Laurenson L.J.B., Stagnitti F., Snow E.T. 2002. A comparison of trace element concentrations in cultured and wild carp (Cyprinus carpio) of Lake Kasumigaura, Japan. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety , Elsevier Science (USA), 53(3): 348-354.
Alikunhi K.H. 1966. Synopsis of biological data on common carp Cyprinus carpio (Linnaeus), 1758 (Asia and the Far East). FAO Fish. Synop., 31.2: 39p.
Arlinghaus R., Mehner T. 2002. Socio-economic characterisation of specialised common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) anglers in Germany, and implications for inland fisheries management and eutrophication control. Fisheries Research, Elsevier Science B.V., 61(1-3): 19-33.
Blanc M., Gaudet J.L., Banarescu P. and Hureau J.C. 1971. European inland water fish: a multilingual catalogue. Fishing News (Books) Ltd. London.
Chumchal M. 2004. Cyprinus carpio. In: Animal Diversity Web (http://vicuna.us.itd.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Cyprinus_carpio.html). Accessed 02/11/2005
Claudi R., Leach J. H. (Eds.) 2000. Nonindigenous Freshwater Organisms. Vectors, Biology, and Impact. Lewis Publishers, USA: 464 p.
Cohen A.N., Carlton J.T. 1995. Nonindigenous aquatic species in a U.S. estuary: a case study of the biological invasions of the San Francisco Bay and delta. A Report for the US fish and wildlife service, Washington D.C. and the national Sea Grant college program Connecticut Sea Grant, (NOAA Grant Number NA36RG0467).
De Smet H., De Wachter B., Lobinski R., Blust R. 2001. Dynamics of (Cd,Zn)-metallothioneins in gills, liver and kidney of common carp Cyprinus carpio during cadmium exposure. Aquatic Toxicology , Elsevier Science B.V., 52(3-4): 269-281.
Flik G., Stouthart X.J.H.X., Spanings F.A.T., Lock R.A.C., Fenwick J.C., Wendelaar Bonga S.E. 2002. Stress response to waterborne Cu during early life stages of carp, Cyprinus carpio. Aquatic Toxicology , Elsevier Science B.V., 56( 3): 167-176.
Jansson K. 1994. Alien Species in the Marine Environment. Introductions to the Baltic sea and the Swedish West Coast. Solna, Swedish Environmental Protection Agency: 68pp.
Lachner E.A., Robins C.R., Courtenay W.R. Jr. 1970. Exotic fishes and other aquatic organisms introduced into North America. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 59: 29 pp.
Samuel E., Underhill J.C. 1995. How to Know the Freshwater Fishes. William C. Brown Company Publishers, Dubuque, Iowa. In: The Natural Suorce - An Educator's Guide to South Dakota's Natural Resources (http://www.northern.edu/natsource/FISH/Common1.htm). Accessed 24/02/2006
Sidorkewicj N.S., Lopez Cazorla A.C., Fernandez O.A. 1996. The interaction between Cyprinus carpio L. and Potamogeton pectinatus L. under aquarium conditions. Hydrobiologia, 340(1-3): 271-275.
Taylor J., Mahon R. 1977. Hybridization of Cyprinus carpio and Carassius auratus, the first two exotic species in the lower Laurentian Great Lakes. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 1(2): 205-208.
White M.E. 1997. Listen, our land is crying. Australia's Environment: Problems and Solutions. Kangaroo Press, Sydney.
Zambrano L., Hinojosa D. 1999. Direct and indirect effects of carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) on macrophyte and benthic communities in experimental shallow ponds in central Mexico. Hydrobiologia, 408/409: 131-138.
Zambrano L., Perrow M.R., Macias-Garcia C., Aguirre-Hidalgo V. 1999. Impact of introduced carp (Cyprinus carpio) in subtropical shallow ponds in Central Mexico. Journal of Aquatic Ecosystem Stress and Recovery, 6: 281-288.
Zdanowski B., Hutorowicz A., Tunowski J., Swiatecki A., Olejnik G., Krzywosz T., Bialokoz W., Chybowski L., Krzywosz W., Blocka B., Hutorowicz J., Robak A., Prusik S., Koprowska L. 1999. Ecological effects of long-term pressure of phytophagous and seston-feeding fish on the structure and functioning of the shallow Lake Warniak (Mazurian Lakeland, Poland). Acta Hydrobiologica (Cracow), 41: 29-47.
More information:
Cyprinus carpio. In: FishBase
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