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	title = {The Prespa barbel, <i>Barbus prespensis</i>, a fish species endemic to the Prespa Lakes (north-western Greece)},
	journal = {Folia ZoologicaFolia Zoologica},
	volume = {45},
	number = {Suppl. 1},
	year = {1996},
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	month = {1996///},
	pages = {21-32},
	abstract = {There are several barbel species in Greece and the taxonomy of some of them is still disputable. In contrast to other countries where barbel can be found exclusively in rivers, there are many barbel populations in Greece living exclusively in lakes. The Prespa barbel, Barbus prespensis, is endemic to the Prespa Lakes, north-western Greece. This study provides the first data on this rare species. Nineteen morphometric parameters and seven meristic features of barbel caught in several lakes and tributaries were compared using discriminant analysis. The host specificity of Dactylogyrus spp. (Monogenea, Plathelminthes) parasitizing the barbel of these lakes was investigated. From 1984 to 1994 the abundance of this barbel remained stable in Lake Mikri Prespa. Some of its life-history traits are presented. The reproductive period seems to start earlier in Lake Mikri Prespa (late April - early June) than in the Lake Megali Prespa system (end of May - mid July). Possible explanations for this difference are discussed. Factors that might potentially threaten the fate of the Prespa barbel population are numerous. They include overfishing, poaching, the introduction of non-native species, water extraction, stream and lakeshore habitat destruction, increasing eutrophication, decreasing water level of Megali Prespa. This year, a new project supported by WWF International started with the goal of producing an Action Plan for the Prespa barbel aimed at better conservation of the species. This plan will focus not only on the species itself, but the entire catchment of the Prespa Lakes will be taken into account.},
	keywords = {conservation, KAPE, life history, Pisces, Platyhelminthes, Prespa barbel, taxonomy},
	author = {Crivelli, A.J. and Malakou, M. and Catsadorakis, G. and Rosecchi, E.}
}
