The influence of the water quality on managed ichthyocenosis in the Berounka River, 1975-2003

In 1962-2004 the stepwise increase of the concentration of NO3-, NH4+, Cl-, and SO42- was found up to the end of 1980´s with their subsequent decrease; only for BOD the gradual decrease in all sites and years was observed. These environmental factors (EF) together with the fishery statistics from two fishing wards (B7 and B8) in the Berounka River near Radnice were used in RDA models for the evaluation of the variability in fish assemblage structure in relation to the given EF. The best results in both wards were obtained using model with three EF (BOD, NO3-, SO42-), next models with four (five) factors explained more variability, some EF were, however, not significant. The partial effect of carp as EF on the yield of other species was non significant in B7 and closely above the significance (p=0.036) in B8. The changes in the frequency of fish species in fishery statistics are influenced by EF; the fishery statistics can be used for the evaluation of changes in fish assemblages in the past