Fish and Conservation Ecology Research Group

Leader of the research group
Tibor ERŐS, DSc, scientific advisor
Group members
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Bálint BÁNÓ, junior research fellow
István CZEGLÉDI, PhD, research fellow
József LANSZKI, DSc, scientific advisor
Attila MOZSÁR, PhD, senior research fellow
Gábor ÓNODI, research fellow
Judit PETROVSZKI, PhD, research fellow
Bálint PREISZNER, PhD, research fellow
András SPECZIÁR, DSc, scientific advisor
Péter TAKÁCS, PhD, senior research fellow
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Vivien FÜSTÖS, PhD student (not employed)
Profile of the group
 Fish and Conservation Ecology

We examine the biodiversity and organization of freshwater fish assemblages.

Our primary model system are the Danube and Lake Balaton and its catchment, which is affected by a variety of human impacts. The primary focus is to explore the environmental drivers of population dynamics and assemblage organization, and, from an applied perspective, to provide suggestions for environmental managers and conservationists to mitigate human impacts. Specifically, we examine the habitat use, ontogenetic diet patterns, trophic relationships, growth, and survival of fish in Lake Balaton. The main task of the monitoring of the waterbasin’s streams is to follow the distribution of non-native invasive species and to explore their impact on the native fauna. We also examine the organization of fish assemblages in the River Danube and its floodplain system.

Increasing emphasis is given to the study of the diversity and distribution of fish in a regional (country-wide) scale to develop monitoring systems for evaluating environmental health, to base conservation planning actions and to explore the effects of human impacts on freshwater biodiversity in the Pannon Ecoregion.

Selected publications
2023
Fazekas, D. L., Antal, L., Halasi-Kovács, B., Kwiatkowski, M., Tóth, F., Specziár, A., & Mozsár, A. (2023):
Scientific Reports, 13(1), 17691.
2022
Lanszki, J., Hayward, M. W., Ranc, N., & Zalewski, A. (2022):
Journal of Biogeography, 49(6), 993-1005.
Lanszki, Z., Lanszki, J., Tóth, G. E., Zeghbib, S., Jakab, F., & Kemenesi, G. (2022):
Viruses, 14(7), 1433
Ritterbusch, D., Blabolil, P., Breine, J., Erős, T., Mehner, T., Olin, M., ... & Poikane, S. (2022):
Science of the total environment, 802, 149620.
Tóth, R., Czeglédi, I., Takács, P., Tedesco, P. A., & Erős, T (2022):
Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
2021
Cid, N.; Erős, T.; Heino, J.; Singer, G.; Jähnig, S.; Cañedo‐Argüelles, M.; Bonada, N.; Sarremejane, R.; Mykrä, H.; Sandin, L. et al. (2021):
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
Csákvári, E.; Fabók, V.; Bartha, S.; Barta, Z.; Batáry, P.; Borics, G.; Botta-Dukát, Z.; Erős, T.; Gáspár, J.; Hideg, É. et al. (2021):
Biological Conservation, 264, 109396.
Czeglédi, I.; Sály, P.; Specziár, A.; Preiszner, B.; Szalóky, Z.; Maroda, Á.; Pont, D.; Meulenbroek, P.; Valentini, A.; Erős, T. (2021):
Ecological Indicators, 129, 107952.
2021
Comte, L., Carvajal‐Quintero, J., Tedesco, P. A., Giam, X., Brose, U., Erős, T., ... & Olden, J. D. (2021):
Global Ecology and Biogeography, 30(1), 38-50.
Larsen, S., Comte, L., Filipe, A.F., Fortin, M-J., Jacquet, C., Ryser, R., Tedesco, P.A., Brose, U., Erős, T., Giam, X., Irving, K., Ruhi, A., Sharma, S., Olden J.D. (2021):
Ecology letters, 24(4), 791-801.
Maasri A., …..Erös T. et al. (96) (2021):
Ecology letters, 25(2), 255-263.
Mozsár A., Árva D., Józsa V., Györe K., Kajári B., Czeglédi I., Erős T., Weiperth A., Specziár A. (2021):
Science of The Total Environment, 770, 145240.
Szalóky, Z., Füstös, V., Tóth, B., & Erős, T. (2021):
River Research and Applications, 37(5), 712-721.
Wereszczuk, A., Hofmeester, T. R., Csanády, A., Dumić, T., Elmeros, M., Lanszki, J., ... & Zalewski, A. (2021):
Scientific Reports, 11(1), 24164.
Wolter, C., Borcherding, J., Ferreira, T., Freyhof, J., Gessner, J., Górski, K., Nastase, A., Schomaker, C., Erős, T. (2021):
Ecological Indicators, 123, 107350.
2020
Czeglédi, I., Kern, B., Tóth, R., Seress, G., & Erős, T. (2020):
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 8, 137.
Erős, T., Bányai, Zs., (2020):
Science of The Total Environment (2020): 138441.
Erős, T., Czeglédi, I., Tóth, R., & Schmera, D. (2020):
Science of The Total Environment, 141407.
2019
Czeglédi, I., Preiszner, B., Vitál, Z., Kern, B., Boross, N., Specziár, A., Takács, P., Erős, T. (2019):
Hydrobiologia, 846(1), 147-158.
Erős, T., & Lowe, W. H. (2019):
Current Landscape Ecology Reports, 4(4), 103-112.
Erős, T., Kuehne, L., Dolezsai, A., Sommerwerk, N., & Wolter, C. (2019):
Ecological indicators, 98, 453-461.
Takács P, Ács A, Bánó B., Czeglédi I., Csaba J., Erős T., Fésűs-Móré M., Preiszner B., Staszny Á., Vitál Z., Weiperth A., Ferincz Á. (2019):
BIOINVASIONS RECORDS - IF: 1.242
2018
Erős T, O’Hanley JR, Czeglédi I (2018):
Journal of Applied Ecology 55(4), 1871-1883. - IF: 5.74
Schmera D., Árva D., Boda P., Bódis E., Bolgovics Á., Borics G., Csercsa A., Deák Cs., Krasznai E. Á., Lukács B. A., Mauchart P., Móra A., Sály P., Specziár A., Süveges K., Szivák I., Takács P., Tóth M., Várbíró G., Vojtkó A. E., Erős T. (2018):
Freshwater biology 63: pp. 74-85.
Schmera D., Podani J., Botta-Dukát Z., Erős T. (2018):
Ecological Indicators 85: pp. 853-860.
Specziár András, Árva Diána, Tóth Mónika, Móra Arnold, Schmera Dénes, Várbíró Gábor, Erős Tibor (2018):
Hydrobiologia 819: 123-143. - IF: 2.165
Specziár, A., Árva, D., Tóth, M., Móra, A., Schmera, D., Várbíró, G., Erős, T. (2018):
Hydrobiologia 819: pp. 123–143 - IF: 2,165 (2017)
2017
Erős T, Takács P, Specziár A, Schmera D, Sály P. (2017):
Freshwater Biology 62: pp. 215-228.
Schmera D, Heino J, Podani J, Erős T, Dolédec S, (2017):
Hydrobiologia 787: 27-44.
Specziár A, Turcsányi B. (2017):
Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems 418: article No. 52.
Takács P, Czeglédi I, Ferincz Á, Sály P, Specziár A, Vitál Z, Weiperth A, Erős T (2017):
Hydrobiologia 795(1):1-22 - IF: 2.051 (2016)
2016
Czeglédi I., Sály P., Takács P., Dolezsai A., Nagy S. A., Erős T. (2016):
Aquatic sciences, 78(4), 641-654. - IF: 2.706
2015
Lehoczky, I., Dalton, D. L., Lanszki, J., Sallai, Z., Madisha, M. T., Nupen, L. J., & Kotzé, A. (2015):
Journal of Mammalogy, 96(6), 1275-1283.
Takács P, Erős T, Specziár A, Sály P, Vitál Z, Ferincz Á, Molnár T, Szabolcsi Z, Bíró P, Csoma E (2015):
PloS one, 10(9), e0138640. - IF: 3.057 (2015)
2014
Takács P, Bihari P, Erős T, Specziár A, Szivák I, Bíró P, Csoma E (2014):
PLOS ONE 9:(5) Paper e97278. 14 p. - IF: 3.534 (2013-2014)
2012
T. ERŐS, P. SÁLY, P. TAKÁCS, A. SPECZIÁR, P. BÍRÓ (2012):
Freshwater Biology 57 (9): pp. 1914–1928. - IF: 3.933 (2012)