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Ecological parameter: oxygen tolerance

Parameter group: habitat related parameters

Explanation:
The parameter provides information on the tolerance of fish species regarding oxygen depletion.

Abbreviations:
Category name:Abbreviations:Explanation:
toleranttoltolerant to low oxygen concentration: 3 mg/l or less
intermediateimrelatively tolerant to low oxygen concentration
intolerantintolintolerant to low oxygen concentration: more than 6 mg/l needed
Assigned taxa for each higher systematic unit:
TaxagroupNumber of assigned taxa / total number of taxa - percentage
Acipenseriformes9 / 13 - 69.2%
Anguilliformes1 / 1 - 100%
Atheriniformes1 / 4 - 25%
Clupeiformes3 / 18 - 16.6%
Cypriniformes91 / 313 - 29%
Cyprinodontiformes4 / 12 - 33.3%
Esociformes3 / 3 - 100%
Gadiformes1 / 1 - 100%
Gasterosteiformes4 / 9 - 44.4%
Perciformes37 / 94 - 39.3%
Petromyzontiformes7 / 13 - 53.8%
Pleuronectiformes1 / 3 - 33.3%
Salmoniformes22 / 125 - 17.5%
Scorpaeniformes3 / 16 - 18.7%
Siluriformes3 / 7 - 42.8%
Syngnathiformes2 / 4 - 50%