Effect of temporal increases in prey fish abundance on individual growth rates of coastal piscivores

Commercial fishing in the Baltic Sea has led to decrease in abundance of large predatory fish and as a result the predation pressure on smaller fish species has been reduced. Three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) is among the species that have benefited from reduced predation pressure. S...

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Main Author: Penner, Johan
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Umeå universitet, Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap 2016
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Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-121854