Long-term changes in the role of threespine stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus in the White Sea: predatory fish consumption reflects fluctuating stickleback abundance during the last century

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Long-term changes in the role of threespine stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus in the White Sea: predatory fish consumption reflects fluctuating stickleback abundance during the last century. / Bakhvalova, A. E.; Ivanova, T. S.; Ivanov, M. V.; Demchuk, A. S.; Movchan, E. A.; Lajus, D. L.

In: Evolutionary Ecology Research, Vol. 17, 2016, p. 317-334.

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title = "Long-term changes in the role of threespine stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus in the White Sea: predatory fish consumption reflects fluctuating stickleback abundance during the last century",

abstract = "Hypothesis: In the White Sea, predatory fish species have consumed higher proportions of stickleback during historical periods and seasons of high stickleback abundance. Organisms: Adults, juveniles, and eggs of threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus), together with three species of predatory fishes: cod (Gadus morhua), saffron cod (Eleginus nawaga), and European sculpin (Myoxocephalus scorpius). Place and times: Kandalaksha Bay, White Sea, Russia; June to August 2011–2014. Analytical methods: Sampling with beach seine (stickleback) and gill nets (predatory fish). Analysis of predatory fish stomach contents (identification to the species level, counting, weighing), and in-depth survey of scientific literature on predatory fish diets over the last century. Results: Near the spawning grounds, stickleback comprise 60% of the summer food of sculpin (adult stickleback), 52% of the diet of cod (adults, juveniles, and eggs), and 15% of the diet of saffron cod (juvenile stickleback). These data resemble obser",

keywords = "Atlantic cod, Eleginus nawaga, European sculpin, Gadus morhua, Gasterosteus aculeatus, long-term changes, Myoxocephalus scorpius, predation, saffron cod, threespine stickleback, White Sea.",

author = "Bakhvalova, {A. E.} and Ivanova, {T. S.} and Ivanov, {M. V.} and Demchuk, {A. S.} and Movchan, {E. A.} and Lajus, {D. L.}",

year = "2016",

language = "English",

volume = "17",

pages = "317--334",

journal = "Evolutionary Ecology Research",

issn = "1522-0613",

publisher = "Evolutionary Ecology Research",

}

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AU - Bakhvalova, A. E.

AU - Ivanova, T. S.

AU - Ivanov, M. V.

AU - Demchuk, A. S.

AU - Movchan, E. A.

AU - Lajus, D. L.

PY - 2016

Y1 - 2016

N2 - Hypothesis: In the White Sea, predatory fish species have consumed higher proportions of stickleback during historical periods and seasons of high stickleback abundance. Organisms: Adults, juveniles, and eggs of threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus), together with three species of predatory fishes: cod (Gadus morhua), saffron cod (Eleginus nawaga), and European sculpin (Myoxocephalus scorpius). Place and times: Kandalaksha Bay, White Sea, Russia; June to August 2011–2014. Analytical methods: Sampling with beach seine (stickleback) and gill nets (predatory fish). Analysis of predatory fish stomach contents (identification to the species level, counting, weighing), and in-depth survey of scientific literature on predatory fish diets over the last century. Results: Near the spawning grounds, stickleback comprise 60% of the summer food of sculpin (adult stickleback), 52% of the diet of cod (adults, juveniles, and eggs), and 15% of the diet of saffron cod (juvenile stickleback). These data resemble obser

AB - Hypothesis: In the White Sea, predatory fish species have consumed higher proportions of stickleback during historical periods and seasons of high stickleback abundance. Organisms: Adults, juveniles, and eggs of threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus), together with three species of predatory fishes: cod (Gadus morhua), saffron cod (Eleginus nawaga), and European sculpin (Myoxocephalus scorpius). Place and times: Kandalaksha Bay, White Sea, Russia; June to August 2011–2014. Analytical methods: Sampling with beach seine (stickleback) and gill nets (predatory fish). Analysis of predatory fish stomach contents (identification to the species level, counting, weighing), and in-depth survey of scientific literature on predatory fish diets over the last century. Results: Near the spawning grounds, stickleback comprise 60% of the summer food of sculpin (adult stickleback), 52% of the diet of cod (adults, juveniles, and eggs), and 15% of the diet of saffron cod (juvenile stickleback). These data resemble obser

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KW - Eleginus nawaga

KW - European sculpin

KW - Gadus morhua

KW - Gasterosteus aculeatus

KW - long-term changes

KW - Myoxocephalus scorpius

KW - predation

KW - saffron cod

KW - threespine stickleback

KW - White Sea.

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VL - 17

SP - 317

EP - 334

JO - Evolutionary Ecology Research

JF - Evolutionary Ecology Research

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